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The Tucson Mystery
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PhoenixZero
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 		The Tucson Mystery
Something strange is afoot!
The story so far:
An anon on 4chan's paranormal board, /x/, made a post about a sheet of paper that they found tucked in a book.

The paper contained a code, which was solved to say: IT ENDED BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT SEE INSIDE.

Even though the numbers were solved to be a code, an anon punched in the numbers as coordinates, and it pointed to an area in Tucson, Arizona.

This is close to the OP, but it might take some time before they can get out there.

Right now we are looking for someone in Tucson to drive to the coordinates, there might be something there that will help us figure this out.

If you want to join in on the conversation, join the IRC:
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http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=verite

Picture of the paper that was found:



Original thread:
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http://boards.4chan.org/x/res/12977104




Coordinates:
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N31 55 21 W111 14 51


PostPosted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 5:36 pm
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bambusar
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 		Hi we found this:




Quote:

Anonymous 07/10/13(Wed)17:27 No.12977104


Yo, /x/! I found this in the university library, tucked into an old book. Thought it was interesting, but doing the old alphanumeric substitution just gives

C T N K I N I E N M R U S N
S B N M L U H I K L T S N N
C K S C I N

I've tried a few different shifts based on those two Ns next to each other, making N= E, O, S, etc. Still didn't get anything that made sense. I tried playing with the numbers on the bottom and the letters at the top to see if they'd be a key, but I got nothing.

So, I'm all out of tricks. I figure more than a few people here are better at ciphers than I. Any thoughts?



https://boards.4chan.org/x/res/12977104#p12978169


image in full resolution:
http://oi42.tinypic.com/osvbro.jpg

exif:
http://regex.info/exif.cgi?dummy=on&imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Foi42.tinypic.com%2Fosvbro.jpg

Exif report:

Code:
Camera:   Canon MX430 series

Date:   July 10, 2013   2:00:32PM (timezone not specified)
(2 days, 2 hours, 24 minutes, 47 seconds ago, assuming image timezone of US Pacific)

File:   695 × 1,599 JPEG (1.1 megapixels)   
222,723 bytes (0.21 megabytes)     Image compression: 93%
12% crop of the 2,552 × 3,504 (8.9 megapixel) original

Camera Model Name   MX430 series

Software   MP Navigator EX 5.1

Modify Date   2013:07:10 14:00:32
2 days, 2 hours, 24 minutes, 47 seconds ago



Looks standard scanned and cropped picture.


People solving this can be found in : http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=verite

PostPosted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 7:49 pm
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bambusar
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 		Things that /x/ already figured out:




Quote:
Anonymous 07/11/13(Thu)03:11 No.12981026 File: 1373526693661.png-(4 KB, 278x68, REMIND.png)

Hey guys, I figured it out because I'm a genius

The number to letter substitution is correct. We just need a new alphabet to convert those letters into other letters.
The "Do not forget" hints toward the keyword "reminder" or "remind" so you plug that into the beginning of the alphabet (removing duplicate letters) to get REMINDABCFGHJKLOPQSTUVWXYZ
To decode the message, you compare the letters of the key alphabet to the normal alphabet. Using this method I came up with the message:

"It ended because she could not see inside."




you can solve cryptogram with: http://www.blisstonia.com/software/WebDecrypto/index.php
or http://www.secretcodebreaker.com/scbsolvr.html




Bottom two rows of numbers are location in Tuscon Arizona



17911 S Sierrita Mountain Rd
Tucson, AZ 85736, USA ‎ 303 ft N


http://goo.gl/maps/hPfDU



Google Earth from 2011:



PostPosted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 7:51 pm
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bambusar
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 		Tucson, AZ? anybody?

PostPosted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 11:42 pm
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hughesst
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 		i live in tucson but i need to know a little more about what i'm looking at before i drive an hour and a half from my house on a wild goose chase

PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 3:26 pm
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arthurdent11389
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 		It should be documented that the original poster in /x/ wrote that the graph paper message was found in a library book related to desert animals.

I don't have the exact title, but iirc, it may have been more speciifc about reptiles and/or amphibians, and may have been related to nearby Tucson desert areas.

I hope OP gives more precise info related to book again, including page of book where graph paper message was found.

If real, and not an ARG, the graph paper should be dusted for prints.

I wonder if this could be related to Mayday Mystery ads in University of Arizona student newpapers- ?

PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 4:23 pm
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bambusar
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 		@hugghesst

i think that all we know is in this thread, to find out more is the task of the brave adventurer that will go an visit the site, look what is waiting there for us, might be next piece of the puzzle, might be troll face, we will never know if we dont go there and check

here is backup of the original thread: http://archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/12977104/#12998094

i guess we can make new thread on 4chan, probably /b/ would be the best to find soemone to go on location quick but /b/ is also the biggest honeypot for trolls and gamejackers...
anyway making new threads on /x/ will only produce more wild speculations

PostPosted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 9:11 am
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hughesst
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 		Alright guys my girlfriend and I are heading that way around noon. I'll let you know what we find if anything.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 1:40 pm
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hughesst
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 		Unless its buried or gone there's nothing there guys. Just a big stack of wooden pallets and horse crap

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NiceLurk
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Unless its buried or gone there's nothing there guys. Just a big stack of wooden pallets and horse crap


Did you take some pictures of that place?

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