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The Hedgehog Traditional Cache

Hidden : 9/20/2009
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
4.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The Hedgehog



City Art Landscape Nano Cache

You certainly remember the recently discovered faible of our "friends" in dark suits for rabbits (see in Facts and in A Pet for the Man in Dark?).
Certainly we all know the story about the rabbit and the hedgehog (look here for the story in German, in Dutch, in French or in English).
It seems our alien co-habitants have discovered the same story!

Original story as published in September 2009:
Please go to the above listed coordinates and look at the situation there!
Please take a moment to reflect:
What has happened to the hedgehog here and how this differs strongly from the story?

Accomplished Quote



Please bring your own pencil.


So far the original story.

The above coordinates are only indicative and just give you an idea where to look for.
Please look at a satellite image to see the hedgehog free "in the wild".


It seems the (once poor) hedgehog has been set free just one month later in October 2009!
Did a Man in Dark intervene? - We might never know ...

So this cache works now as originally anticipated:
It is an anti-anti island cache. (Disclaimer: The fact that one of the highest ranking Man in Dark is called Antti is purely coincidental and has nothing to do with this story.)
So searching and finding this cache works like in the story:
You have to wait for the hedgehog to come to you and not you running after the cache (unless you swim, walk over the water or wait for a cold winter - think global warming).
So this is like in slow-food. You are herewith introduced to slow-geocaching!
This makes this cache one of the most difficult ones to accomplish: You have to wait for a good moment when the hedgehog has drifted to the shore. Then you have to get on it and search for the cache (and hope that the hedgehog is not taking off in the meantime while you are on it;-).

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

zntargvp - ba gur urqtrubt vgfrys

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)