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Bruce
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Merago wrote:
Olorin wrote:
amandel wrote:
62oipicS uploaded a new Youtube vid with the attached at 11secs. in. Can't photoshop it at work.


Looks like there's a sticker on top of the paper header (centered, under 'EXTRA'). Anyone can read it to check if it's from the original image or an added clue?


Yeah, I thought there might be something there too. I tried playing around with the image in Paint.NET but came up with nothing. We may need the original image rather than a screen grab from YouTube to properly manipulate the image though.


It looks like DRG or perhaps ORG. I did a search on 'star dispatch' and found only one newspaper - in Aurelia, Iowa.

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Merago
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 		I've given up with the image, I can't get anything meaningful from it, but it does look like there's text there. If anyone has access to Photoshop, it may fare a little better. However, I've checked the original and it has the exact same mark. So, either this was just a call for us to email youfoundme, or we missed something first time around and we're being nudged back to it.
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Bruce
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 		Just got this response:

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From: Horizon Nebula
To: Bruce
Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2009 9:33:27 AM
Subject: Re: Star Dispatch

_ORG_


On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Bruce wrote:

Does that say DRG or ORG?


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Merago
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 		I got this response to my earlier email:-

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Horizon Nebula
to Merago

show details 3:29 PM (8 minutes ago)


Reply

Follow up message
_MAYBE_

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Merago ARG <meragoarg> wrote:

Saw the latest YouTube vid, I'm guessing you wanted us to get in touch again?



Also, I don't see anything that looks even remotely like "ORG", so I'm definitely doing the right thing by giving up on manipulating the image! Heh Smile
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Bruce
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 		If it in fact says ORG, does that mean we're looking for a new website? I tried argensoft.org. and argensoft.netau.org. I got page load error on both.

EDIT: BTW, I had to reverse the image to see ORG.

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Olorin
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 		I sent an email:
Quote:

It seems things didn't go quite as you planned yesterday.
What's your next move?


And received a reply:
Quote:

Your message was delivered successfully.

Your message was:

...hmph...

Yiejmg kaiqhl pgubhum. Vtnbvdbvtl Xydv O.

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Merago
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 		I just got this through:-

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Horizon Nebula
to me

show details 4:41 PM (5 minutes ago)


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Your message was delivered successfully.

Your message was:
woops, forgot... http://argensoft.netau.net/please.bmp


Having a look at it, some of the words are mispelt:-

Ig instead of If
thks instead of this
mow instead of now
difn't instead of didn't
wush instead of wish
ibto instead of into
fortive instead of forgive

So the letters that are missing are:- finding
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Tenchizard
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 		I sent a mail too:
Quote:
Is there anything you need to say?


and the reply:
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_MAYBE_OR_MAYBE_SOMETHING_HAS_BEEN_SAID_


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Merago
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 		I've tried using steghide on the image with finding as the password but it just throws up an error:-

steghide: the bmp file "please.bmp" has a format that is not supported (biBitCou
nt: 32).

EDIT- Nevermind, it leads here:-

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
http://argensoft.netau.net/finding.html

Which looked suspiciously like the word "Vignere" with distortion to me.
Using Vignere on the code Olorin received with the key of "finding" gives:-

target evaded capture. initiating plan b.


I'd also emailed youfoundme to ask for the original version of the newspaper image, which was duly delivered (only it's just as small Smile ):-
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Bruce
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 		Excellent work!

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Merago
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 		Ok, so if ORG is correct, then you're probably spot on with the assumption that we're looking for a website Bruce, I'm damned if I know what though. It's over the newspaper's title (The Star Dispatch? The State Dispatch?), but I've tried every variation of those I could think of without any joy. I also tried youfoundme98765.org.
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Bruce
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 		I think we need more info. I tried scipio26.org and its reverse, and horizonnebula.org. I can think of nothing .

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Bruce
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 		This was on Youfound Mee's Facebook page, directed to Amandel Am:

Quote:
2h 33 39 0w 2z 32 33 3b 0w 3d 33 39 0w 2p 36 2t 0w 2x 32 2u 2t 2r 38 2t 2s 18 0w 2s 33 32 13 38 0w 3d 33 39 1r 0w 1t 32 2s 0w 2c 2h 0w 2u 33 36 0w 38 2w 2t 0w 2p 2s 2s 3d 1a


EDIT: Scratch that - message looks to be from Amandel. Embarassed

There I go, grasping at straws... Smile

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Merago
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 		Yeah, I think you're right. In the meantime, I've emailed youfoundme to ask what plan B is. Well, it doesn't hurt to ask does it? Smile
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 		I did the same. No word back yet.

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