Clue 5 Cipher
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In doing so the message is decoded as: | In doing so the message is decoded as: | ||
- | I/J L E F T T H E R O A D A N D I/J O U/V R N E Y D F A R | + | I/J L E F T T H E R O A D A N D I/J O U/V R N E Y D F A R P A S T T R A C E O F A N Y H U/V M A N H A N D T H E W A N I/J N G S U/V N A C R O S S T H A T G R E A T A N D A N C I/J E N T O C E A N O F S T O N E C A S T M Y A T T I/J T U/V D E D A N C I/J N G T A L L B E F O R E M E A S E C O N D S E L F |
- | P A S T T R A C E O F A N Y H U/V M A N H A N D T H E | + | |
- | W A N I/J N G S U/V N A C R O S S T H A T G R E A T A N | + | |
- | D A N C I/J E N T O C E A N O F S T O N E C A S T M Y A | + | |
- | T T I/J T U/V D E D A N C I/J N G T A L L B E F O R E M E | + | |
- | A S E C O N D S E L F | + | |
Or, | Or, |
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Clue 5 Cipher
The Clue 5 deaddrop provided this cipher.
The Cipher
GOGGG / GOGOG / GGOGG / GGOGO / OGGOG / OGGOG / GGOOO / GGOGG / OGGGG
GOOGO / GGGGG / GGGOO / GGGGG / GOOGG / GGGOO / GOGGG / GOOGO / OGGOO
OGGGG / GOOGG / GGOGG / OGOOG' / GGGOO / GGOGO / GGGGG / OGGGG / GOOOG
GGGGG / OGGGO / OGGOG / OGGOG / OGGGG / GGGGG / GGGOG / GGOGG / GOOGO
GGOGO / GGGGG / GOOGG / OGOOG / GGOOO / OGGOO / GOGOO / GGGGG / GOOGG
GGOOO / GGGGG / GOOGG / GGOOO. / OGGOG / GGOOO / GGOGG / OGOGG / GGGGG
GOOGG / GOGGG / GOOGG / GGOOG / OGGGO / OGGOO / GOOGG / GGGGG / GGGOG
OGGGG / GOOGO / OGGGO / OGGGO / OGGOG / GGOOO / GGGGG / OGGOG / GGOOG
OGGGG / GGOGG / GGGGG / OGGOG / GGGGG / GOOGG / GGGOO / GGGGG / GOOGG
GGGOG / GOGGG / GGOGG / GOOGG / OGGOG / GOOGO / GGGOG / GGOGG / GGGGG
GOOGG / GOOGO / GGOGO / OGGGO / OGGOG / GOOGO / GOOGG / GGOGG / GGGOG
GGGGG / OGGGO / OGGOG / GOGOO / OGOOG / GGGGG / OGGOG / OGGOG / GOGGG
OGGOG / OGGOO / GGGOO / GGOGG / GGGOO / GGGGG / GOOGG / GGGOG / GOGGG
GOOGG / GGOOG / OGGOG / GGGGG / GOGOG / GOGOG / GGGGO / GGOGG / GGOGO
GOOGO / OGGGG / GGOGG / GOGOO / GGOGG, / GGGGG / OGGGO / GGOGG / GGGOG
GOOGO / GOOGG / GGGOO / OGGGO / GGOGG / GOGOG / GGOGO.
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The Solution
The cipher is a modified Baconian Cipher where A=G and B=O. Replacing the letters and removing the punctuation and spaces, the string of A's and B's can be entered in an encoder/decoder like this one: http://www.purplehell.com/riddletools/bacon.htm
In doing so the message is decoded as:
I/J L E F T T H E R O A D A N D I/J O U/V R N E Y D F A R P A S T T R A C E O F A N Y H U/V M A N H A N D T H E W A N I/J N G S U/V N A C R O S S T H A T G R E A T A N D A N C I/J E N T O C E A N O F S T O N E C A S T M Y A T T I/J T U/V D E D A N C I/J N G T A L L B E F O R E M E A S E C O N D S E L F
Or,
"I left the road and journey'd far past trace of any human hand. The waning sun across the great ancient ocean of stone cast my attitude, dancing tall before me, a second self."
This, like the previous cipher, may prove to hold clues to the treasure