The final stage is not at the posted coordinates.
The Southeastern Atlantic Tree Octopus knows trees, and designed this puzzle to keep the cache hidden.
You must identify two trees near the posted coordinates, and use that information to find the cache. The tree photos were taken in the fall, maybe that makes it tougher to solve? And there's some math.
The cache box is at:
N 33° 25.___'
W 84° 27.___'
First identify this tree:
The North coordinates are the Tree Identification plus 766, which equals the three digits to fill in for the North coords.
Next, identify this tree:
The West Coordinates are the Tree Identification plus 507, which equals the three digits to fill in for the West coords.
There's a coordinate checker so you know when you've solved it. It's not hard to do, because all the trees in this shopping center have been identified.
Did you know...?
-- None of my caches require pushing through thorn bushes to find them. It may take a little route planning, but you can go around the thorns. So if you take the direct route and get all scratched up, that's on you.
-- A Multi-Cache tends to require you to visit the listed coordinates in order to acquire clues to the next stages.
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Southeastern Atlantic Tree Octopus (SEATO):
This creature is unrelated to other known Tree Octopus. But he's in the Southeast, so he's got that going for him.
The numbers of Southeastern Atlantic Tree Octopus have increased due to the vast expansion of their natural habitat. He's sometimes abbreviated as "SEATO", which sounds like "CITO", and means "Cache In, Trash Out". Or you could say "SATO", but I don't know what that means, so don't say it out loud. If you like, type one thing you will do to support our diverse natural world, which will help the Southeastern Atlantic Tree Octopus flourish. Or at least don't step on him. Thank you!
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