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Samuel Bear Cemetery Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 7/5/2016
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This is a micro cache so no room for any swag.  Bring your own writing implement.

A small cemetery in Seneca County.  No night caching please. Do not upset or disturb any markers or headstones. You do not need to move or touch any of them to collect the information needed. Gentle respect for the occupants is expected. Please don't bring animals or allow small children to run about. If you have your children with you, by all means have them help collect the information you need and use this as a learning experience for them about proper cemetery behavior.  

Here is a cemetery cache with a little work involved.  You have to locate certain headstones and use the dates to calculate the final cache location.  When you have a date such as 1/1/2016 add the zero in the day field to yield the needed number (e.g. 1012016).

Find the following stones and make note of the dates of death listed.

Christopher Baker  2/21/_______                                                                        

Susan Moyer   1/10/_______                                                                                             

Benj. Shults8/31/_______       

Sum up the dates and subtract 7371659 to determine Latitude for the cache location

 

Now find the following stones and make note of the dates listed.

Elizabeth Miller  6/26/_______                                                                              

Philip Leddick  1/15/_______                                                                                  

Mathias Strayer 2/27/_______                               

Sum up the dates and subtract 2033655 to determine Longitude for the cache location

Please make sure you close the top tightly to keep things dry inside. You can validate your solution by clicking the icon below. Make sure you enter a space after “N” and “W” and after the degrees portions of the solution (your answer should look like N 99 99.999 W 99 99.999 including the spaces)


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nyy chmmyr urnqfgbarf ner jvguva 20 lneqf bs n fznyy erpgnathyne fyvtugyl ryringrq nern

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)