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Close Encounters Traditional Cache

Hidden : 9/13/2014
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


This geocache is part of the Sundance Geocache Roundup! Stop by the Sundance Museum to pick up a passport and let the fun begin! Or, you can download the passport at: http://www.sundancewyoming.com/sundance/sundance-attractions Find 10 geocaches and earn a custom coin, find 20 and earn a different custom coin! Completed passports can be turned in at the Sundance Museum or you can mail it in to claim your coins! Devils Tower, WY is a 5114 ft.above sea level laccolith rock located in Crook County Wyoming. It rises dramatically 1267 feet above the surrounding area and is a part of the Bear Lodge Mountains, part of the Black Hills.  It also is a part of a National Monument established on Sept. 24, 1906 and governed by the National Park Service. The Lakota indians called it "Bear Lodge" and it is considered a sacred worship site by many Native Americans. In 1977 a movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" used the formation as the location of its final scenes. Hence the name of our cache "Close Encounters"  We have also dropped a travel bug here that we found in Utah that is on a quest looking for aliens. This is a good place to start! The cache is near a parking spot in direct view of the tower. It is not on the monument grounds.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh ner ybbxvat sbe n terra nzzb obk. Jngpu sbe nyvraf!

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)