Etaoin Shrdlu Mystery Cache
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As any who's ever played hangman or watched Wheel of Fortune knows, not all letters in the English language occur with equal frequency.
This will be helpful in solving the following simple substitution cipher. If you have done or looked at the Codebreaker series, this is nowhere near as difficult.
"FOZ BUJRSJBKD CJMMJSGDFE," UZQKUAZC VOZUDNSA ONDQZV, "DKE JR
hmmm...there are 10 links in this description...
FOZ MKSF NM FOZUZ HZJRT FNN QGSO ZYJCZRSZ. POKF PKV
I wonder if that means something...
YJFKD PKV NYZUDKJC KRC OJCCZR HE POKF PKV JUUZDZYKRF."
Here are some clues to help you along:
- a frequency analysis wouldn't prove a waste of time
- "the" is a very common word and is found twice in this message
- the word "was" appears three times in the last sentence
- the message is a quote from a famous fictional character whose last name begins with the 5th most common letter in the message
N ojcczr° (krc-7).(mksf·30.1)
W (juuzdzykrf-3)° (fnn/5).(pokf+1)·15
This cache, being a puzzle, is not at the listed coordinates, but it is within two miles. Nothing a Subaru can't handle.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Jnvfg-uvtu va na rnfgobhaq oenapu