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Urban Legend: The Haunted Statue Multi-Cache

Hidden : 11/10/2022
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Cache is not at the posted coordinates, but is located within 2 kilometres. Both stages are available 24/7, but the other attributes are for the final. Winter availability may be affected by how much snow we have at the time.  

 

MrsNolan spent most of her childhood living on Phin Avenue, the little street across from this cemetery's main entrance. There was an urban legend amongst the local kids that the cemetery contained a haunted statue; if you kicked it (or otherwise disrespected it), it would come to life and take revenge on you. MrsNolan would never have dared to kick the statue for various reasons, but she did pass a very long and restless night one time when a friend sleeping over at her house decided that he'd put the story to the test in spite of her protests!

 

In reality, the "haunted statue" is a largely forgotten war memorial.  It was erected by a local branch of a fraternal lodge to honour the members that they lost in the Great War. You will need information found on the statue's base in order to get the cache.  

 

Please be respectful while visiting this cenotaph and do not test the legend out for yourself; maybe we geocachers can help make up for the generations of children who have visited this war memorial only to kick it and run away! 

 

To find the final: 

-Add together the number of each battalion represented on the memorial and the branch number of the lodge that erected the memorial.  This three-digit result will complete the North coordinate (43 25.XXX)

-Add together the listed age of each man remembered on the memorial. This three-digit result will complete the West coordinate (80 17.YYY)

 

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Sbe gur chmmyr: Hfr rnpu ahzore bayl bapr. Sbe gur pnpur: Ybbx ybj.

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)