Recently, there has been a lot of new puzzle caches. Maybe it's a side effect of a long winter cooped up inside. Maybe it's inspiration from HaleStorm's Epic Puzzle Day trip to the Ithaca area.
Regardless, it has helped me hone some keen investigative skills. Let me demonstrate...
Based on my deep understanding of the local geocaching community, I can deduce that the last few minutes went something like this...
*DING*
"Oh cool! A new cache"
*CLICK*
"Ah man... Another puzzle cache?!... Looks like TheTilleyHat is at it again...
"Oh well. Let's take a closer look."
*CLICK*
"Oh man! It's worse than I thought... It's TGG!"
*BROWSE*
*BROWSE*
*Throw hands up in frustration*
"No clue, Sherlock!!"
Where to start?!?
First, we have caches about toilet paper and kitchen sinks
(I still don't even know where to start with those...)
And now this!?!
These "Guess What I'm Thinking" puzzles are as ubiquitous and annoying as those Harlem Shake videos!
I've heard of Red Herring caches before, but this is just ridiculous!
Is it something encoded in the background image?
Is it some white text on a white background? "The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."
Is it something hidden in comments in the HTML code on the page?
I know! Maybe it's encoded information in a silly picture of TGG
...or the EXIF metadata for that image...
Aggh!!!
I can tell you that the coordinates are not in this encoded message below, but I know how much everyone enjoys a nice Vigenère cipher to solve too.
Zlvv okgvd asxphjoj zxzwz vgg tie zt pyll
Ayz bgfwy pzgsf kfk wf nop xwcii owg:
Rgd zvcm posy xypm uowt, cve vqg jlqfes
Vrsa exp pgpgyi kss yyjsh npbv kds encm.
Del zxzwz vrw nedp'g cpgvx wzf vrgzi nthj osyw
Rehwxwk xf novmz alv owudsux mtsy-rsspfz:
Spqdhru tg Gxyseeo mgd, xvv rwz qej mircg—
Qxdf xyzgg dzprxd hjo zleie pgvalzvd oto lyyv.
L mgvdva wzu ugaypj aoud loi ntbfyo-weep
Ou xanlk osumwuhj fdqx lomj qodvwk wkcsgd:
S ssepza rsuwfx grvszlvd hjbgbky evg bspr,
Kss irgzxcj ucc dhqgd tcsd hx khspdq mive.
Vgbw, alffuj dzl afczf opwpfos, vrwzi khc uejcmmp,
Opn aa mj lzykqz izrvvowu rzysvi-xpzv.
Like I said... No clue, Sherlock!
The cache is a small custom decorated and camouflaged lock-n-lock container. There is a full size lammie for the First To Find and (2)21(B) little lammies for the next finders. This can be a muggle heavy spot at times, so please do not compromise the cache hide and be sure to rehide well.
Please don't post any spoilers in your logs.
Check your solution