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Ogres and Onions VII : Steganosaurus Mystery Cache

Hidden : 8/14/2019
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The supplied coordinates are, of course, completely useless for the purpose of finding this cache.  And also for parking.  Do not, under any circumstances go there.  (Actually... there're a great place to stop for an awesome picture of a natural wonder.)

Parking coordinates are for winter parking. During the summer months you may even be able to park closer to the cache.

Prepare to be amazed and astounded by a simple statement: Words mean things.  Obviously, words connote meaning or why would we have them?
For example, if I were to say "The river is blue" most English speaking people would understand it as "he is referring to a flowing body of water that is a shade of a particular color known as 'blue'."  (To interpret 'blue' in this case to mean 'risque' or 'sad' would obviously be incorrect.) Things get more complicated with a sentence like "Indiana is adventurous."  What does this sentence mean?  Could it mean that "the state of Indiana contains things that are of an adventurous or exciting nature?"  Could it mean "The character Indiana Jones has a personality that craves adventure and excitement?"  

As you can see, words have alternate shades of meaning, depending on context.

Although it could be helpful, the puzzle on the lines below does not require you to excel at lateral thinking. It can be thought of as just a word puzzle:

Wake drowse over under big little raze erect alpha omega sit lay Earth sky mom dad all none
light dark AM PM da nyet old young NE SW go stop spring fall sea land Eve Adam big wee hot cold
west east mom pa guy gal day night insane sane aloha aloha eve morn top bottom broad narrow
has bereft SE NW up down yang yin out in him her no yes me you boy girl all nothing for against
led trailed plus minus hers his off on new old hi bye he she hot cold fun sorrow after before

You are looking for a keyword.  When you have found it, there will be no question as to whether you have the correct word.  Entering the correct keyword in the checker will provide you with the final coordinates for the cache.


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

 

There's a stegosaurus hiding on this page, should you care to find it.  Finding it won't help you solve the puzzle.  This puzzle employs a different form of steganography than most geocachers are familiar with.

One final note on the final - it is very well camouflaged, but should be findable.  Perhaps more easily in the winter months?

Big thanks to teamajk for advice on making this puzzle more easily solvable.  (We'll have to see if anyone is even still looking at it.)

Congrats to treegal68 and the Morblers on co-FTF.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvag #1: Lbh zvtug nf jryy fgbc ybbxvat ng gur cvpgherf (hayrff lbh'er ybbxvat sbe gur fgrtbfnhehf). Gur chmmyr lbh arrq gb fbyir vf ryfrjurer. Uvag #2: Frr 9/13/2019 abgr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)