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Noah's Ark Challenge: 2014 Edition Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/31/2013
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Congrats to CGC - Crazy Gal Clan for being FTF!!!

I'm building an Ark, for it will rain for 40 days and 40 nights. A great flood will come and wash the filth away. Your job is to help me fill the Ark with different types of animals and beer.



Here is what you need to know:

1. The cache is at the posted coords, no puzzles to solve...plus one for you.

2. Bullets and arrows tend to fly around aimlessly in these parts...I would wear blaze orange during hunting season.

3. There is only room for 3 maybe 4 cars at the posted parking coords...this road is heavily traveled at certain times of the day. Don't park on the sides of the road, ...no, no, no....it's very narrow...use the small cut out, the trail starts here.

4. Ticks, chiggers, biting bugs are present during the warmer months...don't bring them on the Ark.

5. Poison ivy, thorns, water is present...it's the woods...come not prepared, shame on you.

6. As you walk down the trail you'll notice yellow posted signs on your right. Stay out of there, no trespassing. Stick to the trail and to the left of the trail.

7. I rated this cache a 5/3 because of the difficulty of collecting qualifying caches. Actual rating of this cache is a 1.5/3.

8. The cache container you are seeking is an ammo can, filled with a log book, some trackables, and some tradable items...just to get it started.

 

Here is what you need to do to qualify:

1. Collect 5 animals for each of the 6 animal classes: mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates. That's 30 total caches. (The Ark is equipped with aquariums for the water creatures, after all, this is NJ and the flooding will cause the water to become polluted).

2. Each animal has to be in the title of the cache name, each cache being unique meaning you can't use the same cache twice for different animals even if the title consists of more than one animal. That's 30 unique caches.

3. You can use the word fish or bird and you can use a word like fishing or birdwatching. I frown upon people using the word cat from scat or ape from cape. You get the idea. 

4. You can use the same animal more than once. Amphibians might be hard so you can use frog more than once. But try to be unique as possible.

5. You must provide a list of the 30 unique caches that you have found in your posted online log with their GC code, cache name, and date found. A bookmark list will also work.

6. You can use previous finds.

7. You can not use your own hidden caches. Where's the fun in that?

8. This is probably the most important rule: Do Not, I Repeat, Do Not Bring Mosquitoes On Board The Ark


I have added my qualifying bookmark list for your viewing pleasure.

 

If you need anymore clarification, don't hesitate to contact me


 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[looking at the picture...leave the beavers home]

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)