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The Reel™ Groundhog Day Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 2/2/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The BFE plan for 2013 is for one or more caches per month to be hidden on days with interesting numbers or days of interest. The small cache is not located at the listed coordinates but was hidden nearby on 2 Feb 2013.

February 2 is Groundhog Day when according to folklore, if it is cloudy when a groundhog emerges from its burrow then spring will come early. If it is sunny, the groundhog will see its shadow and retreat back into its burrow, and the winter weather will continue for six more weeks.

The first official Groundhog Day was during February 2, 1887 at Gobbler's Knob, which is about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

The 1993 comedy movie Groundhog Day takes place in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania (although the majority of the movie was actually filmed in Woodstock, Illinois).

The main character TV meteorologist Phil Connors (Bill Murray), news producer Rita (Andie MacDowell) and cameraman Larry (Chris Elliott).

From a fictional Pittsburgh television station WPBH-TV9 travel to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to cover the annual Groundhog Day festivities.

Having grown tired of this assignment, Phil grudgingly gives his report and attempts to return to Pittsburgh when a blizzard shuts down the roads. Phil and his team are forced to return to Punxsutawney and stay in town overnight. Phil wakes up to find that he is reliving February 2.

Convert the fictional Pittsburgh television station WPBH-TV9 call sign to numbers represented by the letters ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP

Find the location where the Reel Groundhog Day geocache is hidden by completing the following calculation. South 34º O (J – L) . K (D + 1) F East 138º (P – I) B . M H G

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