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Mermaid on the ERT #11 Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 3/21/2017
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The above coordinates are false. Read the cache page, then answer the question for the correct coordinates.

Welcome to the Elizabeth River Trail. The Trail spans parks, residential sections and business sectors. Please respect daylight caching only. Most of the hides are magnetic nanos. Enjoy the hunt!


On the eve of the American Revolution, the last Virginia Colonial Governor, John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, fled the capital for Norfolk where the Loyalists had more support. By Dec. 1775, there had been a scrimmage in Kemp’s Landing and a Battle in Great Bridge. Over Christmas, tensions grew and Patriots demanded Dunmore leave the city. After calls for a truce go unheeded, Dunmore tells everyone to evacuate the city. On New Year’s Eve, Dunmore prepared to leave Norfolk while the Patriots try to flush out the Loyalists. The city was bombed and set a fire. By the next day, 1300 homes and businesses had been destroyed with a damage estimate of over $1.5 million dollars—in 1776 dollars. All that was left of Norfolk was a house on Bacon’s Ln, the walls of the court house, a house on Llewelyn Ave, as well as, three walls of St. Paul’s Church. On the southern wall, a cannonball was lodged. Over time it fell out, but was later found. At that time, it was cemented back into the wall where it remains to this day.

Who was the last Colonial Governor of Virginia?

a) John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore N 36 52.345 W 076 18.678

b) Bill Murray N 36 52.666 W 076 18.357

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Oruvaq gur fvta, ohg ba gur srapr.

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)