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SKH - From A Buick 8 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/16/2014
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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The cache is not located at the above listed coordinates. You must first figure out the REAL coordinates to “SKH – From A Buick 8”. Please be aware of our slithery friends and watch for muggles.  We understand most will not walk but park and grab so please use caution when stopping along the roads and use the side streets and use our parking coordinates.


“From A Buick 8” is a novel by Stephen King.  According to the book sleeve: "From a Buick 8 is a novel about our fascination with deadly things, about our insistence on answers when there are none, about terror and courage in the face of the unknowable." The title comes from Bob Dylan's song "From a Buick 6".

Stephen King says that he was inspired to write this book on a car trip he took.  During the trip, he stopped at a gas station in Western Pennsylvania.  While looking around, he slipped and almost fell into a stream of water.  The thought that he might not have been discovered until a much later time led him to the plot of the story.  In the novel, King describes a fatal automobile accident, and coincidentally, King himself was the victim of a bad accident that almost killed him in June 1999.  However, he said that he did not change any of the details in the novel to match his accident.

N 38° 31.ABC

A = The Buick 8, resembles a vintage 19(A)3 Buick Roadmaster.

B = Published on September 24, 200(B), this is the second novel by Stephen King to feature a supernatural car (the first one being Christine, which like this novel is set in Western Pennsylvania).

C = The ISBN number for the “From A Buick 8” is: ISBN 978-(C)-7432-1137-6.

W 121° 12.DEF

D = Stephen King says that he was inspired to write this book on a car trip he took in 19(D)9.

E = “From a Buick 8” is the (E)6th book published by Stephen King.

F = The Character Curtis Wilcox was the Father of Ned, Joan and Janet Wilcox, and Husband of Michelle Wilcox. He was a Pennsylvania State trooper with Troop D for 2(F) years before he was killed in the line of duty July 2001.


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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)