LORES - Jersey Devil Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 9/30/2013
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Case # GC4MEAC The Jersey Devil



Greetings, My name is Professor Hal Owean. I am the head of a prestigious group of... shall we saw legend hunters. We specialize in the unusual; mysterious beings, legends, and lore. You have a ghost story, we'll check it out. Hear a bump in the night; we'll record it. Have a family folklore, we'll hunt it. We are the the League Of Researching Everything Strange. L.O.R.E.S. for short. Along with my two field agents; Ima Gohner and Willy Survivit, we investigate cases from around the globe.

Due to an increase in paranormal activities world wide, we have found our resources stretched thin. We are looking to enlist some new field agents in your area to help us research the strange and the unusual. Do you posses a sixth sense? Do you want to prove myth from reality? Are you intrigued by the unexplainable? Then join us my friends as we embark on adventures of the mysterious kind. Come and be part of L.O.R.E.S. today and find your gateway to the unknown.

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Case # GC4MEAC The Jersey Devil:


LOCATION: South Pohatcong, NJ

LEGEND: "In 1735, a Pines resident known as Mother Leeds found herself pregnant for the thirteenth time. Mother Leeds was not living a wealthy lifestyle by any means. Her husband was a drunkard who made few efforts to provide for his wife and twelve children. Reaching the point of absolute exasperation upon learning of her thirteenth child, she raised her hands to the heavens and proclaimed “Let this one be a devil!”

Mother Leeds went into labor a few months later, on a tumultuously stormy night, no longer mindful of the curse she had uttered previously regarding her unborn child. Her children and husband huddled together in one room of their Leeds Point home while local midwives gathered to deliver the baby in another. By all accounts the birth went routinely, and the thirteenth Leeds child was a seemingly normal baby boy.

Within minutes however, Mother Leeds’s unholy wish of months before began to come to fruition. The baby started to change, and metamorphosed right before her very eyes. Within moments it transformed from a beautiful newborn baby into a hideous creature unlike anything the world had ever seen. The wailing infant began growing at an incredible rate. It sprouted horns from the top of its head and talon-like claws tore through the tips of its fingers. Leathery bat-like wings unfurled from its back, and hair and feathers sprouted all over the child’s body. Its eyes began glowing bright red as they grew larger in the monster’s gnarled and snarling face. The creature savagely attacked its own mother, killing her, then turned its attention to the rest of the horrified onlookers who witnessed its tempestuous transformation. It flew at them, clawing and biting, voicing unearthly shrieks the entire time. It tore the midwives limb from limb.

The monster then knocked down the door to the next room where its own father and siblings cowered in fear and attacked them all, killing as many as it could. Those who survived to tell the tale then watched in horror as the rotten beast sprinted to the chimney and flew up it, destroying it on the way and leaving a pile of rubble in its wake. The creature then made good its escape into the darkness and desolation of the Pine Barrens, where it has lived ever since. To this day the creature, known varyingly as the Leeds Devil and the Jersey Devil, claims the Pines as its own, and terrorizes any who are unfortunate enough to encounter it." (source: WeirdNJ.com)

MISSION: Ima and Willy have tracked and located our "Legend." We need you to follow the coordinates to the lair of the beast. Locate the "Devil" and record the facts of your search.

Good Luck Legend Hunter!

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NOTE: This cache is part of the L.O.R.E.S. - Finale Cache.
You can find information about Case# GME87C here: L.O.R.E.S. - Finale
Be sure to record the code number down after you find the cache.
You will need this to solve the puzzle for the finale.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

V nz uvqqra qrrc va zl ynve. Lbh jvyy frr zl yrnfu orsber lbh frr zr, Ohg bayl vs lbh zbir gur pbeerpg fgvpx.

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)


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