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ALISDAIRPARK

wow, skip a few days and the puzzles crumble! Great work all.

For what it's worth I'd kinda expect a 12th puzzle, just because it's a nice round number. But then it would depend if the word/phrase we are looking for is a real name.

Assuming 12 letters the F_R_ at the end makes me think ~ackford...?

**Posted:** Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:16 pm

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degravedi

definitely been looking at this for too long. My paranoia has kicked in and come up with the "answer" THIS BACKFIRED, as a note from the PM

**Posted:** Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:50 pm

ALISDAIRPARK

that fits so well!

Aside from hoping that isn't the answer, I think it can't be right, as it would be a self fulfilling prophesy, i.e. how would they know it backfired before sending the packages... hopefully.

BTW, did Derek ever say how many toys were taken? I don't remember seeing any number, but it would give us the number of letters

**Posted:** Tue Feb 06, 2007 5:02 pm

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degravedi

No, I asked him on his forums once, but never got a response. I don't think he wants to tell.

**Posted:** Tue Feb 06, 2007 5:04 pm

degravedi

EDIT: See next post ^^

Neanderthal

Mountain girl created a seperate thread for this puzzle here.

**Posted:** Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:59 pm

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**Posted:** Fri Feb 09, 2007 3:06 pm

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1: ernosegrrphaum
2: slsateysa
3: todyaahes
4: dots
5: rta
6: ceuemicssc
7: hbeanancrhoesrpent

or something like that Wink

**Posted:** Fri Feb 09, 2007 3:50 pm

RedHatty

massachusetts bay, horse head, captain ray mardsden, gloucester, schooner, serpent

All referring to the Sea Serpent of Gloucester, ~~but still seeing what name fits~~

Leads to

**Posted:** Fri Feb 09, 2007 3:58 pm

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TH_S_ACKF_R

I don't think H would fit..

**Posted:** Fri Feb 09, 2007 4:36 pm

ALISDAIRPARK

O seems likeliest, Those Ackf.r... Unless the whole thing's a name in which case A could be it...

**Posted:** Fri Feb 09, 2007 4:42 pm

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dashcat

I found mention of Ten Pound Island which is in the Mass. Bay. A sea serpent was sited there. http://www.unmuseum.org/glserpent.htm

That would give us an I

**Posted:** Fri Feb 09, 2007 5:53 pm

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**Posted:** Fri Feb 09, 2007 6:12 pm

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Is that an audio tape on the right ?

**Posted:** Fri Feb 09, 2007 6:28 pm

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**Posted:** Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:15 pm

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