Friday 13th - The Knights Templar Curse Mystery Cache
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Friday 13th - The Knights Templar Curse
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The listed co-ordinates are NOT for the cache location. There is
nothing here but water. Solve the clues to find the cache, which is
located within a 5 mile radius of here.
On Friday 13th October 1307 the end came for some 5,000 Knights
Templars across France.
So organised were the arrests that perhaps only 20 Templars
escaped. On March 19th of 1314 the Grand Master and the Preceptor
of Normandy were burned at the stake. As the flames licked around
them the Grand Master uttered a curse against those who had
condemned them, on the Pope and King Philip of France. They were to
join him within a year.
That night, for all practical purposes marked the end of the 200
year order of the Knights Templars.
33 days later the Pope died, and a few months later, King Philip
also lay dead. France was plunged into anarchy for the next 100
years.
The curse of the Templars had come true. It is even said that the
reason Friday 13th is unlucky stems from that fateful day in
1307.
The Templars were seriously rich and essentially invented the
banking system as we know it, they also used codes, some
hidden.
Your quest is to find the solution to the code, and then onto the
cache itself, which is a standard camouflaged ammo box.
The cache, which is located quite close to the path (so be aware
of muggles), can be reached without trampling through any
undergrowth, so please respect the area in which it is located and
stick to the paths - even if this is not the most direct route.
Parking is obvious once you have solved the puzzle and get to the
location, and the area is suitable for dogs and children, and even
in winter is not muddy.
Please leave the cache well hidden.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[Clue 1] ernq orgjrra gur yvarf
[Clue 2] pnpur vf ybpngrq ng gur onfr bs na byq gerr
[Clue 3] Purpxfhz vf guvegl rvtug
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