Toby Searches the City (Tall Totem) Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 12/11/2017
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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This mystery cache is part of a set of hides connected with one mystery story. Each cache in the set has the same background story but involves a different puzzle to find a different hidden cache. For geocaching purposes, each cache is completely independent of the other hides, and all the locations are in the "Anchorage bowl" area.

The cache is not at the posted coordinates. Instead you will need to solve a mystery to get the real coordinates of the cache. This mystery cache is intended to be fun, so if you get frustrated, you are welcome to email Toby's biographer and ask for further hints.

#16 The Dogliest Detective and the Tall Totem

Toby arrived at the crime scene downtown early after being awakened by a call from the police.  His boss at the Alaska Consulting Detective Agency, Captain McGruff, was not happy to see him show up there.

The police officers were glad to see Toby and briefed him about the crime.  "The Bank Manager was kidnapped last night and made to turn over a large amount cash and gold coins to the criminals.  The criminals then drove around the city hiding the loot in various locations." 

"The Bank Manager was blindfolded, but he did manage to get glimpses of locations in mirrors or through the back window.  We need your help to find these locations from what he knows, then we can search the area for the stolen loot."

Captain McGruff had an idea. "Toby is new to Alaska and I bet he only knows the dog parks. What we need to do is get the city to open a special emergency funded contract with our agency and we will quickly have dozens of workers, and especially Toby, search the city from computers looking at satellite photos and our advanced drone technology.  We can search the entire city in a few hundred hours of overtime, plus overhead."

Toby spoke up "Sir, I don't know the city very well. But I have run into some people who spend much of their day looking for minute stuff in the most out of the way places in the city.  They could be a big help.  A few of them aren't even homeless or criminals."  

Toby grabbed an ammo can from a police car, emptied it out, threw flashlights and other available nick-knacks into the can, and then hid it the best he could in the bushes without burying it.  "Believe it or not, this might just summon some of them here quickly."  Toby then whipped out his tablet, typed for a few minutes, and told the police to get out of sight since they might scare away his help.  

Within a half-hour several cars pulled up and parked illegally close to the ammo can.  People spilled out of the cars staring at electronic devices and raced each other to stare up trees and under benches.  Captain McGruff laughed, "That's your help -- a band of GPS Irregulars?"

Toby said, "They may not look like Special Forces, but they won't let me down."  He then walked over to the searchers with a police radio and his tail wagging up high, asking if they would be willing to help him find some hidden treasures.  
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Search #8 - The Tall Totem

The police radioed Toby again and gave him the information about the next site to be searched. But immediately afterwards, Captain McGruff called and ordered him not to bother because the Agency drones would find certainly find it within minutes.

 Toby turned to the GPS Irregulars and said "I happen to know that half the Agency's drones are out scouting moose hunts, and the other one crashed filming a sporting event, so I doubt they will be very quick."

 "Here is what we know:  The Bank Manager said they stopped on a city street in front of a tall totem, four to five stories tall, attached to a building that was a little taller than the totem.  The bottom image on the totem was a polar bear, then a little higher was a killer whale, and near the top was a bald eagle with its wings out."

 Can you help Toby find it?
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To help Toby and get the coordinates for the cache, you will need to report to Certitude the GPS coordinates, within 30 feet of accuracy, the totem being sought in the story (i.e. underlined location).


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur gnyy gbgrz vf abegu bs Purfgre Perrx. Bar bs gur cubgbf vf n tbbq uvag vs lbh trg snzvyvne jvgu gur Napubentr fxlyvar.

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)


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