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AIBOHPHOBIA Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/20/2022
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   large (large)

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Geocache Description:


This is the third  in a series of Phobia caches by Totes Krakra. 

Aibophobia

a•bo•pho•bia  

The irrational fear of palindromes, a word that is spelled the same backward as it is forward, also includes verses, sentences, or numbers that read the same backward or forwards.

The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates. You will first need to decipher the following story in order to find the final coordinates.  

Let me tell you a story about my good friend Otto and how he got started geocaching. He and his wife Elle joined us on a zero emission, tropical vacation in Oktahatko, Mexico.  Neither of them had been geocaching before. Never, zip, zero.  We opened our geocaching app and showed them the geocaches around us at that moment.  In fact, there was a geocache just a quarter of a mile from our hotel.  That cache was called Too hot to hoot and was a hollowed out owl in a tree between a quaint beach bar and another one next door.  We all searched, but when he found it first, he bellowed "I man, am regal, a German am I!"  We cheered and had a beer to celebrate.  We watched the sunset over the ocean until zero light was left and then returned to our cinegenic hotel.  The next geocache we tried finding; we came up empty handed, zero, zilch.  Not there, no ma'am, but it was too late, he had caught the geo-bug.  Otto was an animal, a true Badgerboy and he had to find more.  He searched wherever he traveled.  He has since surpassed us by a multitude of finds.  And it all started on a little beach in Mexico. 

A Parking suggestion for final is provided, but this location will require crossing a fence either over or under.   Remember to get the bonus coordinates under the lid and on the log for the Phobia cache series bonus (GC9QMBW). If you like and understand long palindromes, additional hints are hidden on the cache page that will give you the needed key number to the solution. 
 

Congratulations to geo51 on FTF 


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Caches included in PhobiaPhobia - Series Bonus (  https://coord.info/GC9QMBW

  A. AIBOHPHOBIA - fear of palindromes.  https://coord.info/GC9PVNT

  B.  Dulciphobia - fear of cupcakes.  https://coord.info/GC9Q8PZ 

  C. Cartilogenophobia - fear of bones. https://coord.info/GC9R8A9

  D. Tomophobia - fear of surgery   https://coord.info/GC9R914

  E. Entomophobia - fear of creepy, crawlies.     https://coord.info/GC9QZKT

  F.  Abibliophobia - fear of running out of things to read. https://coord.info/GC9QGJ8

  G. Hoplophobia- fear of guns.  https://coord.info/GC9R91R

  H. Bibliophobia - fear of books.  https://coord.info/GC9QCGC. 

  I. Foniasophobia - fear of being murdered.    https://coord.info/GC9R90G

  J. Arachnophobia - fear of spiders.  https://coord.info/GC9QZKF 

 

Redmond Phobias
  Decidophobia - fear of making decisions https://coord.info/GC9R2JR
  Ophidiophobia - Fear of snakes    https://coord.info/GC9RJ1N
  Mugglephobia – Fear of muggles   https://coord.info/GC9RJ18
  Orthopteraphobia – Fear of locusts   https://coord.info/GC9T2QV
  Electrophobia – Fear of Electricity   https://coord.info/GC9T2NK
  Redmond Phobia Mania Bonus  https://coord.info/GC9T8FF
Other caches in the Phobia Cache Series: 
   NoMoPho-Phobia – Fear of no cell service  https://coord.info/GC9RZZF
   Scopophobia – Fear of being watched    https://coord.info/GC9T2QZ
   Hippophobia – Fear of Hippos   https://coord.info/GC9T2R0
 **Special Thanks to 2Moreyes, gardner387, Scottieb0y, alliegb3 and others for all the great phobia cache ideas**

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: Svany pbbeqvangrf ner pbagnvarq jvguva gur fgbel. Qb abg pbhag fcnprf, chapghngvba be dhbgngvba znexf. Hfr nyy npghny ahzoref sbhaq. Pnpur: tebhaq yriry

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)