“Whenever you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains,
however improbable, must be the truth.” So spoke Mr. Sherlock
Holmes as he pondered the mystery behind the deaths of several
geocachers around the city.
“What do you make of it, Watson?”
“I must say I have no idea, each geocacher was found in a
parking lot, no signs of foul play, but each with a look of horror
upon their visage, not unlike that of the Tregennis family in the
Devil’s Foot affair”, said I.
“Yes, that was a very singular tragedy, but here we have no
evidence of poison. Yet there are signs which point us in a
direction toward solving this mystery.”
“I see no signs that makes sense in this case”
“Watson, you see but you do not observe, there are several
facts which lend themselves to a theory of the demise of these poor
hobbyists.”
“The facts are elusive to me.”
‘There is nothing as deceptive as an obvious
fact.”
‘Nothing of what I have seen looms large.”
“Watson, it has long been an axiom of mine that the little
things are infinitely the most important. If you would trouble
yourself to review a few of my cases you have chronicled you may
discover the starting point to solve the mystery of the dead
geocachers. Once you get there you may have more work to do before
you can log your efforts.”
To assist Dr. Watson in solving this mystery, please match the
facts in the left column with the cases in the right column. The
number beside the case will be used to fill in the coordinates
below and lead you to the place where Holmes has discovered the
cause of the geocacher’s deaths. He has left instructions for
you to properly complete the work and get Scotland Yard’s
signoff.
Coordinates:
N 35 05.A B C West 080 48.D E F
The Facts and the Cases
| FACT |
CASE |
| A) The
would-be victim was accused of murdering himself (he was in
disguise at the time). |
The
Adventure of Silver Blaze (4) |
| B) A
father/son murderous duo killed their coachman who was blackmailing
them over a botched robbery attempt of a neighbor. |
The Five
Orange Pips (9) |
| C) The
victim was killed by the horse he was training (it was
self-defense). |
The Man With
the Twisted Lip (4) |
| D) The
victim in this case died when his plan to kill his stepdaughter
with a venomous snake backfired on him. |
The
Adventure of the Norwood Builder (9) |
| E) The
Ku-Klux-Klan was responsible for the death of a man in this
case. |
The
Adventure of the Speckled Band (0) |
| F) The
would-be victim framed the man accused of killing him. Holmes
located the cleverly hidden man in the man’s house. |
The
Adventure of the Reigate Squire (6) |
***SPECIAL NOTE: You will see in the photos provided by Sabres70
there are dangerous creatures that live in the area. Please be
careful and observant as you walk through the forest and especially
around the cache hiding spot. We do not need Dr. Grimesby Roylott's
method of murder to affect any of our folks (please see #D
above).***
Good luck and have fun!
Click
to verify coordinates
There aren't any writing instruments in the cache so please
BYOP.
* When entering the geocache lair please enter from the east side,
not from the top.
A big THANKS to novastars for allowing me to borrow one of their
cache ideas.
A HUGE THANKS to Joe Perry Freak for his help in hiding this
cache.
Congrats to beemerdon for his early morning FTF!! Well done!!