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[Trailhead] Snow Town, USA
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MYNAMEISBUTT
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On this day, February 20th, 1711, we, the citizens of Snow Town, promise to abide by the Snow People's Decree. This Decree has been given to us by the steady and sure hand of Job Harmon. The Snow People have spoken to us through Job's gifted script.


"FROM THIS DAY FORTH THE CITIZENS OF SNOW TOWN SHALL ABANDON ROUTINE AND EMBRACE EACH GIVEN DAY.

SNOW TOWN CITIZENS SHALL FROLIC AND PLAY AS YE DID AS A CHILD.

SNOW TOWN CITIZENS SHALL LOVE AND LAUGH AND IMBIBE IN GREAT QUANTITIES OF SPIRITS WITH YE FELLOW SNOW TOWN CITIZENS.

SNOW TOWN CITIZENS SHALL KEEP A RESPECTABLE DISTANCE FROM THE SNOW PEOPLE.

SNOW TOWN CITIZENS SHALL PROTECT THE SNOW PEOPLE AS THEY PROTECT SNOW TOWN FROM ANY ILL WIND OR INVADER.

THIS IS OUR DUTY AND OUR PROMISE TIL DEATH.

SO BE IT.

FROM THIS DAY FORTH BELLS WILL RING EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR AS A REMINDER OF OUR PROMISE TO ABIDE BY THE SNOW PEOPLE'S DECREE."


(edited to remove spoilered text, please save spoilering for puzzle solves ~ enaxor)

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October
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 		Ruthie posted something new in the Guest Book:
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Ruthie Randolph said: February 25th, 2011 12:56 pm
As promised to you, dearest Tom. "The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new, And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears; The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew, And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears"


"Dearest" Tom? Do Ruthie and Tom Haynes have a romance? Very Happy However, creepy quote, a little bit...
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amandel
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 		October, spot on that it's Tom Haynes and Ruthie's Guest Book message is from "The Lady of the Lake" (canto IV).....

So, Romance or *EWWW* something creepy AND sneaky? And Peg replied to an email asking her about Louise Hoskins info

Peg in an email wrote:
I think it is best not to talk about the dead. Doesn't seem right. I can tell you that Julie down at the Snow Town General Store told me she saw some lights flickering over at Louise Hoskins' house the other night.
I didn't notice 'em, but as you can tell I've been kinda distracted with Fred and these Snow People.
It would not surprise me in the least if that house was haunted.

I don't know if Louise Hoskins was a member of the church. You might ask
Mollie Harmon. She loves going to church and is very involved over there.
Or you could ask my nephew, Edward. He is also an active member of the
church. Don't think he's ever missed a church supper.

That's all for today!

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luci
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 		Edward contact details
I finally got a reply from Peg to the email I send a couple days ago

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Hi Peg,

I'm confused because some of the places you mentioned on your blog haven't been listed on the map that Clare made for the historical society page. Is it possible for you to mark on a map where the mounds are, and the snowmen, and other significant locations, such as where you live, Louise's house, the Church, Memory Lane, Williwaw stream, etc.

I'm really worried for your safety. Has anything like this happened in Snow Town history before, say one hundred years ago, or two hundred years ago? I would love to have your nephew Edward's contact details so I can ask the Historical Society.


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Hi there Luci!

I posted the map this morning. Let me know if you need more stuff marked
out. The Williwaw Stream and Pond are the only stream and pond on the
map. I've never heard of any Memory Lane around here.

Thank you for thinking about my safety. From what I heard yesterday
'round town and at Ruthie's meeting, these Snow People started coming here
back in 1711. That's all I really know about them. Fred says he has
nothing to say about them other than "They've returned" and "They're
magical".

If you want to contact Edward, try him at the library. I spoke with him
this morning and he said Ruthie gave him his own email over there. Tread
softly with that one. He's unusual, Luci.

That's all for today!

Peg


Now, I'm pretty sure both myself and others on the forum had tried emailing edwardSPLATsnowtownlibrary.org without success - but now the email works. I've just got an automated email back at this point:


Quote:
To whom it may concern,

I will reply to your Electronic Mail as soon as possible. Until then, enjoy this magical day.

The Snow People have returned to Snow Town!


Sincerely,

Edward Harmon
Snow Town Historical Society's Ambassador


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lighter
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 		I wonder if The Snow People are invited to tonight's book club. "Respect us. Keep your distance. Pass the cookies and cocoa."

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luci
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amandel wrote:
You might ask Mollie Harmon. She loves going to church and is very involved over there.


Do you think it's significant or just a typo that she spells Mollie rather than Molly? Elsewhere it's always been with the Y

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Laguz
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 		snow people locations and spiral
Don't know if it means anything. I flipped the spiral, resized, rotated, and finally colored it a bit to make it easier to view the points. it is not exact, but the 4 red spots came pretty darn close to the locations of the snow people.

<a>snowtown copy</a>

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Veya Orunitia
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 		Interesting new post in the guestbook

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Ruthie Randolph said: February 25th, 2011 1:56 pm
As promised to you, dearest Tom. "The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new, And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears; The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew, And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears"


P.S. It might be worthy to note that is from Lady of the Lake.

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rcmodels
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***THE SNOW TOWN LIBRARY IS AWARE OF THE RETURN OF THE SNOW PEOPLE. WE STRONGLY URGE THE CITIZENS OF SNOW TOWN TO KEEP THEIR DISTANCE. YOU MUST NOT FEAR THE SNOW PEOPLE, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE GRANT THEM THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE. WE INVITE ALL SNOW TOWN CITIZENS TO THE LIBRARY THIS EVENING. RUTHIE RANDOLPH WILL BE MAKING A VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. UNTIL THEN, ENJOY THIS GREAT DAY. THE SNOW PEOPLE HAVE RETURNED TO SNOW TOWN!***


Anyone get any emails about this?

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luci
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 		Edward
A reply from Edward!!!


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Howdy Luci Temple,

You sound very SERIOUS, Luci.  Are you very SERIOUS, Luci?  Do people sing Luci in the sky with diamonds to you all the time? I would suppose it is truly tempting to people.  Am I right?  C'mon!  Am I?  I read your questions a few times.  And now that I am focusing better.  Well, still not great.  Did you imbibe tonight, Luci?  I did.  I did many many many times.  Where were we?  Say that 3 times.  Where were we? Where were we? Where were we? If you put those words together it sounds like we have invented a new animal. "YES, I BELIEVE THAT IS THE RARE WHEREWEREWE.  IT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BY HUMANS BEFORE THIS MOMENT.  BECAUSE IT IS RARE."  Are you having fun tonight?  Me too.  You're beautiful.  Me too.  Your questions!  Ok Ok.

Louise Hoskins did abide by the decree but she got herself in a little bit of trouble.  double trouble.  some say triple trouble.  She never hooked up with a Snow Person.  Can you do that?  Is it possible?  I'm having naughty thoughts.  Ok.  Ok.  Moving on.  Louise got into some major trouble.  Can't tell you anymore or I would have to marry you.  Will you marry me?  The Snow People communicate through someone special.  Can't tell you or I would have to marry you.  It was awful when the Snow People left and they can't ever leave us again.  Would you like another glass of spirits, Luci?  I would.  The Magician scares Ruthie.  I probably shouldn't have told you that but I am too tired and too spirited to delete it.

NightNight
E

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Snow Town & The Snow People
From: Luci Temple <luci>
Date: Fri, February 25, 2011 2:58 pm
To: edwardSPLATsnowtownlibrary.org

Dear Edward, 

I believe Ruthie has forwarded my email on to you, however I have not yet received a response so I hope you will forgive me for contacting you directly. I am making a documentary centred around Louise Hoskins, and I understand you have valuable information, related to her life and death, that is protected by the Snow Town Historical Society in the vault. Now that the Snow People have arrived the town is awash with rumours and speculation, and I am trying to uncover the facts so the documentary might be accurate.

I apologise in advance if some of these questions sound crazy or off the wall, however we do live in Magical times, so anything is possible!
Did Louise Hoskins abide by the Snow People Decree? Did Louise marry a Snow Person? Or Sacrifice herself to the Snow People to save the town?
On the other hand, did Louise disrespect the Snow People, resulting in her death?
What occurred in 1711 to bring the Snow People the first time?
In 1711 the Snow People communicated through Job, who do they communicate through now? Who did they communicate through in 1911?
What made the Snow People leave Snow Town? And how long are the Snow People likely to stay now?
Who is The Magician?
Many thanks for any information you can share to help unravel the true from the ludicrous,

Luci


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enaxor
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 		The audio is up on Pegs Youtube account. I think the timing/seconds between heartbeats may be a message...ie if 5 seconds have passed it would be the letter E. I could way off on this, but I know the heartbeat means something.
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luci
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enaxor wrote:
The audio is up on Pegs Youtube account. I think the timing/seconds between heartbeats may be a message...ie if 5 seconds have passed it would be the letter E. I could way off on this, but I know the heartbeat means something.


I think you're right there about the heartbeat being something to decode. Towards the end it seems to go over some of what he's saying too ( rather than intercut like as the beginning).

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 		I do believe you are right.

I ripped the audio and tried a few things, before returning to the simpler option... listening to the timing of the beats and words...

And, this is the result...
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
The beats all sound after the following words:

** snow/once/now/great/our/friends/town/history/everyone/by/encouraging/life/luck

gibberish you say?

look at the first letters...

** s/o/n/g/o/f/t/h/e/b/e/l/l

But what does it meeeeeeeaaaan??
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rcmodels
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 		Well looks like Bruce just saved me quite a bit of time. I was timing out the space between beats until I just hit a 32 second space :p

Well, we know the bells started playing on the hour when the snow people arrived and we know that the 1711 code requires the bells to do just that.

What would happen if the bells stop?

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