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Hello, CodeHunters!
Discord user Dave Hamato went out hunting this morning to the Culcheth Library in Warrington, UK! Unfortunately, the library is closed on Sundays, but thankfully the clue was located outside the building. However, despite his best efforts, Dave ended the hunt empty handed. It seemed as though Bill’s Henchmaniacs go to the clue before us, as Dave couldn’t find it anywhere in the area.
Periscope: https://www.pscp.tv/Davekara/1MnxnZWXWwVxO
Hunt organizers intervened and released the clue themselves digitally:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cVN23hux167gIGiyFGZwHcZdP7A-A3SK-CGZARdh3NY/edit?usp=sharing
The doc contained a paragraph that had been encrypted in layers of code, from binary to NATO to vigenere (with key “goat”). In the end, it decoded to:
“Gompers has been found roaming in a park near an elementary school in southern California. Chase has ensued, but it’s not going anywhere. The Pines, meanwhile, are enjoying some baseball. Back to you, Phil.”
After some careful deduction, hunters discovered that the next clue was at to the baseball field by Gompers Elementary School in Lakewood, CA. Discord user Tina_Chu (with Brigit along to stream it) headed to the location to continue our hunt.
Periscope stream: https://www.periscope.tv/w/1yNGaXlmVlnKj
The next clue turned out to be a “Have you seen this cat?” flyer:
The border of the poster was written in disguised morse, as well as having some hidden coordinates.
37°01‘02.5”N 122°00‘09.7“W (Probe: 31.01015, -122.00097)
This in turn lead to the Mystery Spot in Santa Cruz, CA.
The Morse border decoded to “RUBUSSPECTABILIS.” Upon further inspection, rubus spectabilis is the scientific name for the plant salmonberry.
As of right now, we are waiting for hunters to get to there tomorrow.
Happy Hunting! x
Codemageddon 