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Shelob's Lair Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/19/2006
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This cache was placed while helping a friend's daughter film an amateur version of Lord of the Rings.

The cache is NOT at the listed coordinates! If you try to hunt or park there, what you get is your own fault!


My friend's daughter, Erin, is a junior in High School and wants to go to film school. On her own she has been filming Lord of the Rings (Well, the first and third films - if you know about 10K extras willing to dress as orcs, she might try the second...). We were filming the Shelob Lair scene today and I placed a cache within the lair.

Now I don't have any puzzle that has a LOTR theme, so I decided to use this puzzle. You may have to reach back a ways for this old computer game.

Good luck with the puzzle

The signals can be bad at the final site (I was able to get 35' EPE while there), so a little help: The Lair is about 60-80' off the trail, check the entrance. You're looking for a medium sized Lock and Lock (I didn't have room in the pack for a ammo can).

First Finder prize is a new Maine geocoin.

9-04-2021 Update: I replaced the cache today with a slightly smaller Lock-n-Lock. I also moved it up and in a little. Please be sure to replace the local cammo to hide the cache.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Spoiler] Fbhgu Rnfg raq bs uhtr, zbff pbirerq obhyqre, jvgu n ovt gerr tebjvat ba gbc.

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)