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08 | The Hostile Hospital Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

hermione_danger: It's been a truly wonderful nine years with these caches out in the wild, but as they've gone missing and interest has waned, I've made the decision that it's time to archive them to create space for new adventures. Thank you to GrammaB for looking after them over the years and to everyone who has taken the time to solve and find them. Happy holidays and happy caching!

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Hidden : 8/15/2015
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Dear Cacher,

Welcome to The Hostile Hospital. I am sorry you have stumbled upon this unfortunate series of geocaches, a word which here means tupperware hidden in the woods located by using multi-million dollar satellites. If your luck is better than that of the Baudelaire orphans, you can solve the puzzle below to find the coordinates of this cache before Count Olaf does. DO NOT GO TO THE POSTED COORDINATES and, please, use HIGH STEALTH so you and the cache are not apprehended by the authorities or by muggles, as Lemony Snicket has been. In fact, you may want to seriously consider using the dark abyss of the night for your cover.

The Volunteers Fighting Disease left this strange list behind at the site of Heimlich Hospital, but perhaps you can find coordinates somewhere in this garbled mess.

  • GANG CHOICE | N 41° 41.926 W 083° 38.710
  • MR. BEN HACK | N 41° 41.925 W 083° 39.106
  • DUEL AT IT | N 41° 42.233 W 083° 39.585
  • A TIDAL INTRO | N 41° 40.772 W 083° 37.017
  • NO STIFF DIRT | N 41° 42.052 W 083° 38.866
  • PUNK DOG'S EAR | N 41° 41.312 W 083° 38.154
  • VERBAL GUST | N 41° 40.767 W 083° 38.507
  • LATTES, LIES | N 41° 41.824 W 083° 38.539
  • ELUDING TO | N 41° 40.651 W 083° 38.333
  • MY CHEERY CATS | N 41° 40.506 W 083° 37.626
  • NEAT OLIVE | N 41° 40.697 W 083° 37.658
  • CANOED RIOTS | N 41° 41.426 W 083° 38.094
  • RARE TIN | N 41° 40.511 W 083° 38.009
  • A HARD REQUEST | N 41° 40.760 W 083° 37.464

You do not have to have read Lemony Snicket's very forlorn diatribes in order to solve this puzzle. Check your answers below and proceed at your own risk. Please do bring your own writing utensil.

With all due respect,
A white background with a hand-drawn signature in black that says hermione_danger.

P.S. This cache is #8 in A Series of Unfortunate Caches. In order to solve #13, you need to take careful note of the letter / number combination hidden inside each of the physical caches #1 through #12.

P.P.S. Congratulations (or perhaps apologies) to SW00P for FTF.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jung qbrf nantenz unir gb qb jvgu n ent zna?

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)