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Risen from the Dead (KPC2018) Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is not located at the posted coordinates. Solve the puzzle below to gain access to the checker, which will provide instructions to determine the actual location of the cache.

Easter is a festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. The egg is a symbol of new life and rebirth. Spring brings new life and fresh hope for a new season. Sometimes it happens that one group refuses to recognize the stories of another group. They may share some of the same stories, or they may have their own stories, even for the same history. The coordinates below lead to a spot where I originally tried to place this cache, as close to Heaven as I could get here. But, that spot was rejected; so use the checker to find the offset to the resurrected location.

Special Notes about the 2018 Puzzle Challenge: To be considered for Fastest Solver points, you must verify your solution with Certitude. Finders will receive Top Finder points when submitting Found It logs to the cache page. All "point" scoring is arbitrary, subject to change, at the discretion of the cache owner, and probably completely meaningless (unless you just want to be announced sooner at the celebration party, if there even is a celebration party). The real challenge is to see whether I will have enough time to create a puzzle each month this year! To maintain fairness, hints should not be offered by the cache owner or other solvers until the fifteenth of the month.

Special Notes about this month's cache: Turtle.X has started a habit of finding the cache before he's even solved the puzzle. To make that even remotely possible with this one, I'll note that I hid this cache while unsuccessfully trying for an FTF. My first spot turned out to be too close (distance-wise) to a cache I had previously found. If you decide to go there first, bump the terrain to 2.5.


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

First To Solve: jeremiahsjohnson (76 minutes)
First To Log: jeremiahsjohnson (12 hours)
Named pre-hint solvers: 25
Pre-hint finds logged: 15
KPC2018 Solvers Scoreboard
KPC2018 Finders Scoreboard
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Hint added April 15th.] Gur chmmyr pbhyq unir ersreraprq Ohfgre Cbfrl, ohg vg qbrfa'g.

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)