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Where Is Sam? (KPC2017) Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not located at the posted coordinates. Solve the puzzle below to determine the actual cache coordinates.

Well, I thought I would do a Where's Waldo puzzle, but then I ended up looking for Sam. Can you find these Sams?

Special Notes about the 2017 Puzzle Challenge: To be considered for Fastest Solver points, you must verify your solution with Certitude. Finders will receive Top Finder points when submitting Found It logs to the cache page. All "point" scoring is arbitrary, subject to change, at the discretion of the cache owner, and probably completely meaningless (unless you just want to be announced sooner at the celebration party in December). The real challenge is to see whether I will have enough time to create a puzzle each month this year! To maintain fairness, hints should not be offered by the cache owner or other solvers until the fifteenth of the month.

Special Notes about this month's cache: For no good reason, I waited until the last day to figure out and create a puzzle this month. That's why the final location doesn't match the theme. Originally published as D3.5, but I bumped it to D4 because there have been no local solvers after seven hours.


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Hint added October 15th.] Vs gurfr crbcyr jrer trbpnpuref, guvf jbhyq nyernql unir orra na yzg000 pnpur.

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)