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The Troll Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 10/25/2008
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

**NOT AT
THE ABOVE COORDINATES**

Coords take you to the main entrance of Kathrine Abbott Park. Park hours are from dawn to dusk. Parking up this road by the building.

As you are about to cross a bridge on the way to find your next geocache a troll suddenly leaps out at you and tells you that, in order to cross his bridge and find your next cache you must solve 6 riddles

Make sure to solve this puzzle before going out!

*HERE ARE
THE COORDINATES*
N 45°02.ABC W 092°57.DEF


Solve the riddles below and enter the number to find the coords.
EX: You answer me, although I never ask you questions. What am I?
7:telephone 9:calculater 5:orange 1:chocolate
If you think the answer is telephone then the number that goes in the blank is '7'.

A)What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
8:a chair 3:a human being 4:a table 1:an elf

B)What has no legs and a tail, then two legs and a tail, then four legs and a tail, then four legs and no tail?
9:puppy turning into a dog 6: caterpillar turning into a butterfly 3: tadpole turning into a frog 4:calf turning into a cow

C)Imagine you are on a deserted island. There is nothing on the island, no trees, no civilization, only sand. You have nothing you can use to help you in any way. The island is surrounded by sharks and hurricanes so you cannot possibly swim. No planes or boats or anything will pass this way for the next million years. How do you get off?
2: wade into the water and stand there for three days, on the third day lash all of the seaturtles that have gathered around you together with your hair to make a raft 0: suddenly sprout a pair of wings 5: wait a million years 3:stop imagining

D)What gets wetter and wetter as it dries?
7:a towel 3:a martian 9:fire 2:jaguars

E)What flies when it's born, lies when it’s alive, and runs when it's dead?
4:a pair of socks 6: a lawyer 8: a snowflake 1: a telephone

F)I am the beginning of eternity,
the end of time and space,
the beginning of every end,
and the end of every place. What am I?
0: the present 3: a dream 7: an elbow 5:the letter 'e'

The additional hint contains the answers please try to solve the riddles and then check your work, I'm trusting you! there are no spaces so you can't tell the answers at first glance, for all you who know the code that well;-) read after the first line for an explenation of some of the harder ones if you still don't understand a few.
Cache is small camoed
container. Please replace
accordingly.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

nonaqpnernyyguerrqvffrirarvfrvtugsvfsvir N vf n uhzna orpnhfr va gur zbeavat bs lbhe yvsr lbh (n onol) penjy, va gur zvqqyr bs lbhe yvsr lbh jnyx hcevtug naq gbjneqf gur raq lbh hfr n pnar, be n guveq yrt. O vf n gnqcbyr gheavat vagb n sebt orpnhfr gnqcbyrf unir whfg n gnvy gung gurl hfr gb fjvz, gura gurl fgneg gb tebj yrtf naq ybfr gurve gnvy. P, tbbq yhpx jvgu gur svefg bar, lbh pna'g ernyyl fcebhg jvatf, nsgre n zvyyvba lrnef lbh'q zbfg yvxryl or qrnq, fb gur ynfg bar vf boivbhfyl evtug Q gbjryf qel fbzrguvat ryfr ol fbnxvat hc gur jngre R n fabjsynxr syvrf qbja sebz gur fxl, yvrf ba gur tebhaq naq jura vg zrygf (qvrf) vg ehaf nf jngre S ybbx pybfryl ng jung gur jbeqf zrna

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)