A great battle was fought here and unfortunately this Autobot fell by the hands of the Decepticons.
During the battle, he lost his Energon Cube, which you must find and sign.
You must start your journey at at the posted coordinates (N 45° 15.629' W 75° 53.929') and pay your respects to the downed Autobot (and solve a field puzzle here...). To find the location of the lost Energon Cube (container), you must navigate from the posted coordinates to the following coordinates (after solving the riddles):
N 45° 15.(A+4) (B+F+H)(G+3)' W 075° 53.(D+4)(E+G-1)(C+3)'
Note: To up the difficulty a wee bit vs some of the previous caches, the pictures below were taken by me, so you won't be finding these images elsewhere on the internet. For those of you that do try this anyway, the dog may come up as Rat Terrier, which is not actually the breed of the dog (silly Google).
A = The digital root of the name of the transformer shown in the picture below. This one should actually be quite easy, if you have been paying attention... (hint: 4 letters, starts with an "S". The 3rd letter is an "a" not a "u".)
B = The digital root of the name of the transformer on the left. Again, this one should be easy if you have been paying attention... (hint: 5 letters, starts with a "B")
C = The digital root of the name of the transformer on the right. (hint: 7 letters, starts with a "W")
D = The digital root of the name of the transformer shown in the picture below: (hint: 8 letters, starts with a "S")
E = The digital root of the name of the dog in the pictures. Hint: The dog is MY lovely puppy C????????. (Yes, I know she's not a puppy anymore...). You may have to sniff around outside of this specific cache page to find the name though (stay on geocaching.com though, google will not help you...)
Observe the remains of the deceased Autobot (at the posted coordinates) and answer the following questions:
F [FIELD PUZZLE] = If the Autobot is a car, then F is 1, however if the Autobot is a van, then F is 2.
G [FIELD PUZZLE] = The number of tires that are still attached to the Autobot, multiplied by 2.
H [FIELD PUZZLE] = If the Autobot is 'normal side up', then H is 2, however if the Autobot is upside down (i.e. wheels facing up), then H is 1.
Note:
The total hike to find the Transformer and the cache, and to then make your way back to the car should be under 3km. I encourage you to explore the fun trails in this little forest, and say hello to all the friendly dogs you may encounter.
Be sure to private message me if you know of any other undiscovered Autobot burial grounds (old cars or random scraps of metal) in, or near, Ottawa ;) - and don't forget to 'favorite' these if you are enjoying the series.
Congratulations waxwing454 on the FTF!
I find it an amazing coincidence that we happened to meet on the Rideau trail for the first time, one day before you got the FTF on this cache. That and you got to meet the famous puppy C???????? (which this cache is mostly dedicated to). Now you have bragging rights for the FTF and having met her, along with the picture to prove it :)
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Transformers: Robots Geocaching in Disguise
For a list of every cache in this series, look at the bottom of the 1st cache of this series (here).