Clue 5 Cipher
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| GGOGO / GGGGG / GOOGG / OGOOG / GGOOO / OGGOO / GOGOO / GGGGG / GOOGG<br> | GGOGO / GGGGG / GOOGG / OGOOG / GGOOO / OGGOO / GOGOO / GGGGG / GOOGG<br> | ||
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| - | GGOOO / GGGGG / GOOGG / GGOOO. / OGGOG / GGOOO / GGOGG / OGOGG / GGGGG<br> | + | GGOOO / GGGGG / GOOGG / GGGOO. / OGGOG / GGOOO / GGOGG / OGOGG / GGGGG<br> |
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| GOOGG / GOGGG / GOOGG / GGOOG / OGGGO / OGGOO / GOOGG / GGGGG / GGGOG<br> | GOOGG / GOGGG / GOOGG / GGOOG / OGGGO / OGGOO / GOOGG / GGGGG / GGGOG<br> | ||
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| - | ===The Solution=== | + | ===Clues=== |
| + | The washboard from the [[Wax Cylinders#Clue 4|Clue 4 deaddrop]] contained a hint about how to solve this cipher. Several letters on the washboard were underlined by hand, spelling out "A Sir Cages"-- referring to Sir Francis Bacon, who created "cagey" ciphers. | ||
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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 | 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 | ||
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| "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." | "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. | + | This, like [[Clue 3 Cipher|the previous cipher]], may prove to hold clues to the treasure. |
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| + | ===Confirmation=== | ||
| + | Chris L. received the completed cipher as part of the [[Wax Cylinders#Clue 6|Clue 6 pickup]]. | ||
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[edit] Clue 5 Cipher
The Clue 5 deaddrop provided this cipher.
[edit] 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 / GGGOO. / 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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[edit] Clues
The washboard from the Clue 4 deaddrop contained a hint about how to solve this cipher. Several letters on the washboard were underlined by hand, spelling out "A Sir Cages"-- referring to Sir Francis Bacon, who created "cagey" ciphers.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Confirmation
Chris L. received the completed cipher as part of the Clue 6 pickup.
