Hidden History Multi-Cache
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This is a two-stage offset cache located just off the new river trail leading into Riverfront Park, the River Market, and the Clinton Library Park area in downtown Little Rock.
The coordinates listed above are for the first stage where you will find some “Hidden History”.
Use what you find there in order to locate the second stage located at N34°44.ABC W092°15.XYZ. Look closely at "Hidden History" before proceeding!
To figure out both A and C, take the last letter of the first part of “Hidden History” and count backward from the end of the alphabet. That number corresponds to both A and C.
For X and Z, take the first letter of the first part of “Hidden History” and count backward from the end of the alphabet. That number corresponds to both X and Z.
To figure out B and Y, take the middle two letters of the street name where the cache is located, and for each letter count backward from the end of the alphabet. Add these two numbers together. This will give you a two-digit number. The first digit represents B and the second digit represents Y. Plug in all the values and proceed to the second stage. Happy hunting.
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COORDINATES CHECK: The sum of the six numbers you plug in for ABC and XYZ should equal 40. If they don't, then you should recheck your solution.
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This is our first attempt at planting a cache. Since there are so many people logging the other caches in the area which are all micros, we thought it would be nice to locate a larger container here so our visitors to this area would have a place to drop travel bugs and other trade items. Original contents include a WJTB, a nerf football, two matchbox trucks and a race car, a rubber necklace, a 2006 organizer, 2 key rings, and a few more goodies.
Because the cache location is in a rather muggle-rich area, there may be times when the second stage of this cache will require a second trip. As with all caches, please place the cache back like you found it so that others may have the same experience you did.
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UPDATE: Finally got this one up and running again. The final stage is no longer in an ammo can but in a different container camouflaged by something that actually stood in the other end of the park for many years. Hopefully the cache will remain awhile, now that there is not room for the homeless to use the cache location for a storage area for all their earthly possessions. Although the final cache site is in a pretty high muggle area if you use stealth while approaching it, you should be able to retrieve the cache and sign the log without drawing too much attention as it is well hidden from view. When I re hid this thing yesterday I actually had to come back three times because of muggles. It’s usually not that big a problem. If in doubt please come back because once the homeless and skate boarders find out this cache is here I don’t give it much chance of surviving.
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Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[Stage 1]: Nccebnpu sebz YnUnecr Oyiq.
[Stage 2]: Zn Oryy qbrfa’g yvir urer nal zber.
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