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Cache Anguish Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/13/2006
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The coordinates given above are not accurate. But they do put you in the general vicinity of the first stage of the cache. You must decipher the code below to come up with the correct coordinates A puzzle leading to a two stage cache. Please read and decode the following narrative, then answer questions on the worksheet below to get accurate coordinates to the first stage.

Ladle Rat Rotten Hut: Annulled Furry Starry 

Wants pawn term, dare worsted ladle gull hoe lift wetter murder inner ladle cordage honor itch offer lodge, dock florist. Disc ladle gull often worry ladle cluck wetter putty ladle rat hut, end fur disc raisin pimple colder Ladle Rat Rotten Hut. 

Wan moaning Rat Rotten Hut's murder colder inset: "Ladle Rat Rotten Hut, heresy ladle basking winsome burden barter end shirker cockles. Tick disc ladle basking tudor cordage offer groin murder hoe lifts honor udder site offer florist. Shaker lake, dun stopper laundry wrote! Dun stopper peck floors! Dun daily-doily inner florist, end yonder nor sorghum stenches dun stopper torque wet strainers." 

"Hoe-cake, murder," resplendent Ladle Rat Rotten Hot, end tickle ladle basking end stuttered oft. Honor wrote tudor cordage offer groin murder, Ladle Rat Rotten Hut mitten anomalous woof. 

"Wail, wail, wail," set disc wicket woof, "evanescent Ladle Rat Rotten Hut! Wares or putty ladle gull goring wizard ladle basking?" 

"Armor goring tumor groin murder's," reprisal ladle gull. "Grammars seeking bet. Armor ticking arson burden barter end shirker cockles." 

"O hoe! Heifer gnats woke," setter wicket woof, butter taught tomb shelf, "Oil tickle shirt court tudor cordage offer groin murder. Oil ketchup wetter letter, end den -- O bore!" 

Soda wicket woof tucker shirt court, end whinney retched a cordage offer groin murder, picket inner widow end sore debtor oil worming worse lion inner bet. Inner flesh disc abdominal woof lipped honor betting adder rope. Zany pool dawn a groin murder's nut cup end gnat gun, any curdle dope inner bet. 

Inner ladle wile Ladle Rat Rotten Hut a raft attar cordage end ranker dough ball. 

"Comb ink, sweat hard," setter wicket woof, disgracing is verse. Ladle Rat Rotten Hut entity bet rum end stud buyer groin murder's bet. 

"O grammar," crater ladle gull, "wart bag icer gut! A nervous sausage bag ice!" 

"Buttered lucky chew whiff, doling," whiskered disc ratchet woof, wetter wicket small. 

"O grammar, water bag noise! A nervous sore suture anomalous prognosis!" 

"Buttered small your whiff," inserter woof, ants mouse worse waddling. 

"O grammar, water bag mousey gut! A nervous sore suture bag mouse!" 

Daze worry on forger nut gull's lest warts. Oil offer sodden throne offer carvers an sprinkling otter bet, disc curl end bloat Thursday woof ceased pore Ladle Rat Rotten Hut end garbled erupt. 

Mural: Yonder nor sorghum stenches shut ladle gulls stopper torque wet strainers. 
 

 -  from Anguish Languish by Howard L. Chace

 
WORKSHEET PORTION: N 48 30._ _ _ (latitude) W 123 2 _._ _ _ (longitude)
  • (1) How many characters were in the story? (Include them all!) Put the answer in the first blank of the latitude.

  • (2 )How many sheep jumped over the rail in the narrative? Add 3 and put the answer in the second blank of the latitude

  • (3) Take the final number in (2) above, double it, and subtract 2 and put that figure in the last blank of the latitude.

  • (4) How many of the characters were inhuman? Add 1 to the number and use the result for the first blank in the longitude.

  • (5) Did the female protagonist survive? If yes, put a 1 in the second blank of the longitude; if no, put a 0 there.

  • (6) How many bricks of gold were mentioned in the narrative? Add 3 and use that figure for the third blank in the longitude.

  • (7) How many stolen garments did the villain take? Add this to the final number from question 6 and use this number to complete the last blank in the longitude.

Now you're ready to find the first stage of the cache! I couldn't get readings better than 6 meters, so you may need to use the hints to help zero in on the right spots. Please take care to re-hide each stage for the next seeker. Please don't reveal any secrets in your logs, even if encrypted.
The cache container is a medium sized camouflaged lock and lock container. Along with the logbook and pen, there are various trade items and a first finder’s prize. Thank you for hunting our latest!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Hint for Decoding the Narrative] Gel ernqvat vg nybhq jvgu n sevraq naq frr vs vg qbrfa'g fgneg fbhaqvat snzvyvne. [Hint for Stage One] Rlr uvtu ovfba ghor ba gur evtug nf lbh pyvzo. [Hint for Final Cache] Svaq gur ybt ba gur evtug nf lbh pyvzo

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)