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Latin Warnings HAG X Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/15/2014
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A puzzle cache hidden as part of the 10th Annual Vancouver Island Hide and Go Cache - HAGX.


The cache is NOT at the published coordinates so don't go there! You will get very wet!!! Cache is on land about 1.03 km. away, close to a trail through the woods. To find the location N 48 27.ABC and W 123 18.DEF, you must solve the puzzle below.

Translate the English words into Latin, identify the selected letter. Then convert that letter to a number where a =1, b =2.. j =10.. z = 26, etc. Take the last digit only, so j becomes 0 and z becomes 6.

Don't bug me, or else = - - - o   - -   - - - - n -   - - c - - s - - ; third letter of third word = A.

Once I was like you, soon you will be like me = - - i   - - - -    - - ,  e - - -   - - - d   - - - ; first letter of second word = B.

Seller beware = - - - - - t   - - - - - t - - ; second letter of second word = C

Don't touch me = - - - i    - -    - - - - - - e ; third letter of first word = D

You WILL remember me = - a - - - m / - - / - - - / - e - - - - - - s ; first letter of fourth word = E

Here be dragons = - - c   - - - t   - - - - o - - s; fourth letter of third word = F.

Location is on or near a campus where you might learn some Latin (or not).

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jrfg fvqr bs jbys zncyr gerr, haqre zbffl jbbq. Cyrnfr ercynpr nf sbhaq. Vafvqr guvf pnpur lbh jvyy svaq gur inyhr bs 'X' sbe gur svany va guvf frevrf, Yngva Fpubyne UNT K'.

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)