FTF!? Mystery Cache
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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.
To get the coordinates, input your answers into This form.
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