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THE GENERAL Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/18/2015
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES.

You must solve the puzzle below

Buster Keaton was best known as 'The Great Stone Face'
His 1926 silent action/comedy film 'The General' is considered one of the greatest films ever made, but it was not at the time.


NORTH 42 AB.CDE

WEST 082 FG.HIJ


A = # of brothers Annabelle has
B = # on engine Johnnie shoots with a cannon, plus the # of bears Johnnie encounters
C = # of Yankee General Johnnie captures
D = # of turns Johnnie goes on the train wheels after Annabelle tells him she will only speak to him again after he is in uniform, plus # of times Johnny tries to enlist
E = last digit of the year The General rushes into Marietta, Georgia

F = # of soldiers sitting at the table that Johnnie is hiding under
G = # of different hats Johnnie wears in the movie, plus # of pinecones that fall out of the tree
H = 1st digit of the car that Annabelle gets on when leaving Marietta
I = # on the train that gets tangled in the pine trees, minus # on the side of the General
J = # of boys following Johnnie in the beginning of the movie, plus # of cannonballs Johnnie fires while on the train

Please replace cache exactly as found.
BYOP




Buster Keaton and The General


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ab arrq gb tb ba envyebnq cebcregl sbe pnpur. Lbh znl jnag gb jngpu gur zbivr

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)