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Scully's Abduction Mystery Cache

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MulderNScully: Thanks to all who enjoyed the puzzle and the hike. We had a great time ourselves. See you at CP7.

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Hidden : 1/17/2012
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the posted coordinates. This cache has been placed with permission from Martin Morse, Park Service Specialist, JDSP. Here is another fun, morale boosting puzzle
cache that won’t leave you stranded in the middle of it. A series of 2 Star puzzles with a 3 Star finish should take you to GZ to find Scully


This story is based on a true yet fictitious event.

One day, Scully and I were just hanging out playing games with our classified FBI weapons and toys just to sharpen our skills, when she decides we should do it blindfolded. Breaking down and reassembling our weapons, that is. When I’m done and I take my blindfold off, she’s gone. The silence should have tipped me off, but I was still getting over her faux pas with the secret tympanic moderator and heard nada. My first thought: she got bored with me and went shopping. My second thought: she got bored with me and went shopping.
A few days later (sometimes the sales are good and she may stay out kinda long), I begin to get worried, because I care deeply about her, obviously. So I search the house and find a piece of paper with some Alien language at the top that I translate quickly (Alien scripts are my fave). It says “We are Aliens and we have abducted the female human you call Dana, and other names sometimes. We have run numerous tests on her (these were fun for us, but we learned little), and have decided to return her to you. She is in an ammo can in a large forest. Follow the simple instructions we have provided to find her”. Hmmm, I guess they figured out we really aren’t FBI alien hunters, just geocachers who somewhat hastily picked a “cute” screen name three years ago.
I am now deeply disturbed. They have shrunken Scully. I’m going to have to buy a bunch of Barbie dolls just for Scully to have clothes. I think pink mini-skirts and bell-bottom pants are coming back into style….soon, maybe.
In any case, I implore you all to decipher the Aliens’ garbled junk and help me find mini-Scully. It looks like they used earth-based symbols to make it easier for us and possibly also a coordinate system we may be familiar with. I hope you know what to do with all that stuff. Strangely, even in this particular predicament, when Scully's boxed in, she's still the centre of attention.





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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nzzb pna.

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)