Citizens of Morristown and surrounding areas are in a panic after witnesses have claimed to see a large, hairy, bipedal creature roaming around the Washington Valley area. Reports say that it was first seen walking along the "Green Strip" near Burnham Park before heading west towards Mendham Road. Police and Animal Control were dispatched, but upon arrival to the scene the creature was nowhere to be found. If you check the photo gallery, an astute citizen was able to take a photo of the creature before it walked off into a wooded area.
It's now up to you, The Geocacher, to engage in some detective work and officially become a member of the MBRO (Morristown Bigfoot Research Organization)! It'll be like the show Finding Bigfoot, and, just like the show, you probably won't find an actual bigfoot. However, word has it that when our sasquatch friend heard the sirens coming for him in the distance, he realized that he would always be a wanted creature so he hid his belongings in a spot near here in the event he was ever captured. In order to get to his cache, you'll have to answer just a few easy questions about some famous American cryptids in addition to performing some simple field research. The coordinates of the final cache are:
N 40° 4A.BXY
W 74° 3C.DZE
The Questions:
A. The famous Patterson-Gimlin film, the most well-known video of Bigfoot to this day, was shot in what year?: 4 = 1964; 7 = 1967; 9 = 1969
B. What is another name for our home state's Jersey Devil?: 0 = The Swamp Devil; 3 = The Mills Devil; 9 = The Leeds Devil
C. In what state did the most famous Mothman sightings occur? These sightings were the basis for the movie "The Mothman Prophecies" starring Richard Gere.: 0 = West Virginia; 4 = Missouri; 9 = North Carolina
D. The Pope Lick Monster of Kentucky is said to resemble what animal?: 0 = Bat; 2 = Goat; 5 = Monkey/Ape
E. "America's Loch Ness Monster" resides in what lake?: 2 = Lake Champlain; 5 = Lake Superior; 8 = Crater Lake
To uncover the digits for X,Y, and Z, you'll need to visit the listed coordinates (Where the blue question mark or pin is). Apparently, Bigfoot left a piece of evidence when he was gallivanting around town and you must find it. Afterwards, you'll have to input the following information into the coordinates. (Bring a tape measure.)
XY = The length of the evidence in inches at its longest point (Just the evidence, not what it's on).
Z = The width of the evidence in inches at its widest point (PLUS 1) (Just the evidence).
*You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.
**Note the parking waypoint for the cache. It's better and safer to enter from the residential side, not the busy road side. Also, please be sure to re-hide the cache well; we don't want the authorities to confiscate the squatch's cache!
*Be sure to visit my other cryptic cache - UFO Hysteria in Morristown!