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Remembering South Square Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/24/2019
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


THIS CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES.

This mystery cache is in remembrance of South Square Mall which is a defunct shopping mall that was located in Durham, North Carolina and was Durham’s first enclosed mall.  I decided to place this cache, since this was a location that we frequently visited when we first moved to the area.

In order to log this cache you will need to visit the following page to learn more about this location to solve for the nearby location of the final cache.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Square_Mall

 

I wanted to make this a fairly simple find, so you only need to solve for the alphabetic characters contained in the following coordinates (N 35.57.ABC W 078.57.DEF) by finding the answers to the following questions:

A = Total number of stores and services; add these two numbers together for A

B = Number of mall floors multiplied by four

C= Number of original anchor stores

D = Year the movie theater closed (e.g. 199x);  Add 2 to this year for D

E = Number of screens in the movie theater

F= Decade this establishment opened; take first digit for F

Congratulations to cvjones for the FTF on this cache!

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

YCP

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)