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FART: Battle of the Flatulent Falsettos Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/21/2021
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is not at the posted coordinates. Solve the puzzle below to figure out where to go.


This is a tribute to the War of the Roses cache series in York and Lancaster Counties of PA. If you are not familiar with the WOTR cache series, then you really need to figure out what is important in this world. Is it your family? Your career? Both of those are rubbish compared to the WOTR geocache series. Set whatever is keeping you from those geocaches aside, and do something for yourself, at least once in your life. If you are familiar with WOTR, fantastic! Then you already know about the best waste of time that exists anywhere near home.

A little history of me and the original WOTR series. When I first started caching it was a fairly new series. Those puzzles, caches, and icons on my map sat there and stared back at me, unfound and unattempted, for the better part of 10 years. I would look at the online puzzles until my eyes crossed and blurred. I made and appointment with an optometrist, but he threw me out of the office and screamed, “I TOLD YOU 3 TIMES, I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF GEOCACHING!” What a grump. I was just trying to see if he knew of any other ROT's besides ROT13. So that guy was no help at all. Recently, when the world broke, the universe presented me with time. After my 6th rewatch of the Tiger King, there was nothing interesting left to do. I had plenty of time to try the WOTR series again. The online puzzles were treacherous. But with a bit of help and plenty of time, I endured.

I decided to make a parody series, as a respectful tribute, and to pay praise to the WOTR series. I am calling it the Feuding About Royal Things series, the FART series. If you are reading this, drop me a message to say hello :) Sorry, nothing more to be found this way.

The only thing I can think of that the 2 caching series have in common is they can both be found on www.geocrotching.com. Other than that, they are completely different. WOTR currently contains a 7-puzzle series, enough to burn through an entire lockdown. FART is currently just four caches, possibly enough to be considered a limited time mini-series, and get you through an ordinary Tuesday night. The WOTR online puzzles are some of the hardest, most insanely clever cache puzzles I have attempted. FART is not that clever. In fact, I simply stole their puzzle and made the solution equal what I thought was the best answer. Meaning, it is the cleverest thing I thought to try on my own, before finally figuring out how the WOTR owner wanted it solved. After solving the online puzzle portion, the WOTR series then takes you to a beautiful spot in the woods, so beautiful that I can’t believe some of these places are only 30-60 minutes from home. Once there you search for a brilliantly crafted field puzzle. The field puzzles are works of art on their own. After solving the below online puzzle, FART will take you to a bison tube, maybe a film canister if you are lucky, that you can probably reach from out your car window. Very considerate of me, I know. Everything about the WOTR series is amazingly crafted, fun, interesting, and all-around challenging. Everything about FART is stinky, stolen, and poorly planned. But that is what a parody is. I did check with a guy in a really rad van that said he was an attorney, I am safe from prosecution under the parody laws of our country. As the CO would say, "That's all folks!"

If you have not checked out the nearby WOTR puzzle series, do yourself a favor and check it out. https://coord.info/BM94PBP

Be sure to collect the clue on the log sheet, in case it ever means something.

jorvtzqzinvtzqzinvtzqzinvtdqzavtNojkxdkczmajpiydqzavt

jorvtdqzavtdsnvtzdbcorvtzzocmvtdizivtjpmavtzzocmvt

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pyrne, zbfg pbzzba fvta, jura gb frnfr fvcure fhesvat

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)