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Scary Places (KPC2011) Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the listed coordinates. To determine the cache coordinates, solve the puzzle below.

Strange scary people everywhere. Oh, that was yesterday. Hopefully, I can find a nice hiding place that won't scare all the puzzle cachers away, especially those afflicted with:

  • Chemophobia
  • Alliumphobia
  • Astraphobia
  • Barleyphobia
  • Globophobia
  • Xenoglossophobia
  • Equinophobia or Scatophobia (cow)
  • Samhainophobia
  • Selachophobia (teeth)
  • Carnophobia (smoked)
  • Hyelophobia
  • Anthrophobia
  • Melissaphobia
  • Calzetoophobia
  • Esponphobia

Special Notes about the 2011 Puzzle Challenge: To be considered for Fastest Solver points, you must verify your solution with certitude. Because certitude may not properly account for joint solutions, please email me team member names in the case of team solutions to ensure proper point accounting. All "point" scoring is arbitrary anyway, subject to change, at the discretion of the cache owner, and probably completely meaningless (unless you just want to be able to brag more at the December banquet). The real challenge is just to see whether you can solve all of these caches by the end of the year. To maintain fairness, hints should not be offered by the cache owner or other solvers until the fifteenth of the month.

Special Notes about this month's puzzle: A little bigger than the typical microcache, but still not big enough to hold a real logbook. 14 Jun 2025: Construction has blocked off the puzzle solution coordinates. Use Certitude to find the new location.

2011 Puzzle Challenge Finders
2011 Puzzle Challenge Solvers

First Ten Correct Solutions
jimbexleyspeed 1 Nov 9:57am
The Rat, kanchan, thegirlsfromPA, Winterwolfe, thelins 1 Nov 12:20pm
Chrysalides 1 Nov 12:25pm
caccbag, Olivia Noelle 1 Nov 12:26pm
candcfamily 1 Nov 1:06pm
InTheRough 1 Nov 1:30pm
runeshower 1 Nov 1:36pm
delphid 1 Nov 3:12pm
Geo Fan 1 Nov 5:36pm
neogeo585 1 Nov 5:50pm
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First Ten Logged Finds
jimbexleyspeed 1 Nov 11:15am
Chrysalides 1 Nov 1:23pm
kanchan, thegirlsfromPA, The Rat 1 Nov 1:22pm
thelins 1 Nov 1:56pm
candcfamily 1 Nov 8:43pm
The Red Rovers 2 Nov 9:25am
Gitonyerhorse 2 Nov 4:10pm
Geo Fan 3 Nov 7:04pm
Rachell 5 Nov/6 Nov 1:32am
The North Star 6 Nov 12:35pm


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Puzzle hint added November 15th.] Fbzrbar nssyvpgrq jvgu Nyyvhzcubovn vf cebonoyl tbvat gb nibvq Tvyebl. [14 June 2025] Znxr fher lbh unir arj ybpngvba sebz Pregvghqr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)