Watersdown Affair II Mystery Cache
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The cache is not at the posted coordinates. You must solve the puzzle to find it. Find the cache and catch the killer. Please make sure the cache is not visible when you depart.The signal at the cache is hard to capture. The hint should help. Parking is available on the intersecting street just before you get to the cache.
A select few guests (4 for that matter) were invited to Watersdown Mansion for the weekend as guests of Sir Roger Watersdown.
They, Miranda, Alison, Donny and Eiaguielle, all arrived in high spirits just after the noon hour on Friday, April 8, 2005.
You are in the employ of Sir Roger. Sir Roger is quite wealthy and owns the biggest distillery of spirits in Great Britain.
At around 5pm, just after the 4 guests were seated in the drawing room, cocktails in hand, they heard a series of loud sounds. They arose in confusion to determine the origin and found that Sir Roger had been mysteriously murdered shortly before. Those who solve this puzzle will find the killer and the cache.
You might be interested in some information about the other guests that were present during your stay. Enclosed is a brief biography of each guest.
Miranda T. Shetes is a beautiful and talented young American actress, Miranda is becoming known for her maturing talent and classic profile. Critically acclaimed for her portrayal of Miss Hardcastle in She Bends Over to Conquer, a film by Oliver Goldmint, she is becoming quite popular in film circles.
Dame Allison Bigh is a renowned author of English mystery novels, Dame Bigh has enjoyed great popularity and success since her best seller, The Knife Slices Coldly, was published two years ago.
Donald J. (Donny) Brooks is not only Sir Roger's nephew, but at age 35 he has established himself as a successful city banker and brilliant financial strategist. In the family, Mr. Brooks is known as "Donny."
Eiaguielle R. Aminmund is Sir Rogers confidential secretary, a highly talented and motivated person.
As you know, Eiaguielle, Donny, Alison and Miranda had just seated themselves in the game room of the manor for 5 o’clock cocktails when a series of sounds were heard. Each of the guests was perched on different seats (green hassock, leather recliner, wing chair, Eames chair).
Each guest heard a different series of sounds (gunshots, rings of a phone, door bell rings, cat screeches).
Each sound was repeated a different number of times (2, 3, 5, 8).
None of the listed datum is in an order related to the guests.
Consider the following facts:
* The guest who was sitting on the recliner heard 4 times as many sounds as Eiaguielle did.
* The guest who was sitting in the Eames chair did not hear the door bells.
* The gunshots were not heard by the guest who was sitting on the Eames chair.
* Miranda heard more sounds than the guest sitting on the green hassock, but fewer sounds than the guest who heard the cat screeches.
* The door bells were not heard by the guest who was sitting on the green hassock.
* Donny heard fewer sounds than the guest who heard the phone rings.
* Alison heard 3 more sounds than Donny did.
The coordinates are at N 37.12.ABC W 121.59.DEF, where
A = (Number of sounds heard by Miranda) plus 2 times (sounds heard by the guest seated in the wing chair)
B = 2 times (Number of cat screeches heard) minus 2
C = (Number sounds heard by the guest in the wing chair) plus (number of gun shots heard) minus 1
D = (Number of gun shots heard) minus 2
E= (Number of phone rings) minus (Number of sounds heard by the occupier of the Eames chair)
F = (Number of sounds heard by the occupier of the wing chair) minus (the number of sounds heard by Eiaguielle)
To discover who killed Sir Roger, list the names of the guests in ascending order of the number of sounds they heard. The key to the killer is in the cache.
Don’t forget to take your solution with you when you find the cache so you can find out who killed Sir Roger. You will have to park about 100 feet from the cache.
You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[Cache]thneqenvy
[checksum is fifty six]
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