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TOTS #14: Sasquatch Gets the Mail Traditional Cache

Hidden : 8/5/2017
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Update 8/4/2021: The TOTS series has suffered from several frequently missing and damaged containers and has been discontinued. This is now a stand-alone cache. We have left the original text below for nostalgia but the secret numbers are no longer relevant. If you would like a coin, find all the remaining active caches and we will send you one.

TOTS #14

Interfering with the US Mail is a federal offense. Interfering with Sasquatch's mail could be a fatal offense. If you choose to search for this cache, you may be guilty of both. Our advice: Plead guilty to the federal offense and get the heck out of there before he finds you.

The cache and the retrieval are wheelchair accessible.

This cache is placed on private property with permission. Please check out the shop. Lots of good stuff there. Sasquatch is a frequent shopper.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Trail of the Sasquatch (TOTS) will take you to several "Squatchy" spots in the Roanoke Valley area, where you will be searching for a wide variety of cache types and containers—including some hidden by the Squatch himself (he is a playful dude after all, at least when he's not eating geocachers).

If you can find ALL of these caches before the Squatch finds YOU and uses you for a chew toy, you will be eligible to receive a free TOTS coin. If he finds you first, well...run as far as you can from GZ before he caches...er, "catches" you. We haven't budgeted for a clean-up crew.

All of these caches can be found and logged independently, but each cache has a secret number on the log and/or prominently displayed on the container. If you find ALL of the caches, you may add ALL of the secret numbers together, and go to Virginia's Blue Ridge Visitor Center (101 Shenandoah Ave NE, Roanoke, VA) during business hours with the correct total to receive your commemorative coin. 

There is a link below to a TOTS Researcher form that you can print and use to keep track of your secret numbers.

We join Mr. Sasquatch in thanking all of those who made this series possible, in particular: Virginia's Blue Ridge Visitor Center; the Mill Mountain Discovery Center; Roanoke South County Library; The Roanoke Times; Roanoke City and Roanoke County Parks & Recreation; and the proprietors of Bent Mountain Bistro, Black Dog Salvage, and Bent Mountain Fruit Market—and of course, our very patient volunteer geocaching.com reviewer, offline.cacher.

Good luck, happy caching, and try not to become a Squatch snack.

The caches are linked below. They are NOT intended or required to be done in numerical order.

TOTS #1: Sasquatch "Discovers Twitter"
TOTS #2: Sasquatch Weighs In at the Bistro
TOTS #3: Sasquatch Logs a Cache
TOTS #4: Sasquatch's Herb Garden
TOTS #5: Sasquatch...Droppings?...DROPPINGS?
TOTS #6: Squatchlet Tracks
TOTS #7: Sasquatch Hikes the Greenway
TOTS #8: Sasquatch Rocks Out
TOTS #9: Sasquatch Caches Up on the News
TOTS #10: Sasquatch Goes Fishin'
TOTS #11: Sasquatch Has a Little Friend
TOTS #12: R.I.P. Grandpa Squatch
TOTS #13: Sasquatch Needs a Drink
TOTS #14: Sasquatch Gets the Mail
TOTS #15: Time for You to Leaf, Squatch-hopper
TOTS #16: Squatchlet Gets a Foot in the Door
TOTS #17: Signs of the Sasquatch
TOTS #18: Sasquatch Joins a Book Club
TOTS #19: Sasquatch Blasts Off
TOTS #20: Shhhh! Don't wake up the Squatch!
TOTS #21: Are YOU a Squatch?
TOTS #22: Sasquatch's Safe Place
TOTS #23: A GRATEful Sasquatch
TOTS #24: Squatch Hygiene

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)