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Tip Toeing Through The Tombstones-Antelope Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 10/17/2015
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Let the spirits be your guide! This is a Mystery Cache. Solve the riddles to get the final coordinates.  

The idea for this cache was taken from a similarly named cache.

Cemetery is open dawn to dusk.


Cache is stashed at N42°26.ABC W122°46.DEF

A(Waypoint 1): Tiptoe quietly, you do not need to go far.  Beneath a tree rests a marker placed by local DAR. Subtract the number 1 from the last digit of the first year to get your missing coordinate A.

B (Waypoint 2): Continue to tiptoe through the tombstones to locate the next missing coordinate. No need to run to find the headstone of Francis Thompson. Add the number 2 to the last digit of the year he was born to get the next missing coodinate B.

As you tiptoe along this stint, feel free to politely ask the ghosts for geo-hints.

C(Waypoint 3): Look not West to find where Ruben rests.  Add the number 8 to his age to get missing coordinate C.

D (Waypoint 4): If the ghosts make you feel tingles, its because they want you to find the Swingles.  Locate their daughters and add 6 to their number to get missing coordinate D.

E. (Waypoint 5):  Continue tiptoeing along until you find a row of young Simons.  Watching over them is the matriarch Anna Etzenhouser. Find the 3rd digit of the year she died to get the missing coordinate E.

F (Waypoint 6):  Nearby you will see a plot with a rail for the Terrells. Count the number of sons for the last missing coordinate F.

If you paid attention you now know where the cache should be…’tis at the base of a tree that you may see.

As always be aware of your surroundings, be kind to the spirits and be respectful to the final resting places of these souls….or who knows, they just may haunt you….muaha ha ha ha ha!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Purpxfhz: Nqq NOPQRS gbtrgure gb trg sbegl.

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)