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H2012 - Trollet i skogen Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

HALLOWEEN 2012







Denne boksen er utplassert i forbindelse med Halloween-eventet 2012
This cache is published for the Halloween-event in 2012

For å finne denne cachen, må du først ta deg til de oppgitte koordinatene. Herfra må du oppover og innover i trollskogen.

For ti tusen år siden, da menneskene begynte å bosette seg i Norge, forstod de tidlig at landet allerede var bebodd. Det bodde underlige vesener i hauger, tuer, hus og i skogene. Disse underlige vesenene ble kalt nisser. I elvene og i fossene bodde Fossegrimen og i skogstjernene bodde kong nøkken. I skogens dyp bodde det alver, tusser og den lokkende vakre huldra.

Dypt inne i fjellene holdt de skumleste skapningene til, nemmelig troll. Ordet troll betyr ”en som farer voldsomt frem”. Troll er for mange av oss forbundet med den norske eventyrtradisjonen. For andre er de forbundet med mørkets skapninger som skuler seg i skyggene. Troll bor i skogene og i fjellene.

Det som kjennetegner troll er at de er stygge skapninger med lange neser og store ører. Troll har skjeggete kropper og lang hale. Troll lever i fiendskap med guder og mennesker og reagerer ifølge eventyrene når de kjenner «lukten av kristenmanns blod».

I denne skogen bodde der et troll, som en natt var ute på jakt etter mat. Desverre hadde den glemt klokken sin hjemme, og var ute litt for lenge.
Som alle vet, blir troll forvanlet til stein når solstrålene treffer dem...


Trollet du skal se etter, har nå form som en stor flat stein - rundt to meter lang, to meter brei og nesten en meter høy!
Like ved, finnes en litt mindre stein, som skrår innover mot hulrommet som skjuler skatten!

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

To find this cache, you must first take you to the given coordinates.From here you have to head upwards and into the enchanted forest

Ten thousand years ago, when people began to settle in Norway, they understood early on that the country was already inhabited. It stayed strange beings in heaps, mounds, houses and woods. These strange creatures called troll. In rivers and waterfalls lived "Fossegrimen" and in forests the stars stayed Kong Nøkken. In the deep forest there lived elves, gnomes and the alluringly beautiful Huldra.

Deep in the mountains kept the scariest creatures, the trolls. The word troll means "one who practices violently". Troll is for many of us associated with the Norwegian folktale tradition. For others, they are associated with the dark creatures that scowl in the shadows. Troll lives in forests and mountains.

The characteristics of trolls is that they are ugly creatures with long noses and big ears. Trolls have bearded bodies and long tails. Troll live in enmity with gods and humans and react according adventures when they know "the smell of Christian blood."

In this forest there lived a troll, that one night was out hunting for food. Unfortunately, it had forgotten his watch at his home and was hunting a little too long.
As everyone knows, the troll transformes into stones when the sun's rays hit them...


This troll that you have to look for, has now taken form as a large flat stone - about six feet long, six feet wide and three feet high!
Close by, there's a slightly smaller stone, which tapers inward toward the cavity which hides the treasure!


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ernq gur qrfpevcgvba / yrf sbegryyvatra

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)