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Summer Wildlife - The NIB - 2012 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/19/2012
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Summer Wildlife - The NIB

This series consists of seven caches - the first five contain clues for the sixth and seventh.

To find "The Final" keep track of the red numbers on the cache lids.

To find "The NIB" keep track of all the information on the lids, in the order of the list shown below. A photographic memory would be helpful, but photographs would be better ~ NIB stands for Nearly Impossible Bonus!

GC3HEW3 Summer Wildlife - The Birds
GC3HEW7 Summer Wildlife - The Fish
GC3HEWA Summer Wildlife - The Invertebrates
GC4AV5H Summer Wildlife - The Mammals
GC3HEWW Summer Wildlife - The Reptiles & Amphibians
GC3HEWY Summer Wildlife - The Final
GC3HEX2 Summer Wildlife - The NIB - 2012

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Stage 1 is at the Butterfly Garden at the coordinates listed above, go there and solve this puzzle. This is a cypher, each pair of numbers translates to a letter.

4,2/10,1/6,6

12,1/1,2/10,13

14,12

15,20/10,5/13,1

11,4/15,15/8,1/3,4

3,11/10,1/2,5

There are 6 words with 17 letters ~ they are scrambled!
Unscramble them to make 5 words to find out how to go to Stage 2.

When you arrive, you will need to solve these puzzles:

Stage 2 - Part A - Up side down

7,4/5,6/5,11/13,1 ----- 9,26 ----- 18,8/11,18/4,3/7,1

2,3/9,2/7,2 ----- 3,6/6,19/5,17

5,13/5,16/5,11 ----- 13,6/9,3/15,4/11,23/19,9

6,10/3,3/4,10/8,8/6,20/10,1/15,6 ----- 4,8/12,7/18,9/19,10

7,8/4,24/3,6/7b,5/13,7 ----- 8,9/13b,6/7,15/5,9/15b,4 ----- 4,7/6,8/14,8

3,10/5,18/8,3/5,22 ----- a-d-d ----- 18,12/11,6/14b,7/15,10/6,9

5,7/18,7/8b,8/12,3 ----- 7,15/4,7/5,9/9,1

6,4/6,13 ----- 13b,7/11b,6/7b,2/11b,3

7,10/12,1/10,2 ----- 3,10/18,7/9,16/6,13/E:

Stage 2 - Part B - Right side up - from what you formed:

9,4/4,6/10,3/6,3/10,4+10,1/6,3/3,4/7,3/8,2

6,2/3,5/7,6/8,5/9,4/9,2/9,5/4,4/5,4

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur fbyhgvba gb Fgntr 2 - Cneg O vf gur pbbeqvangrf bs gur pnpur!

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)