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Salmon Park Puzzle Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/9/2017
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


It's quite puzzling how caches seem to disappear from this park, so I figured I'd make a puzzle and try to make a cache that can stick around for a while.  Solve the puzzle and find the coordinates to the log. I'm not sure of the history here, or why this neighborhood has the 'Salmon Estates' name, but any salmon you catch in the nearby creek probably aren't fit for eating.  Bring your own pen...



                                  

Salmon is the common name for several species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. Other fish in the same family include trout, char, grayling and whitefish. Salmon are native to tributaries of the North Atlantic (genus Salmo) and Pacific Ocean (genus Oncorhynchus). Many species of salmon have been introduced into non-native environments such as the Great Lakes of North America and Patagonia in South America. Salmon are intensively farmed in many parts of the world.

Red Herring

Typically, salmon are anadromous: they hatch in fresh water, migrate to the ocean, then return to fresh water to reproduce. However, populations of several species are restricted to fresh water through their lives. Various species of salmon display anadromous life strategies while others display freshwater resident life strategies. Folklore has it that the fish return to the exact spot where they hatched to spawn; tracking studies have shown this to be mostly true. A portion of a returning salmon run may stray and spawn in different freshwater systems. The percent of straying depends on the species of salmon. Homing behavior has been shown to depend on olfactory memory.




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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gnfgl ybbxva' Fbpxrlr lbh tbg gurer...

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)