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Consult a Cat Mystery Cache

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rattyinstirling: I have decided to archive this cache. Thanks for all those who took an interest in it.

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Hidden : 10/26/2012
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is a small plastic box which is not at the listed coordinates.


To find the cache you will need to solve the puzzle for which you need to consult a cat. There are plenty of cats at the listing coordinates and they are very well looked after in their feline hotel. Here is one of their customers - we call her Sooty but her real name is probably something like Arbuckle or Pinoogly - we don't know. She is pictured here pondering her own name which is the subject of this cache.

Contemplating

It is a well known fact that cats have three names. The first one is the name that their family use regularly and probably gave to them when they met. You may call them Sophie, Posh Paws, Tigger, Derek, Bertie, Chippie or Minton but I have to tell you that your puss regards this name with disregard and disdain. It may bring them home to feed but it does not belong to them.

The second name is their grand name - it is unique to them and is used by their compatriots - friends or enemies alike. Try Namaqua, Grindtiger, Jocastina, Vanquistador, Quintellis, Extorpian or Ichabod for this name. We will never know this name but it is key to a cats place in the world - it distinguishes them from the waste land of anonymity. Listen carefully to your cat's conversations and you get a feel for that name but never its detail.

The third name is so elusive that it is known only to its owner - the cat themself. So when you see your mog in that pose that signifies profound contemplation - often mistaken for snoozing - take heart my friends for he or she is wallowing in the enjoyment of the ineffable name that only they know and will never be spoken - not even by the owner.

Good luck in your search for this cache which is of course, cat friendly but note the 'no dogs' attrubute - we don't want to upset the cats.

It is located at N 56 (V-G)(B-P).(G+P-Q)(D-E)(Q-P) W 003 (M-Q)(J+E-C).(C-D)(V+M-D)(E-Q)

You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.

Well done to RB & Peigi for finding the moggy cache

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qba'g srne gur gebyyf

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)