Ghost In The Graveyard Mystery Cache
MadMin: archiving per owner's request
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Puzzle at the Havard Graveyard, Cache within walking distance of the Parking Lot for Bare Hill Pond. Puzzle is basically a scavanger hunt looking for names on the graves, and then the birth and death dates of those people. Cache is less than 30 feet from open area.
Cache is a small HALLOWEEN themed cache. If there's chrismas in July, then dag nabbit, there can be a Halloween in May! Make sure that everything you put in there is Halloween themed; except obviously travel bug's, they can have whatever theme. The coordinates above are for the parking area of the graveyard(for the puzzle). The actual cache is less than 30 feet from open area; there is a small deer-trail from the open area that goes right by the cache, although it is still hard to spot from the path. Parking for the final cache is at N 42 29.650, W 071 35.354. THERE IS NO PENCIL OR PEN IN THIS CACHE, SO MAKE SURE YOU BRING YOUR OWN!!!! Note: Log Book is pretty small, only room for signatures.
If you go to Bare Hill Pond during the Summer, you will have to pay a parking fee. If you want to avoid the fee, go to the parking lot up the road a little, there's a parking lot for the high school, you can't miss it. There's a biking/walking path down to the pond, so parking at the school will only cost you a 5-minute walk.
Puzzle:
Find the graves of the people listed below in the Harvard Town Graveyard. Then figure out their birth and death dates. If a letter (A through J)is in a spot on there birth and death dates, then that number is in the coordinates. Parking is at: N 42 29.975, W 71 34.997.
Note: If you can't read a grave, chances are neither could I. My point is: If it's not legible, it's not one of the graves your looking for.
George Harrod:
___ ___ _f_ _g_ ---- ___ _i_ ___ ___
Wilbur F. Sawyer:
___ ___ _h_ ___ ---- ___ ___ _b_ ___
J. Gardner:
___ ___ _c_ _j_ ---- ___ ___ ___ _a_
William Buttrick:
___ ___ _d_ ___ ---- ___ ___ _e_ ___
Cache is at: N 42 ab.cdf, W 071 fg.hij
Original Contents of the cache:
-Mini Halloween Troll
-Bendy Skeleton
-Another Bendy Skeleton
-"Europe Ski Bug" TB
-Log Book (obviously)
-Sorry, no FTF prize
***IMPORTANT***
GRAVEYARD RULES:
-NO TRESPASSING 7pm-7am
-NO ARTIFICAL FLOWERS
-NO STONE RUBBINGS
-NO DOGS OR HORSES
-NO HORSEBACK RIDING
-NO RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
Have fun!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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[Cache] Ybbx sbe n fdhner ghoorejner pbagnvare pbirerq jvgu yrnirf, cvar arrqyrf, rgp. Ybbx qbja.