This puzzle requires you to find 36 New England animals within
the word search grid below. There are no insects and only animals
that you would see on a New England woodland trail are used in the
correct solution.
Once you have found all 36 animals correctly, you will end up
with eight letters that can be anagrammed into 2 mystery numbers in
the range zero to nine.
A = The number of 3 letter words.
B = The number of 4 letter words.
C = The number of 5 letter words.
D = The number of 6 letter words.
E = The number of 7 letter words.
F = The number of 8 letter words.
G = The number of 9 letter words.
H = A - C
I = The lower mystery number.
J = The higher mystery number.
Stage 1 coordinates:
North: 42 EA.JIB
West: 071 FJ.HBD
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.
Please carefully replace the interim stages as they are
configured. There are a few stages with some engineering features
so that they "lock" and can withstand critters and wind. No force
is required.
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