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LordKinbote
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[Puzzle?] Mutilation Reports on Police Site So we've gotten onto the login site of the police department. Inside are quite a few reports of mutilations. Each comes with a different symbol. We are also given a map.
So, should we map out where each mutilated animal was found, connect that to the symbols and hope a message becomes clear to us?
The only problem I see right now is how to figure out where approximately the addresses lie. Is 76 North Capitol above 2nd Street? Above 1st Street? It's impossible to tell.
Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 6:14 pm
KevDude
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Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 78
I notice that 3479 & 3494 look very similar.
Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 7:45 pm
mmdoogie
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Joined: 28 Jul 2004 Posts: 91 Location: Huntsville, AL
All of them appear to be combinations of < (similar to C) and |> (similar to D), just rotated and aligned different ways.
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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:46 pm
Kazic
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Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 338 Location: High Point, NC
How'd you get in?
EDIT: NM I got it.
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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 11:23 pm
Hati
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Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 127 Location: Deepest Darkest AR
Those almost look like Bind Runes using the newer Futhark (runic alphabet)
Let me see if I can pull some simliarities.
Edited to add :
The ones that are a triangle with an X COULD be a combination of Gebo - which means gifts, sacrifice, or balance and Thurisaz - which means destruction or change OR Wunjo- which means joy, harmony, prosperity.
Bindrunes of these could mean a sacrifice attempting to STOP change?
I'm gonna call a friend who knows runes far better than I do.
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 4:32 pm
mydemand
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Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 11
Hi, new player here.
I've done a bit of research on Futhark Runes and not all of them look like anything from Futhark, though the two interlocking triangles look EXTREMELY familiar (I can't remember why though).
Here's a link that has a good glossary of runes:
http://www.earth-dancing.com/futhark.htm
Could they represent letters or numbers instead of actual words?
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Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 12:26 am
mydemand
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Ah! Found something!
The two interlocked triangles that were part of the symbol list resemble Dr. John Dee's Holy Table, which was used for Enochian workings. There is a table in the middle of the triangles that are made out of Enochian symbols.
Link to Dr John Dee's Holy Table:
http://altreligion.about.com/library/glossary/symbols/bldefsholytable.htm
Symbols Glossary - might be helpful in deciphering the other symbols:
http://altreligion.about.com/library/glossary/blsymbols.htm
Hope that helped. I wonder what the Enochian text in the Holy Table says?
B*B, Tiara
Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 12:38 am
kenbo
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I havn't actually looked at all the reoprts to see all the symbols but I found a pic of the whole enochan alphabet here http://www.sden.org/jdr/rep-univ/ima/soci/enoc.jpg
edit : Ive looked at them. they are not enochan
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Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 12:03 am
kenbo
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I've drawn then all and put them on one page so you can see them side by side
So far
3478 is repeated 2x (78 & 90)
3479 is repeated 4x (79, 85, 87, 94)
3482 is repeated 2x (88 & 93)
It would appear these probably represent letters not words. But who really knows!
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Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 12:53 am
mydemand
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There seems to be an Enochian theme going around.
This link has resources for more info:
http://mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?t=67844
Maybe someone with an eye for detail (and a lot more time and patience) will be able to find something useful?
B*B, Tiara
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 9:11 am
SaintConfused
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Joined: 23 Aug 2004 Posts: 39
Not to be a detractor of the message theory, but there may not be a message in the symbols at all. It seems strange to leave a message encoded in animals left on people's porches, especially when there are far more convienant ways to do it.
Although I don't have a solution myself (hell, I haven't gotten as far as some of you) a few things stood out to me. One of the mutilations was a rabbit whose heart had been ripped out, as opposed to the clean cuts of the other animals. Few of the mutilations were multiples, i.e. there aren't multiple rabbits with their organs removed. My first thought was a Frankenstein-esque creation, but then I realized there wouldn't be much use for a coyote/raccon creature.
Also, when I looked at the symbols, I noticed that we essentially had 7 numbers, if we count the number of each symbol. A phone number, perhaps? (Although didn't I just say there may not be a message at all?)
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 11:20 am
kenbo
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kenbo wrote:
It would appear these probably represent letters not words. But who really knows!
looks like I was right for once!
http://forum.immersionunlimited.com/viewtopic.php?p=4979#4979
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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 2:25 am
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