GC7NZDE Spirits and Gremlins
Type: Mystery | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: fearthefish and the5millers @ | Hide Date: 05/01/2018 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 37.750 W104° 41.150 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
                             

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Cache is not at the posted coordinates.

LostInDenver and WindAtMyBack were kind enough to support me and watch me perform improv in Parker. As a thank you, I am placing this cache for them. The5Millers helped with the cache placement, and has no idea how to solve the puzzle (so don't bother asking).

Here's what happened:

For those of you that don't know me, I am known to hang out with strange beings, both human and otherwise.  Occasionally said being will help me with a puzzle.  For this puzzle, I had some ghostly spirits I know help me come up with coordinates for this puzzle. In case you don't know what I mean by a ghostly spirit, here's a picture of one:

Right after we finished finalizing the coordinates, one of my gremlin "friends" (you have to use this term loosely when associating with gremlins) stole the coordinates and hid them somewhere. In case you don't know what I mean by a gremlin, here's a picture of one:

My spirit buddies chased after him but he got away before they could find his hiding place. Maybe you can succeed where they failed?

Good luck!

Additional Waypoints

12/09/2018 By sleuthers
Lucky my internet speed is high bandwidth because I sure needed it to gain traction on this puzzle from the owner. I really struggled on the first part - not having seen that before. The rest I solved myself much quicker. Today I went to look for the cache but sadly came up empty-handed. It was getting dark but I think it's also out of my comfort zone. Will watch the cache...

06/03/2018 By 2lablovers
As our grandson loves to say " Work smarter, not harder".

06/01/2018 By herndonrd
Wanted to write a note that after much sparring with the CO (and dragging him up and down mountains to weaken his will!) I finally got enough hints out of him to solve this puzzle. Will get out to get it soon now that I actually solved it (unlike LiD and 2LL)!

Update- got out to GZ and with one last input from CO found it. Filled another D/T square! TFTC!

05/02/2018 By PayMeCache
[FTF] First to Figure (out) with heh324!

Catching up on some logs from earlier this year.

I need to write a flipping novel about this puzzle and find but unfortunately I don't have time. I am lucky to actually take some time today and log this over 5 months later. So hopefully you appreciate that gesture enough and overlook my lack of a long log, sailor.

Favorite point earned here for sure! Happy DimensionGarret, Landen24, weasel311 and heh324 could join efforts in this.

Found GC7NZDE - Spirits and Gremlins on May 2, 2018 using Cachly for iOS.

Some may call me seriously mentally ill. Some may state that I am in a state of mind that prevents social interaction. Some may say I am in a state of mind that prevents normal perception and or behavior. I prefer to say that I tend to do the same thing over and over again, but I expect different results. That being said, I believe we only live one life and I am trying to make the best of it. I thank you, fearthefish for placing a fun geocache to fuel my "insanity" or addiction as I call it. I appreciate you bringing me here so that I can try and sign my alias on a piece of paper that you have hidden.

I look forward to finding more of your geocaches. I also look forward to potentially finding geocaches with you one day and sharing stories of our insanity... I mean hobby or addiction? Cheers!

05/02/2018 By MOENAILSdotCOM
TFTC
Love the container and the search for the cache. Thanks for placing this cache
And keeping our recreation going. Also catching up on some logs.
Found with The5Millers and MagicCacher.

05/02/2018 By the5millers
Well we had the pleasure of beta testing this cache with the CO on the placement. Now the puzzle on the other hand .... WOW!!! You are a pure evil genius and we love it!! The way you come up with this stuff is unreal. I have to thank you for teaching me new ways to think. Also just added a new spot on the Fizzy Grid!! Favorite point awarded!!
Keeping our streak alive. Thanks for placing this cache and keeping our recreation going. SL/with PoshCacher/MagicCacher.Tftc
#1380
Found using Cachly on iPhone!

05/01/2018 By heh324
Oh boy....what happens when you have 2 fiendish geo-brains and they pair up to create a puzzle cache??? You get Spirits and Gremlins by fearthefish and the5millers!!!! So first know that while incredibly subtle, the COs did leave a hint or 2 to get you started with this puzzle. Once you see how they co-exist as geo-pals the rest of the puzzle unravels rather quickly. With that said, I think huge props need to go out to the [FTF]ers, for being able to think outside the box and successfully solve this one in a unique way that no one saw coming.

And not to burst anyone's bubble, but once the puzzle is solved, there is still a fair amount of effort involved getting to GZ and grabbing the container. Thankfully my geo-bro - PayMeCache is one of the most skilled container retrievers I have ever met. With the log in hand we were able to end our day satisfied that we had successfully conquered another wicked fearthefish/the5millers creation. TFTC

05/01/2018 By 2lablovers
Co-FTF with LostinDenver at 7:24pm. Very interesting cache although it didn't go as the CO planned.