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FTF!? Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/15/2007
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is not at the posted coordinates. (you can't go there!)

A new cache was just published! But when I got there, it had already been found 5 times and there was nothing in it but a log!
Apparently, the hider left a geocoin, dollar, some geo-trash, and a travel bug in the cache, but they were all gone by the time I got there. None of the cachers left anything!

Looks like the first 5 finders were c31337, Muppet_Boy, "spoon + groupee" (team), han_solowe and hammd. They appear to have had some adventures while trying to grab the FTF !
One of them got a flat tire on the way to the cache. Another was pulled over by the police!
One cacher was taking a relaxing bubble bath when the cache was published, but still went for it! He probably should have been at the Geocachers Anonymous meeting that the another of the first 5 cachers was at. ("I'm just going out for a smoke, he said. Leaving a GA meeting for an FTF - i don't think he's making much progress!)
And another cacher had a dead blackberry. But still went for the ftf when he found out about the cache.

Can you figure out what happened to who, when they found it, and what they took?


  • c31337 found it after the cacher that took the geo-trash.
  • The cacher who was attending the Geocachers Anonymous meeting is neither hammd nor "spoon + groupee", both of whom did not see the travel bug in the cache.
  • han_solowe did not see the geocoin in the cache, but didn't remove the geo-trash which he saw in the cache.
  • Muppet_Boy found the cache before the cacher who was attending the GA meeting. Neither of these cachers took the dollar.
  • hammd was not pulled over for speeding.
  • The person who was taking a relaxing bubble bath when the cache posted saw the geocoin, but took a different item and didn't see TNLNSL in the log.
  • The cacher who got a flat tire found it after han_solowe, who found it after the cacher who was pulled over for speeding.
  • hammd (who did not take the dollar) found the cache before the cacher that had a dead blackberry. Neither "spoon + groupee" nor c31337 got a flat tire.

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meta: Sorry, this one can't be solved in the 'field'. Thanks to Journeyman for beta-testing the puzzle. If the form says you are wrong, you have a logic error somewhere! There is only one answer!. For the final, I recommend visiting on weekends as there will be far fewer muggles. For parking, if the gate is closed i think you'll be fine parking right at GZ. If you have trouble finding the cache, feel free to email me for a lifeline, i can usually respond quickly.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pnpur: ybj, ovttre guna n anab ohg abg ol zhpu, fznyyre guna na nygbvq gva. Pbhyq or n gevpxl rkgenpgvba. Jngpu sbe fcvqref Chmmyr: uggc://jjj.chmmyrefcnenqvfr.pbz/cntr1042.ugzy

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)