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Atropanocturna
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 		Played around with Graffito for awhile, didn't come up with much.

Sent an email to grandgaiaSPLATyahoo.com
Quote:

Since I am not sure as to whether this breach has been dealt with, I will address both Grand Gaia, and the hacker.

Hacker (mother_nature perhaps?)
Connected seems to be an understatement, in light of information we have learned from Evan. Why don't you just tell us what this is all about, instead of playing games?

Grand Gaia,
Despite the breach, I am still interested in some information about your company and the positions available. Also, I have some connections that are interested in helping locate Fred. Any information about him would be useful in their search.

~L

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thebruce
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 		soo.... once again...
a comment at wikibruce from mothernaturesmessengerSPLATgmail.com
Quote:
HELLO BRUCE

I'VE BEEN LAYING LOW LATELY BECAUSE OF THE MASSIVE RISKS I WAS TAKING. NOW THAT I'VE CHECKED AND FIXED EVERY POSSIBLE FLAW IN MY COMPLETE ANONYMITY, I THINK IT'S SAFE TO COME OUT AND SEND YOU A LITTLE MESSAGE ONCE AGAIN.

YOU SEE, THANKS TO THE INABILITIES OF THE LOCALS. I HAVE REMAINED A MINOR ISSUE- NEITHER SEEN IN THE PAPER NOR HEARD ON TV. THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO SEEM REMOTELY INTERESTED ARE A BUNCH OF INTERNET SCAVENGERS LIKE YOU WHO TREAT THIS ENTIRE THING LIKE ANOTHER GAME OF THEIRS. IF IT'S A GAME YOU WANT, THEN A GAME YOU WILL HAVE.

CUNNINGHAM ENVISIONS ME AS THIS MADMAN "A JIGSAW COPYCAT" I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT HE CALLED ME... I THINK THAT PRAISES ME WAY TOO MUCH. TELL ME BRUCE. DO YOU BELIEVE IN PURE EVIL? MY 'TRAPS' ARE NOT MEANT TO CHANGE PEOPLES LIVES. THEY SERVE ONLY TO ANALYZE THE MOST COMPLEX OF MACHINES: THE HUMAN MIND.
SPEAKING OF MACHINES, I WOULD PAY A BIT MORE ATTENTION TO GRAND GAIA IF I WERE YOU... THE COMPANY IS VERY CONNECTED.

EVAN WAS ONLY AN APPETIZER. FRED WAS MY MASTERPIECE. DON'T LET THAT DISCOURAGE YOU THOUGH. ON THE CONTRARY, YOUR ANSWERS ARE NOW. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS FIND FRED DAVIS.

HE IS MUCH CLOSER THAN YOU THINK.

with the url http://findfreddavis.blogspot.com

I couldn't see anything informational in that blog however. a lot of empty lines, no pattern. 40 lines (well, "...", 39 empty lines, then "...")
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MrToasty
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 		Tiny image at the bottom linked to:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4MIM1JTB

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Links to a RAR file with an image and a doc. Not sure of the purpose of the image yet (not Camouflaged, haven't checked other steg). Doc has text that, changing the font, reveals binary, which translates to:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gJrLmCpyiDo/SVgqUlgKroI/AAAAAAAAACo/gsUrrq6QnZg/s1600-h/Codec1.bmp
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gJrLmCpyiDo/SVgqUi84CiI/AAAAAAAAACw/oLRQlx4y3UQ/s1600-h/Codec2.bmp
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gJrLmCpyiDo/SVgqUzlIctI/AAAAAAAAAC4/twGgrVv5KM0/s1600-h/Codec3.bmp
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gJrLmCpyiDo/SVgqVFG9dUI/AAAAAAAAADA/8JAkD_KEMM0/s1600-h/Codec4.bmp


Combining all 4 of the above gets the attached image.

ETA - maybe META? Checking doc properties gives the document author (just first name). Not posting it here in case it's OOG.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 12:36 am
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Nighthawk
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 		Given the multiples, I come up with...

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2 17 4

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thebruce
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 		verified nighthawk's numbers. alphabetically: BQD

So two leads from this RAR: BQD (from the doc) and the attached image.
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pancito
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 		Text on the sign reads:

Keep Clear. Moving Gate Can Cause Serious Injury Or Death. Keep Children From Operating Gate And Away From Gate Area.

link:
http://www.accuform.com/store/product.cfm?pID=7A564343481679
or more amusing...
http://www.capnwacky.com/warning/24.html

I got nothin' on BQD
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amandel
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 		An email from Grand Gaia Industries showing they're clued in about events.
Quote:
Mother_nature nature has been under our radar for a while now but we prefer not to give away too much information about him since it could bring danger to our company. He was able to distribute emails under this account meaning there is someone on the inside that could easily read this and use it against us or even you.

What I can provide is whatever information has already been sent to us previously. Many of the clues found have already been interpreted and understood but thoreauwasright (which was decoded from a note by mother_nature) remains a mystery. Recently, the letters C, P, and L as well as the numbers 2, 17, and 4 have turned up in images by MN. These too seem to supply us with no helpful knowledge. (Maybe all three are related?)

I beg for the help of anybody available. We, at Grand Gaia, are not professionaly cryptographers. This disappearance has brought great panic to out eastern offices and stalled the creation of our western division so the aide would be greatly appreciated.

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MrToasty
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 		New post by Cunningham too, but not too much help:
http://whereisevansmith.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-blog.html

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amandel
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 		Cunningham has updated The Evan Smith Blog stating that m_n has a picture on his new Find Fred Davis Blog.....

Found a lil hyperlink there (left and under "you") to a Jpeg of a partial Walden Book Title which JPHide shows as not modified.

**stating the obvious** The complete title should be WALDEN; or, Life in the Woods with this Jpeg missing letters. Guessing "lifeinthew"could be a good p/w triy for mother_nature's laptop?

EDIT:messed up with the title. Re Toasty's find: Maybe the CPL is a property stamp from the Concord Free Public Library which "holds the most important collection of primary Thoreau material". Dunno
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MrToasty
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 		Adjusting the levels in the image, you can see the letters "CPL" at the top.
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thebruce
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 		library?

Chicago Public Library?
Calgary Public Library?
Cleveland Public Library?
cpl.org is cleveland

Comsewogue Public Library? =P
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thebruce
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 		double post...
new comment:
Quote:
I LEAVE YOU ONE FINAL SET OF CLUES BRUCE.
IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO SOLVE THIS PUZZLE NOW, THEN I OVERESTIMATED YOUR ABILITIES.

(sorry if I'm not spending all my time solving this Wink)

and three new images on the freddavis blog




C-HAT-APP(le?)
P-EAR-A-GRAPES?
LION?

note CPL.
three words I guess, and 2 17 4 must relate in some way

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uhhhhman
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 		I have just been lurking but checking out the find fred davis blogspot there are three new picture links there. Which seem to indicate CPL = Chapter Paragraph Line. So so i imagine the numbers Nighthawk came up with are the chapter, paragraph, and line in the book Walden or Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau. Just trying to help where i can.

Edit sorry i should have previewed before i submitted this to see thebruce found thsoe pictures....i believe its a pear in the first one.

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thebruce
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 		d'oh! uhhhman, you're right...

C-H-App
P-EAR-A-GRAPe
LION


ok so google books it is...
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uhhhhman
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 		well i checked 2 different online versions of the book and they both gave me this line "Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail."

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