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A Mysterious History of Death Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

OReviewer: As there's been no cache to find for a long time or has had no owner response for at least 30 days, I'm archiving it to keep it from showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements.

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Hidden : 3/14/2016
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This Mystery Cache will take you to the Elkdale Cemetery and old burnt down church for A Mysterious History of Death. You will need to visit the cemetery and have a good look around and solve a few simple math problems to find what numbers you need for the caches coords/location. You can make this cache really easy or really hard, the choice is yours. Either way I hope you have fun exploring. You need to solve the following questions:

N 41 AB.CDE W 75 VW.XYZ

#1 Burns-How many years did Homer M. Burns live to be? Answer = VW

#2 The Graham Clan. How many years did Mary Dickinson Graham live to be? Subtract 3, Answer  = DE

#3 The Wells. Netti Wells first wife of Luther Wells died on what day of June? Add 20, Answer = AB

#4 The Elkdale Cemetery was Established in the year 181_. Answer = C

#5 The Cone Family. Mary Eliza Cone died how many days before her 5th birthday. Answer = X

  How many members of the Cone family died in September. Answer = Y

  Based on the same headstone, how many sons did George Cone have? Answer = Z

Please be respectful of this cemetery. There was a cache here once before but was archived due to cachers taking the wall apart. Cache is not located near the wall or any headstones so please do NOT disturb them. If I see this being an issue I will be forced to archive this cache. Cache only contains a log so BYOP. No FTF Prize, except bragging rights. This is my first Mystery Cache so feedback will be appreciated. Thanks, Hope you enjoy.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

#1 Frnepu arne gur onpx jnyy. #2 Purpx fvqr shegurfg sebz puhepu, pbeare arne ebnq. #3 Ybbx npebff sebz n juvgr ebpx fvggvat ba gur jnyy. #4 Purpx gur fvta. #5 Gnyyrfg urnqfgbar arne gur ragenapr.

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)