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Unaccountable Freaks Mystery Cache

Hidden : 8/5/2024
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Halley’s Comet, whose name rhymes with “valley” when pronounced correctly, appears in Earth’s sky typically once in a lifetime. Halley’s Comet was last visible from Earth in 1985-1986 and will be back in 2061-2026

Mark Twain was born during a year Halley’s Comet appeared. The year before he died, Mark Twain famously said of the comet:

“I came in with Halley’s Comet. It is coming again next year. The Almighty has said, no doubt, ‘Now there are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.’”

And so he did. Mark Twain died the year the comet returned.

With the information here, think about the years of Twain’s life. One of them will unlock the cache. 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybj. Ernq qrfpevcgvba sbe gur chmmyr.

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)