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Pirate Cat Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/1/2020
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


Arrrr. The legendary Pirate Cat be sailin' on his voyage eternal now, with fair winds and following seas, and this cache be in his honor.

Pirate Cat had people. They took very good care of him. He'd even stay with them if the weather was bad. But Pirate Cat's heart belonged to the seas around the 96th Street Monon Station. He'd spend his days there looting and pillaging the landlubbers who passed by, and sometimes asking them to operate the rum dispenser. Everyone using the trail there knew Pirate Cat.

The cache container is not at the posted coordinates. Those will take you to the memorial to Pirate Cat. There, you must solve a simple field puzzle to get the location of the cache container, and then embark on a short voyage to arrive there.

Look at the inscription on the memorial stone.

Count the number of letters in the second word of the first line, then add 1. Call that number "A".

Count the number of letters in the first word of the first line. Call that number "B".

The cache container, a small ammo box, is at N39 55.A66  W086 08.B92

The honeysuckle and weeds can be dense near the cache, thus the 2.5 terrain.

Pirate Cat's Facebook page

Here he is, showing off his GPS tracking collar. His people liked to keep track of where he was wandering.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Orgjrra gerr naq srapr.

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)