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Kicked the Bucket Mystery Cache

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CanadianRockies: This is the third time this cache has been muggled. Alas, I think it's time for it to "kick the bucket."

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Hidden : 10/18/2009
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This is a Halloween-themed puzzle cache.

Photo by Joern Straten

Note: This cache is not located at the posted coordinates. You must solve the following puzzle to get the actual coordinates.

Warning: Beware of barbed wire near the cache location.

A Calgary area cacher met an untimely death one All Hallows' Even. Mr. F. Bacon was climbing a high tree in an attempt to reach a cache when an unfortunate series of events occurred.

A weak branch broke, and Bacon fell. He landed partly on a wire fence, which sliced through his neck and decapitated him. His severed head rolled downhill and into an irrigation canal.

T. Howard, Bacon’s horrified caching companion, chased after the head. Before he could reach it, though, a coyote grabbed the body part and dashed off across a field. Howard continued his pursuit, and the canine eventually dropped his prize. A large hawk then swooped down, grabbed the head, and flew away.

As far as I can determine, nobody ever saw Bacon's head again. Exactly one year later, however, this note appeared in the log book of the cache where the accident happened:

Notebook photo by Davide Guglielmo

You can check your answer here.

The original cache was a waterproof match container inside a skull beneath a bucket, but that has disappeared. You're now looking for a bison tube inside some camouflage.

Good luck. And be safe.

Congratulations to BVPete for the FTF.

Additional Hints ()

[Puzzle:] Onpba [Cache:] Qeng!

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)

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