Old Souls - Snavely Family Mystery Cache
Old Souls - Snavely Family
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Welcome to this amall graveyard that was donated to the Snavely Family by Milton S. Hershey in 1932. This nicely tucked away cemetery is home to three Vets that I thought you would like to meet. Here you will be doing some simple math to figure out the final missing coordinates for where to find the final cache. Thhe final is a bison that will be a reach for most. The final is not near any headstones.
You will need to find the following answers to the questions below. Fill in the missing Coordinates and then go find the Cache. Good Luck !!
The first person you will be visiting is Eli Harnish from the 79th Regiment, wounded in Antietam & Bentonville at the following coordinates...
N39 59.176
W76 18.769
Here you will be finding the common number in both the day of birth and the day of death and that will = A.
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The second person you wil be visiting here is Menno S Richardson from the US Army. He can be found at the following coordinates...
N39 59.185
W76 18.769
Here you will be taking the year he died and subtract the year he was born, now subtract the number of letters in the 4th line second word of the headstone text this will = BC.
The third person and final person you will be visiting here is Maurice Hostetter from the US Army. He can be found at the following coordinates...
N39 59.178
W76 18.754
Here you will be taking the number beside the word "Tec" in the third line of text and adding it to the date he died. (Not the month or year he died) = D
Next you will take the year he died and subtract it from the year he was born, now subtract 15 to = EF.
NOW you are ready to enter the answers you found with the corrosponding letters in the below coordinates. GOOD LUCK !!
N39 59.ABC
W076 18.DEF
CONGRATULATIONS goes to cbaumercache for the FTF in record time !! Awsome job... Sorry ya had to rush thru dinner to get it today...
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Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
- Ybbx hc...
- lbh znl arrq n obbfg gb ergevrir guvf bar.