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Faux Na Far End Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/10/2021
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


The geocache is not at the posted coordinates. 

 

My family has enjoyed playing Mad Gab over the years. In this game, one person reads a seemingly nonsensical collection of words called a mondegreen. When the mondegreen is read quickly or with enough repetitions, it will start to sound similar to a common phrase or saying. For instance, “Ail Huck Each Arm” would sound like “A Lucky Charm”. 

With the COVID pandemic still ongoing at the time this cache was placed, I wanted to provide an opportunity for others to connect and maybe share a laugh. While you can solve this puzzle cache on your own, I’d encourage you to call a fellow geocacher (or a muggle) and take turns reading off the mondegreens. Once you have determined all of the phrases, calculate the word value of each phrase, summed to one digit (I used this website). Then use those numbers to solve for the coordinates.

 

Mondegreens:

A. Faux Na Far End

B. Ringer Owen Benzyl

C. Deaf A Cold Tea Ander Reign Raiding

D. Stale Three Choir Did

E. Trabble Vog Hoot Owl

F. Eye Lie Doggo Keyhole Cat Chin

G. Glue Bilbo Zit Showing Cistern

H. Fur Stew Hind 

I. Par Keen Crab

J. Key Palm Hand Cat Shaun

K. A Meow Cane Henley Wads

L. Two Softly Parade

 

The cache is located at: 

N47 (A-B)(C).(D)(E-F)(G)

W122 3(H).(I)(J-K-H)(L-D)

*** Congratulations to Seahawks12man for being FTF! ***


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fbyirq Cuenfrf: N. 12 yrggref; O. 18 yrggref; P. 26 yrggref; Q. 15 yrggref; R. 14 yrggref; S. 19 yrggref; T. 23 yrggref; U. 11 yrggref; V. 11 yrggref; W. 18 yrggref; X. 17 yrggref; Y. 15 yrggref Uvag sbe svany va gur trbpurpxre

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)