In order to locate this cache, you must first find and obtain additional information from 2016 NoVAGO Murder Mystery #6 - Diamond Log. Follow the directions in that cache to get instructions on obtaining the information you will need to solve the puzzle to get the coordinates for this cache.
International intrigue? You are left mystified by your latest communique from your Unknown Informant (UI). Is this for real, or are you just being jerked around by someone who is playing you for a patsy? Except that this certainly was not a game for the good Dr. Funkhouser, and certainly not for NoVaBob. But this newest information you have received sounds more like something that comes from people wearing tinfoil hats. The kinds of things you overhear from passers by who are spouting conspiracy theories about secret corporations hiding stockpiles of gold coins.
As you stumble along running a series of seemingly unrelated clues through your mind, your ponder that maybe -- just maybe -- Funkhouser was right. Dead right, unfortunately, but still the guy had exhibited an uncanny knack to distinguish the relevant facts from all of the other distracting pieces of information that were floating about.
Too many thoughts are racing through your brain, like headlines promising unbelievable stories:
Killer Clowns in Canada? (yea, right..) --
Skull Appears in Hurricane Matthew Satellite Map? (doubtful) --
Clown Cosmetology Schools? (Maybe a part of the Clown University curriculum...) --
Police in India Raid Call Center Accused of Scamming U.S. Citizens? (too true, apparently) --
California Government Pays for Criminals to Take Vacations? (Hmm? Sounds hard to believe, even for California.) --
'Terrifying Warning' About Ice Cream Trucks and Chloroform? (nb. check snopes) --
Spy Cameras in Hotel Room Hooks? (Special rates at the Bates Hotel?) --
FBI Revealed the 'Most Dangerous' Zodiac Signs? (Does that include the "new" 13th astrological sign?) --
Tasmania Devil milk fights superbugs? (odd, but likely true)
As you walk down the street you look on the ground at some Hopscotch boxes drawn with colored chalk. It calls to mind happy days with children's games, but you catch yourself and walk back to stare at the street. The numbers look wrong, and one box is smudged but you might be able to fill it in with a lucky guess if you can figure out the sequence. Could this really be a key to something bigger?
To receive the directions on how to complete this cache, you have two options (both options return the same info):
1) Include the key word or words from the DiamondLog cache (NoVAGO Murder Mystery #6) in the subject line of an email to 2016.novago.mystery@gmail.com. An automated reply will provide you with important information needed to solve the puzzle for this cache to obtain the final coordinates.
2) Download the following password-protected pdf file and create the password thusly: In all lower case enter the key word or words. If there is more than one word, delete the space. So if the words were bouncy ball then password would be bouncyball.
Alert: After you retrieve the information linked to the DiamondLog cache and solve the puzzle to find the location for this cache, you will need to retrieve a new key word or words from this cache. As the cache owner, I represent that this file is safe to download although it has not been checked by Groundspeak or by the reviewer for possible malicious content. Download file at your own risk.