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Word Nerd #6: New England Safari Mystery Cache

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JWCOREY: Nature has taken its course. Time to let it go.

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Hidden : 4/10/2011
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is a 7 stage mystery multi-cache. The listed coordinates are for the best parking. This safari takes you on a walk of a little over a mile on a beautiful trail. All of the caches are best reached by staying on the trail with minimal bushwhacking.

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.

Also....When you log the cache electronically, please answer the question posed in the log book with one of 4 possible answers: yes-yes, yes-no, no-yes, or no-no. Don't disclose the question, just log your answers.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jr yrnearq nyy guvf ng Jbffnzbggn H. Gurer vf n uvag sbe guvf chmmyr va gur Genvavat Jurryf pnpur-- TP2M75R.

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)