GC70Q34 Unknown Cache Data Compression
Type: Mystery | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: _BriGuy_ @ | Hide Date: 02/18/2017 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 49.103 W105° 02.178 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 5
Available during winter  No Poison plants  Stealth required  Park and Grab  Food Nearby  Tourist Friendly  No Tree Climbing 

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The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates. Solve the puzzle below to find out where it is!


Source Code is a 2011 French-American science fiction thriller film directed by Duncan Jones, produced by Mark Gordon, Jordan Wynn, and Philippe Rousselet, and written by Ben Ripley.

It stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a U.S. Army captain who is sent into a computed reality to find a bomber; additionally starring Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, and Jeffrey Wright. The film had its world premiere on March 11, 2011 at South by Southwest, and was released by Summit Entertainment on April 1, 2011 in North America and Europe.

The film received acclaim from critics upon its release and became a box office success, grossing over $147.3 million worldwide. Plans for a television adaptation at CBS were announced shortly after the film was released. However, these plans were scrapped in December 2014 in favor of a film sequel. The sequel is in development with Mark Gordon returning as producer and Anna Foerster added as director.

The plot is about U.S. Army pilot Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal), last aware of being on a mission in Afghanistan, wakes up on Metra commuter train to Chicago, at 7:40 am. To the world around him – including his traveling partner Christina Warren (Michelle Monaghan) and the bathroom mirror – he appears to be Sean Fentress, a school teacher. As he comes to grips with this revelation, the train explodes, killing everyone aboard.

Stevens regains consciousness inside a dingy dim cockpit. Communicating through a video screen, Air Force Captain Colleen Goodwin (Vera Farmiga) verifies Stevens' identity, and insists he stay "on mission" to find the bomber before a large dirty bomb hits downtown Chicago in six hours. Inside the "Source Code" experimental device designed by scientist Dr. Rutledge (Jeffrey Wright), he experiences the last eight minutes of another compatible person's life within an alternative timeline.

Stevens is unwillingly sent back into the Source Code repeatedly in frustrating, exhausting attempts to learn the bomber's identity. He tries to warn authorities on the train and flee with Christina, escaping the explosion. Other times, he cannot locate or disarm the bomb on time and dies on the train. Rutledge insists the alternate timeline is not real. Later, Stevens learns that he has been with them for two months since being reported killed in action in Afghanistan; he is comatose and missing most of his body, which is hooked up to neural sensors in real life. The cockpit capsule is his brain's way of making sense of a missing environment. Angry to learn that he is on life support, he asks to be disconnected after the mission. Rutledge agrees.

Stevens catches the bomber Derek Frost (Michael Arden), who leaves his wallet behind to fake his own death, and gets off at the last stop before Chicago. In one run-through, Frost kills both Fentress and Christina, and flees in a rented white van. Stevens remembers the license number and direction, and the authorities use this information to catch Frost, preventing him from detonating the dirty bomb. However, Rutledge reneges on his promise, ordering Goodwin to wipe Stevens' memory for a future mission. Stevens convinces Goodwin to allow him one more try, to save everyone on the train, despite Rutledge's insistence that everyone on the train had already been killed in the explosion.

Stevens is sent back into the Source Code where he disarms the bomb, subdues Frost, reports him to the authorities, sends an email to Goodwin, and calls to reconcile with his estranged father under the guise of a fellow soldier. He asks Christina what she would do if she knew that she only had seconds left to live, and starts to kiss her. At the same time, Goodwin approaches the airtight chamber that contains Stevens' comatose body, disconnects the life support, and Stevens dies. In the alternative timeline, Stevens finishes the kiss with Christina and realizes that the timeline has become real, contrary to what was proposed by Rutledge. They continue on the train, and then walk through downtown Chicago to the Cloud Gate.

When the alternative-timeline Goodwin arrives for work at Nellis Air Force Base that morning, she receives the email from Stevens. While news breaks about Frost's failed attack, the email informs Goodwin that they have changed history. It also asks her to reassure this timeline's Stevens, who is still comatose and being held in the airtight chamber, that "everything is gonna be okay".

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15 Logs: Found it 14  Write note 1  

Found it 07/03/2019 By Sqweeter
Sometime last year thought I'd watch the movie and then solve the puzzle. Well, it was a great movie, but the puzzle was a little harder to solve. Even after a puzzle event and getting pointed in the right direction, still got stuck. So, let it go for a couple of months and after a some nudges from the CO, tried it again. FINALLY solved it! Got out today to make the grab. Wasn't sure I was at GZ as it took a little muscle to remove the container. But, perseverance paid off. Could see that this could be a muggle magnet around here at certain times of the day. Glad I could put this puzzle behind me! On to the next. Left a fav. TFTP SL

Found it 11/26/2018 By dustyriver
A find but an unable to rehide - Employees in the GZ area are too nosey and have been for toolong - Cacheto be considered "MIA" until it can be returned. Sorry about that.

Found it 08/26/2018 By nerak2001
Got over here today to sign the log. Thanks for the creativity of this puzzle!

Found it 08/25/2018 By peace love pi
Out caching with nerak2001 and LA southpaw after a morning of solving puzzles. This was a fun one! But I couldn't have done it without a nudge from the CO :-) TFTC!

Found it 08/25/2018 By lasouthpaw
I can't believe I missed logging this one when I logged the others, I was super excited we were able to solve a D5. I'm still pretty new at puzzles, so I asked someone smarter than I am to meet up and show me some tricks. This one took a little while, but we followed the clues until we came up with the final coordinates. We headed on out this way to make the find. LOL it took peace love "muscles" pi to get the container. We must have looked a little strange because I think I saw someone in a nearby business watching us through the windows. Oooops. Doubt they'll be curious enough to check it out for themselves. Thanks for the puzzle! Find #2713

Found it 01/20/2018 By jasperdakota
Really enjoyed the puzzle and the movie! Thanks for the cache.

Found it 09/10/2017 By MoltenMedusa
Took a bit of brain work. Getting the first part, I needed guidance for the second, thanks for the nudge. My first hard puzzle was exciting and challenging. Thanks for the puzzle and the cache.

Found it 05/08/2017 By MonteLukast
This was a very satisfying puzzle to solve. Thanks to the CO for pointing me the right direction. TFTC!

Found it 03/08/2017 By Lord Mike
Wow... that was a bit of a tough puzzle. Took a while to get it all worked out. At least the cache find was an easy one. Thanks.

Found it 03/08/2017 By Miles ToGeo
We started the day with this cache. I enjoyed working on this cache. The puzzle parts slowed me down a bit but I final got them figured out. A well done cache. Good coordinates made for a quick find.

Found it 02/25/2017 By robespierre50
Solved it about five days ago and made the find today. Interesting puzzle, I got a quick start then made an unnecessary field trip during the solution process. Always like to see an easier type hide after an involved puzzle. Thanks and let's have another one! SL

Found it 02/19/2017 By PayMeCache
[FTF] First to find with BroncoCole @ 12:18pm.

BroncoCole called me and asked me for help retrieving this cache from it's Heidi (w)hole. My drive was a lot further than his so I sped up I-25 at 105mph. BroncoCole's son was sawing logs when we arrived so we let his daughter make the grab. Pretty sure this fills a new mystery fizzy grid for me so thank you for the unique difficulty and fun puzzle.

Found Data Compression on February 19, 2017 using Cachly for iOS.

Thank you, _BriGuy_ for placing a fun cache for all of us to enjoy. I look forward to finding more of your caches.

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Found it 02/19/2017 By sleuthers
Good puzzle. I've seen a puzzle style like this used in California but this is the first around here. Keep the puzzles coming!

Write note 02/19/2017 By T&A137
Broncocole and paymecache sent us an image of them FTFing this cache and told us to take a look at it. We have his to kill during our road trip so we solved it in the car. Despite the fact we are out of town now and can't make the actual find we wanted to drop you a line and say how much we enjoyed the puzzle. It is a completely unique one to us, and a very clever idea.

Found it 02/19/2017 By Team_CSG
Beautiful Sunday for hunting. Thanks for the hide