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Beginning Reader? Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

Sierra333: Looks like this one has gone missing again. I’ll archive and see if I can find another good spot downtown 🙂

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Hidden : 6/18/2014
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is placed outside one of the shops in downtown Mebane!

The cache is not at the listed coords, but is nearby.  

The cache is placed with owner's blessing. You do not need to go inside.


Congrats FTF to Night-Hawk

You will need to track down a copy of  “Fun with Dick and Jane”, by William S. Gray and May Hill Arbuthnot. Illustrated by Eleanor Campbell and Keith Ward. Scott, Foresman and Company, 1946. (Bonus points awarded if you attach a pic of you and a copy of the book!)

Or you can find the needed pages here.


N 36° 05.ABC        

W 079° 16.DEF

To find the ABC numbers you will need to use the pages from the book to solve.

For the latitude measurement use pages 118-119

A=How many sets of quotation marks + 1 

B=The number of times Jane's friend's name is mentioned

C=The number of times the letter 'x', 'y', and 'z' appear. Then divide by 8 and subtract 2.

 

For the longitude measurement use pages 120-121

D=The number of question marks used

E=The number of single letter words + 2

F=Add the number of letters from the name of each title character.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 Update on March 28, 2016: Adjust your coords as follows. The container went missing a few times at the original location. So I chose some place nearby.

N coords add .006

W coords add .008

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Srry serr gb fgbc ba va. Ybbx nebhaq. Bguref znl abgvpr. Jungrire lbh qb, or qvfperrg. Ragre gur rfgnoyvfuzrag vs lbh pubbfr. Erserfuzragf ner bcgvbany.   Or fher gb unir n qrfvtangrq qevire vs arrqrq. Bevtvany qevaxf ner gur fcrpvnygl. rKnzvar gur sebag pnershyyl. (Abg n obk, ohg n cbg.)

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)