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Talk Like a Pirate Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/19/2006
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Ahoy, me hearties! We hid this here treasure on "talk like a pirate" day. On this day every year, ye should talk like a pirate all day, lest ye get tossed overboard fer soundin' like a landlubber. Sounds like fun, eh chum!
Alas, ye will find no doubloons, pieces of eight, or any other booty here!... But ye know, they’ve never found Blackbeard's treasure either! Har har! Yo ho! Argh!
Mind ye, pay no mind to the charted numbers!! If ye did ye should be wantin' a stout ship and crew, for ye would be findin’ yerself in the middle of the Columbia River.
Instead, ye must work out the puzzle below. It be easy as fallin' off a yardarm, me bucko!
And shiver me timbers, what be these creatures called "muggles"? Fearsome sea monsters? Best ye keep a sharp eye out for 'em!
Well? Got yer sea legs under ye? Then let's get started! Fair winds & good fortune be with ye, mateys!

A) pirate drink of choice:
5)milk 6)rum 7)prune juice 8)diet sprite

B) To insult a fellow pirate, ye could call him/her a "filthy bilge _____":
6)parrot 7)cow 8)mouse 9)rat

C) Ask the young laddies/lasses fer help with this one:
Peter Pan's enemy was the evil pirate, Captain ______
4)Hook 5)Cook 6)Kirk 7)Ron

D) A mutinous pirate might be forced to walk the:
6)path 7)plank 8)streets 9)line

E) Name of a popular movie + disneyland ride: Pirates of the ________
1)Penzance 2)Arctic 3)Mediterranean 4)Caribbean

F) Pirates, at least in the movies, hide their treasures in:
1)a tree 2)safe deposit box 3)corn maze 4)the ground

Ye are looking for: 47.26.ABC 120.19.DEF

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

1. Nlr, gb gur FR gurer or gur pybfrfg cynpr jr pbhyq svaq gb n "cvengr" gurzr nebhaq urer. 2. Obggbz bs gur "znfg" 3. jjj.gnyxyvxrncvengr.pbz

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)