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[AngBa]

The mythical beast might be a Phoenix - my first thought was a Griffin too *my high school mascot

[XtRaVa]

Yeah it could be a Griffon, but I cant see a tail anywhere.

Like I said it appears to be coming out of flames (Phoenix), but then again it could be tree branches or something...

[AngBa]

http://www.lasr.net/pages/park.php?Park_ID=AZ05sp002

Well the bottom two pics - I put together Apple and Ark and tried "apple park arizona" and found the link above....

[XtRaVa]

I have no idea about this one lol.

[RedHatty]

the bottom pics *to me* look like a plate of plantains, a pea & an ark

Possibly plantation park?

I also think the purple is a chicken or hen

The larger bird looks like an eagle from a noble coat of arms (the funny plant signifies noble)

a can & a toes?

Possibly Chicano

still haven't figured it all out, but so far seems along the lines of Eagle (something) Chicano plantation park

just thinking out loud

[celina63]

[Rogi Ocnorb]

I sent Taylor a couple of "dog" park names in Phoenix and got the standard, "nope - keep trying!" reply.

There is/was a "Canto Park" in Phoenix.
All I can find on it is it was blessed by the Unification Church as "Holy ground" in 1965.
Also. There's a band and/or club by that name in Phoenix

No idea how the hen or other bird factors into that.
But I think the plate is secondary to "Pea" as in the one pea was from a whole bowl.

ETA: I've got some communique out to geocachers in the area and the mining company to see if there is some other way to acquire the sheet images. So far it's a no-go from any of those inquiries where I've gotten a reply. If the sheets turn out to be BLM documents, I'll check with them as well, though they sound like PR material for the mining operation.

[Arkaham]

The bird in the corner is devenitively a phoenix. The can in the middle is dog food. Brand purina, you can still see the logo. Then ballet, then ark and then the green thing that may be a pea or an apple.

But the purple thing to the left of the can is confusing me. What the hell is that?

[XtRaVa]

The purple thing is a bird of some kind, possibly small like a finch, or big like a chicken.

The can is indeed purina (I thought that the first time because of the red square pattern but everyone said tuna). However saying its dog food to me doesnt seem right...To ME its more likely to be cat food, the tin is so small (yeah it could be for small dogs of course), the whole story is about Bast (and cats), it looks like a tin of their gourmet cat food personally.

I think the thing in the left is a Phoenix as well, but the explanation of it being an Eagle sounds good too.

[rowan]

[XtRaVa]

Wtf??

Why have you made a site which just TELLS everyone the answers? Surely they should only get hints. I guess it doesnt matter too much but I can't see where you're coming from, you seem to be annoyed about a problem you've made up yourself.

The whole point of the game is to, with your family, solve the trials first, send them off to Taylor (if you dont like e-mailing characters then maybe this game isnt for you??) and try and get the points first.

Then after that, simply because we are nice (we dont have to do this at all) we talk about the trials with others, give hints if we've solved them and sometimes even discuss all together a new trial (and not just keep it within our own family groups).

If you read the website you can find out what where-when and burden-bring pieces are...its no secret, theres no hidden forum anywhere.

If you actually LOOK through this thread, you'll find where-when and burden-bring pieces have even been posted, but the fact of the matter is the family member who gives in the answer is the person that should receive the links to the pieces, and then share them around to their family members. Seeing as we all get EXACTLY the same pieces, theres not really much need for secrecy, at least not until the last few trials where having a piece before the other families might help in getting to the meeting spot in Florida first.

Still, the trials should all be solved yourselves, rather than just being GIVEN the answers...wheres the fun in that? I'd hate it if everyone just told me the answers...now giving hints and helping families catch up, yeah thats great, thats what playing together is all about.

I like your website...but just giving answers, rather than the means for the player to find it out themselves, and therefore enjoy working a trial out, to me is wrong...No ones "sitting" on information and not sharing it, the fact of the matter is nearly everything is in this thread already. Currently I believe every family is now caught up, we all have all the same information, we always share, and if you actually took the time to go through the thread you'd see that...you'd also see us asking if anyone needed any help with anything to help them get caught up. You seem to think we are all against each other, when really all we want is to try and get the answer in first, and then offer help to the rest.

Now I'm not having a go at you, so forgive me if the tone of what I've gone through sounds that way, but I think everything I've said is valid.

[Phaedra]

Walkthroughs have a long and honorable history in many types of gaming, and Rowan creates some of the best I've seen. If you don't like it, you don't need to visit it. But I'm certain that as usual, most people will greatly appreciate the resource and the time and effort she put into making it.

[XtRaVa]

I thought I said I did like it?

The only thing I didn't like is just giving the answers, but if people like that that's fine with me, and I just won't visit it if theres an answer to a trial on there I havn't solved yet, in case I read it

[rowan]

[konamouse]

Because some of us aren't really playing but we like to read about the game and follow (i.e. lurkers). It's a time honored tradition in uF that we share this information (and it's archived for those in the future to come back and relive the experience).

That is why uF is OOG. We can openly share that information here. Post the puzzle. Then, if you solve it, post the method and the solve (with the spoiler tag). Those who want to challenge themselves work thru the puzzle, those who are don't, click on the spoiler and go "ah".

This is a community who collectively discusses and shares information. That's what makes uF folks so great - we're almost like a family in here.

Thanks Rowan! I'll be taking a looksee (as one of this games lurkers).