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CONTROL - A Secret Organisation for Spies Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/11/2021
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


This cache was nominated in the 2020/21 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards (Best 'Mystery/Puzzle' Cache).

***The cache is not at the listed coordinates.-To find it you will need to solve the following puzzle***

"Get Smart" was a cult TV comedy series of the spy genre written by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry that ran from 1965-1970.-Episodes followed the battles between CONTROL,-the top secret,-counter-espionage organisation,-and KAOS,-the international organisation of evil.

CONTROL spies were experts in concealment:

  • They hid themselves in cigarette machines,Smedicine chests,-grandfather clocks,3duffel bags,-oil paintings,7giant toothpaste tubes,-cello cases,4lit pot-bellied stoves,-towel warmers,8safes,-restaurant food trolleys,9ice machines,-mailboxes,1washing machines,-lockers,3trash cans and fire hydrants.
  • In the era before mobile phones,-they were also renowned for hiding their standard phones in shoes,Eneckties,-combs,1wrist watches,-clocks,4makeup compacts,-fingernails,5leather belts,-wallets,1garters,-balloons,2ice creams,-hand-kerchiefs,4eye glasses,-garden hoses,2pot plants,-car radiators,9cigarette lighters,-fire hydrants,-bottles of perfume,-bars of soap,-car steering wheels,-bed headboards,-mummy cases,-steer horns,-chips and burgers,-cheese sandwiches,-stethoscopes,-thermos flasks,-lab test tubes and Bunsen burners!

Of course,-they would be naturals if ever they had to hide a geocache...!!! -BYO spy pen.

***CONGRATULATIONS to GJMMelb on their FTF***

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“Gone but not forgotten”
In memory of other caches that were once also here:
GC8VQRB Where‘s Wally?
July 1, 2020 - July 11, 2022
GC19P2A Take a Break
February 25, 2008 - June 9, 2017

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Puzzle] hfr gur tvira xrlobneq fubegphg [Hide] haqre ohfu 6z A bs snyyra ybt - gnyx gb ybtobbx

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)