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G.O. Hop 2024 #16: Peter Piper Plays a Tune Multi-Cache

Hidden : 8/22/2024
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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This cache was originally placed for the sixth annual Greater Omaha Grave Hop, an event that takes place in the Omaha area. The caches are located in and around cemeteries. Please be respectful and search for the caches between dawn and dusk.

 

This multi is all about Peter Hansen.

Peter Hansen, a warrior from Winnert, Germany married his second wife, Maria Greggers, in Ostenfeld, Germany. Peter had a son, Julius from his first marriage. Nothing is recorded about his first wife. In 1881 the Peter and Maria moved their family to America and settled in Leigh,Colfax Co, NE. Peter was a farmer. Julius, Ernst, Anna, Gustav, and Otto were the names of Peter's 5 children.   Peter died a few weeks before his youngest son, Otto, turned one year old. Otto then died a few weeks later just after his first bithday.  Some of Peter's children are also buried nearby. 

 

This is a 3 part multi. You will use the info on this cache page about Peter Hansen. You will also need the info from the monument. When you arrive at the monument write down the date of birth and date of death and any other numbers that you think might be used in the multi.  You will also need the 2nd stage information to get to the final.

 

Multi part one, for cordinates to get to part two, solve the following puzzle with these questions. 

 

N 41 15. ABC  W 096 07.DEF

 

A.  How many stages are in this multi

B.  Add the number of letters in the only daughter's name and the name of his youngest son who died at one year old. 

C. Number of letters in Peter's occupation. 

D. How old was the youngest son when he died

E. How many children did Peter have

F. How many letters in the second son's name

 

Go to the second stage of the multi nearby. There you find a clue and the puzzle inside a cache container. Solve the puzzle using the clue and information that you gathered at Peter's monument. Replace everything as found for the next cachers. 

Use this clue and puzzle to figure out the final stage.  Leave this copy of the puzzle inside the container. 

The answer to the final and third stage of the puzzle can be check with the link given. It is a short drive away to find the final cache. 

 

 

 

You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh arrq gb tb gb fgntr 2 sbe gur chmmyr sbe gur svany. Yrnir gur chmmyr ng fgntr 2. Vg'f gbqnl va gur cnfg.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)