Skip to content

Smile 12: Monster Mash (Auckland) Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/15/2013
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

Join now to view geocache location details. It's free!

Watch

How Geocaching Works

Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions in our disclaimer.

Geocache Description:

A couple of puzzle caches that were published to mark August’s geocaching streak got us thinking of some other songs that have made us smile. And so an idea for a small series of puzzles was born.

This song from 1962 was not only a Graveyard Hit, it did well with ‘You the Living’, reaching number 1 on the USA Hot 100 just in time for Halloween that year. In Britain however it was banned from airplay by the BBC as being “too morbid.” It was re-released in the United Kingdom in 1973, where it peaked at #3 in early October.

The cache is at   South 36° AB.CDE   East 174° FG.HIJ

A = How many ghosts in the ghost band?

B = How many bats fly out when Dracula opens the lid of his coffin?

C = How many ghouls pop out from their humble abode?

D = How many members are there in the coffin-bangers' vocal group? + 1

E = How many candles is the frog holding up?

F = How many creatures make up the tall monster from the lab?

G = How many are in the band with the three drums?

H = How many letters in the name of the Hall? + 1

I = How many grinning faces flash in the dark?

J = How many sets of eyes are flashing in the bottom step of the staircase?

GeoCheck.org

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Trbpurpxre

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)