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Noah's Ark Mystery Cache

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The Threlkeld Family: Im sorry the say the cache has been destroyed and we have been informed by community officers that the park where the cache was located has become a hot bed of unsavory dealings, so we have decided that it is no longer a suitable site for a cache.

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Hidden : 5/26/2013
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

 

Noah’s Ark

In the bible God tells Noah to build an ark and to take in two by two of each animal.  Noah was faithful to his God and built the ark, however in loading the animals in two by two he missed one animal from two pairs.


Your goal is to find in the grid which two animals do not have a pair.

 

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There are twenty animals in the grid and only eighteen are mentioned twice.  All the animals are five letters long.  They can be found forwards, backwards and diagonally in any direction.

Once you have found the correct two animals, you will need to find which animal belongs to the northings and which to the westings.

 

Each letter in the animal’s name corresponds to a number.  Use this chart to work them out.

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Assume that:

N.50.??.???    W001.??.???      

The cache itself is a small container that is disguised as one of the missing animals, and holds a log book only. PLEASE BE CAREFUL WITH THE CONTAINER IT'S FRAGILE!
  

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

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr : abar Pnpur : frr Trb purpxre vzntr

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)