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Tunnel King Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 3/28/2018
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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There is NO container at the posted coordinates. However, according to local legend, this is the location of one of the Tunnel King's boyhood homes. He had several while growing up. On November 3, 1921, Charles Buchinsky was born to a Lithuanian immigrant and his wife in the small, coal mining town of Ehrenfeld, PA. Charlie was one of 15 children. When he was 10 years old, his father died, so at age 16, he joined his brothers in the coal mines to help support his Mother and family. He was caught in a cave-in at one time, which led him to be fearful of closed places for the rest of his life. This may have been his life long career, but in 1943, Charlie was drafted into the Army Air Corps during WWII. There he served, first, as a truck driver, then as a tail gunner on the B-29's. During the War, he flew 25 missions and earned several awards to include the Purple Heart. Following the War, he decided to use his GI Bill to pursue an education in the Arts, something he had always been interested in. He joined a local theater group in Philadelphia and in 1951, was signed to a role in "You're in the Navy Now," His first lead was in 1958 as George Kelly in "Machine Gun Kelly". Charlie went by the last name of Buchinsky during the early years, but because of the McCarthy Era political environment, his agent recommended he change his last name. He picked Bronson from the name of the Bronson Gate at Paramount Studios where he was working at the time. Charles Bronson has at least 81 movies and 16 TV shows in which he appeared over the span of his career. He was often type cast into action roles and was considered to have the brawny, muscular type, tough guy appearance. Compared to the mines, Charles Bronson thought acting was relatively easy and credits it with him learning better English, although he was known as a man of few words. Critics did not always appreciate Charles, but his fans, both in the US and Europe, were many. He was once quoted...."We don't make movies for the critics. They never have to pay to see them anyhow!" 

To find the final coordinates for the cache container, you will need to match the movie with the character Charles Bronson portrayed.

Format will be N40 AB.CDE   W078 FG.HIJ

 

A - Death Wish

B - Dirty Dozen

C - The Magnificent 7

D - Great Escape

E - Rider on the Rain

F - Battle of the Bulge

G - Break Out

H - Assassination

I - Guns of Diablo

J - The White Buffalo

 

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2 - Bernardo O'Reilly

6 - Jay Killian

9 - Wild Bill Hickok

5 - Mr. Roberts

0 - Linc Murdock

3 - COL Harry Dobbs

8 - Arthur Bishop

4 - Wolenski

6 - Nick Colten

2 - Paul Kersey

1 - Danny "Tunnel King" Velinski

7 - MAJ Grigori Borzov

2 - Joseph Wladislaw

4 - George Kelly

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS LT SILVERFOX - FTF!!!!!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Rlr Yriry

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)