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Ouija Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

TeamAlexAbby: It makes me a little sad to archive this one. First, it was a location of a Greenback cache and he was nice enough to let me use his archived location, cache containers and his cache page for this puzzle cache.

The premise was...solve this cache and it will lead you to Greenback's archived cache page (https://coord.info/GC1DVNE) . Then go to his cache location and find his old archived cache containers (yes, it was a tricky one with decoy containers that were actually labeled with decoy) and also find the new container for my puzzle. Some used it for a two-fer. I think (for the most part) people enjoyed the idea.

Unfortunately, all of the archived cache containers were removed from my cache location and I just felt it just weakened the original idea of this puzzle.

So, I thought for a while what to do, decided to just archive this cache and I came by and picked up my container. Thanks to those that enjoyed the cache!

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Hidden : 9/17/2014
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache container is not located at posted coords.  To get the final coordinates, please solve the puzzle below.


To solve this puzzle cache, you will be conjuring up the dead.

When I was a child, my older sisters had a Ouija board and we used it at sleepovers and parties for fake séances for the purpose of having a great time spooking ourselves. There was nothing supernatural or evil about our behavior. It was simply fun.

From Wikipedia: The Ouija board (/ˈwiːdʒə/ WEE-jə), also known as a spirit board or talking board, is a flat board marked with the letters of the alphabet, the numbers 0–9, the words "yes", "no", "hello" (occasionally), and "goodbye", along with various symbols and graphics. It uses a planchette (small heart-shaped piece of wood or plastic) as a movable indicator to indicate the spirit's message by spelling it out on the board during a séance. Participants place their fingers on the planchette, and it is moved about the board to spell out words. "Ouija" has become a trademark that is often used generically to refer to any talking board. Following its commercial introduction by businessman Elijah Bond on July 1, 1890, the Ouija board was regarded as a harmless parlor game unrelated to the occult until American Spiritualist Pearl Curran popularized its use as a divining tool during World War I.

So that's it. Nothing scary about it.

Funny coincidences came up when I was putting this cache together. First of all, I created this cache based simply on finding a certain cache container. I felt strongly that it needed a puzzle. Then I spent some time googling how to create the puzzle and when I was googling, I found that a puzzle had already been created for a geocache in North Carolina. Well, you know how wonderful some cacher owners are, right? This cache owner was happy to have me use the same style puzzle. He even helped me with tips on making the puzzle and told me about an ending twist on his puzzle. And in a funny coincidence, he created his puzzle because he had found the same cache container!

When I was working on a twist of my own, I came across the perfect location and there were more strange coincidences. In particular, the words "divine", "Desmond" (a recent America's Got Talent supernatural character-Hi Alex!) and the same type container come to mind. I found it very strange and thought it was a bit like fate.

I hope you enjoy the puzzle and it is meant to be pretty simple, but if you are a new cacher and you need a nudge, I'm willing to help after the ftf is logged.

Thanks to rvstauff for his help...you are awesome. And thanks to Greenback who just said "sure!" without knowing all the details.

Congratulations to Greenback for Ftf!!

Enjoy!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pbawher gur qrnq... vg'f n havdhr Nygbvqf gva. Jryy, n zvag gva, nalubj...

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)