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Our Neighborhood Zoo Mystery Cache

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Prime Reviewer: As there's been no cache to find for months, I'm temporarily archiving this to keep it from continually showing up in search lists. Just contact us when you have the cache repaired, and assuming it still meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

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Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

Reinstated AGAIN April 2005. Same location. New container. Log only. The above coordinates are bogus. Solve the puzzle to get the actual coordinates.


There are some somewhat unusual animals running around our neighborhood. Find each one and answer the question he asks and the answers will lead you to the cache.

Animal #1 is at:
N 30° 19.891
W097° 44.396
"I never learned to read and could really use your help," our odd animal friend implores. "What is the first word on the sign that I'm sitting on?" ____________

Animal #2 is at:
N 30° 20.549
W097° 44.305
"It's really hard to talk with this thing in my mouth," mumbles our high-flying friend. What is it? _________________

Animal #3 is at:
N 30° 20.896
W097° 42.835
With a grunt and grin our wild animal friend beckons, "Don't be afraid. I'm not so mean. Come up close and look into my eyes and tell me what color you see." _____________

It doesn't matter what order you visit but put your answers (one word each) in the order listed above. Then throw out all the vowels. Then throw out any duplicate letters (all but one, that is, if there are three G's, keep the first one and throw out the last two)

Fill in these blanks with your remaining letters:

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 

Substitute the numbers for the corresponding letters and you'll soon discover that the cache is at:

N 30° MT.MGM
W097° PC.MLT

You won't get hot and sweaty doing this one. In fact, you don't even have to get out of your air conditioned car to visit the first two animals. The final stop is a park and grab depending on the time of day. Time it right, you're in and out. Time it wrong and you might have to put on your invisibility suit to keep from being spotted. (NOTE: You will be in a school zone and one street past the cache location is a one way street so be alert.)

The new cache container as of April 05 is a plastic duct tape covered candy tube. Contents are a log book, a pen, and some coins: If you want to leave something behind, keep it very small small (sheet of stickers, coupons, etc.).

Please use caution when extracting, logging, and replacing this cache when the park is occupied to help keep the cache alive a little longer this time around.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[1)] Cvengr bs gur Frn [2)] OOD [3)] Ovatb! [4)] Juvgr

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)