Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. As a kid, I ran through the streets collecting candy and I didn't get hit by a car once!
So I tried to re-live some of those memories with this puzzle"
The cache is not hidden at the posted co-ordinates.
The puzzle uses logic. There are no tricks.
Everything you need to solve this puzzle can be found on the cache page
bring a pen. if you don't sign the log book, your log will be deleted
The Puzzle
5 boys, ages 6,7,8,9 and 10, are going trick-or-treating in their neighborhood.
Each one is wearing a different costume, each has a different color bag,
and each has a different favorite candy.
Before leaving, their mothers made them line up left to right for a picture
The question is.....
What costume is Darell is wearing?
here are some clues to help.
Bag: black, blue, green, red, white
Name: Alvin, Darell, Justin, Lewis, Terry
Costume: cowboy, magician, pirate, vampire, wizard
Candy: bubble gum, jellybeans, lollypop, candy corn, Taffy
Age: 6,7,8,9 and 10
Mother: Brenda, Eleanor, Katherine, Naomi, Whitney
1-. The oldest boy is in the third position
2-. The vampire is somehow between the boy that has the black bag and the wizard, in that order.
3- Naomi's son is exactly to the right of the 8 year old.
4- The boy who likes jelly beans is in the fifth position
5- The magician is next to the boy who likes lollypops
6- The boy who likes jellybeans has the blue bag.
7- The boy who likes lollyops is in the middle
8- Lewis is somewhere to the right of the boy that has the green bag
9- The boy that likes bubblegum is somewhere between Justin and the vampire, in that order.
10- The nine year old is Naomi's son
11- The pirate is next to the boy who likes jellybeans
12- Alvin is somewhere to the right of the boy who has the white bag
13- Eleanor's son is next to the youngest boy
14- Terry is immediately before the wizard.
15- The boy that has the green bag is somewhere between the 6 year old and the wizard, in that order.
16- Brenda's son is next to Whitney's son.
17- The boy that has the green bag is somewhere to the left of Alvin.
18- Alvin is next to the boy who likes Taffy
19- Whitney's son is somewhere to the right of the boy that has the white bag.
The Cache is Hidden at the following coordinates:
N 40° 45. Wizard, Green, Candy Corn W 073° 51. Terry, Lollypops, Brenda
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