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[PUZZLE/PARTIAL SOLVE] The Packages / Grids
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molecularr
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Sorry for the double post, but this is a different puzzle. I've been working on puzzle #8 (castledweller's). It took some rearranging, but you can line up each line like this:

Code:
1 bhyrinsfddm
2 rmctmiilsbiga
3 oya
4 msteevt
5 wtsaseyeainhmtvquiz
6 iefnuroenr
7 crot


Using the same method as I did on puzzle 11, you can get the following series of words:
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bromwich mystery cats fortean times university of leeds and birmingham tv quiz


I don't know what that means, but it will probably lead to another reference to a famous cryptid sighting.

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danteIL
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Excellent job molecularr! This was just the kick start we needed....

I went back and lined up the paths from Grid #2:

Code:

LFOEAE
EROBZREIA
HALUZMSCNLI
ANOGSIOEPACRPIDS
VCGUI
REYENNY
EZLJGNAMEGCYT


Reading down, you extract out:

LE HAVRE FRANCE ZOOLOGY LE BUGUE JAZZSINGER

A little googling later gives the probable solve:

HEUVELMANS

From here: http://www.anomalist.com/milestones/Heuvelmans.html

EDIT: I also see how you can get CRYPTIDS out of the letters at the end of the above code, but the pattern of how to extract them correctly isn't clear once you have to skip lines...

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molecularr
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danteIL wrote:
EDIT: I also see how you can get CRYPTIDS out of the letters at the end of the above code, but the pattern of how to extract them correctly isn't clear once you have to skip lines...


I think you just continue as though the space wasn't there, so if a row continues past all of the others, you'll end up just taking the sequence in the row. That's how some phrases like "humboldt times" stick out.

It looks like you can do this with all of the puzzles. Here's puzzle #1's:
"timbull hominid research dean harrison operation rotation yowie quink in jimbra"

And here's #9:
"zack hamilton momo skookumcast willow creek bob gimlin zoli humboldt times"

EDIT: So for #2, you'd continue with "JAZZ SINGER MINNESOTA ICEMAN PELAGIC CRYPTIDS."

EDIT AGAIN: I'm working on puzzle 4, and it's not working out as well. It sort of falls apart a few words in. It may be that there's another way to make the paths connect.

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enaxor
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#4

Code:

1 FSOENBKO
2 OEPTLYM
3 RRSOECIUANOLNWATER
4 TBCBTRCN
5 FIOAREATIBIIG
6 RX
7 AHVIUEM


FORT FRASER BISHOPS COVE TOBA INLET RUBY CREEK MICA MOUNTAIN BOILING WATER LAKE

ETA* Redhatty pointed out in chat that all these locales are in "Bristish Columbia". I think that's our answer for the 15 spaces for #4.
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molecularr
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Here's what I've got so far for #6:

Code:
1 aouhhlytsbm
2 pnrotapoel
3 ebgoct
4 coekatownuountains
5 asdlpernde
6 nsiie
7 ybzgfrt


Which turns into: "ape canyon boss burgediz hook light cape flattery port townsend blue mountains"

I don't know about that "boss burgediz" part, but I may have transcribed or grouped that wrong.

ETA:
So here are the ones I think we've solved (to this stage) so far:
#1: timbull hominid research dean harrison operation rotation yowie quink in jimbra

#2: le havre france zoology le bugue jazz singer minnesota iceman pelagic cryptids

#4: fort fraser bishops cove toba inlet ruby creek mica mountain boiling water lake

#6: ape canyon boss burgediz hook light cape flattery port townsend blue mountains

#8: bromwich mystery cats fortean times university of leeds and birmingham tv quiz

#9: zack hamilton momo skookum cast willow creek bob gimlin zoli humboldt times

#11: rodeo cowboy kodak movie camera six rivers national forest nine hundred fifty two

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danteIL
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I feel the need to compile these together (we can add solutions to the blanks when we get them):

#1
TIMBULL HOMINID RESEARCH DEAN HARRISON OPERATION ROTATION YOWIE QUINKIN JIMBRA

AUSTRALIA

#2
LE HAVRE FRANCE ZOOLOGY LE BUGUE JAZZSINGER MINNESOTA ICEMAN PELAGIC CRYPTIDS

HEUVELMANS

#3
no grid

#4
FORT FRASER BISHOPS COVE TOBA INLET RUBY CREEK MICA MOUNTAIN BOILING WATER LAKE

BRITISHCOLUMBIA

#5
no grid

#6
APE CANYON BOSSBURG EDIZ HOOK LIGHT CAPE FLATTERY PORT TOWNSEND BLUE MOUNTAINS

WASHINGTON

#7
CALEDONIAN CANAL JOHN MCLEOD TIM DINSDALE URQUHART CASTLE UNDERWATER VIDEO

LOCHNESS

#8
BROMWICH MYSTERY CATS FORTEAN TIMES UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS AND BIRMINGHAM TV QUIZ

KARLSHUKER was working with the wrong number of spaces!

#9
ZACK HAMILTON MOMO SKOOKUMCAST WILLOW CREEK BOB GIMLIN ZOLI HUMBOLDT TIMES

BIGFOOT

#10
no grid

#11
RODEO COWBOY KODAK MOVIE CAMERA SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST NINE HUNDRED FIFTY TWO

ROGERPATTERSON


NOTE: Just to make it clear, the solutions are probable guesses from chat and googling.

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#6 points to big foot sightings in the Blue Mountains of Australia, but no results for Burgediz, might have to check the transcription there.

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molecularr
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Cross_ wrote:
#6 points to big foot sightings in the Blue Mountains of Australia, but no results for Burgediz, might have to check the transcription there.


It looks like the correct groupings for that sequence would actually be "Bossburg," "Ediz Hook Light", "Cape Flattery" -- which are all locations in Washington State, it seems.

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danteIL
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A new post on MHC from "JazzMuzee" contains a correction for Grid #11 -- the critical letter is shifted over one spot, giving us:

ROGERPATTERSON

So, now we have:

TH_S_ACKF_R (assuming there's not a #12 or #13 etc out there)

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thebruce
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Wow, great work over the weekend! I've updated the wiki page with all the info I could find (a number of the puzzles number path strings are missing, so those can be filled in still, as well as the description of the clues, how/why the answer was achieved)

eta: haha whoops, link fixed Razz
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Just trying out some things to get the juices running: TH_S_ACKF_R

THIS SACK FOR

THE SLACKFOR
THE SHACK FOR
THIS LACK FAR
THIS LOCK FUR
THE SLACK FIR
THIS LICK FUR
THE SLICK FUR
THE STACK FOR
THIS LACK FUR

THUSTACKFER
THISTACKFIR

THE SLACKFOR(D)
THE STACKFOR(T)

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catherwood
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thebruce wrote:
Wow, great work over the weekend! I've updated the wiki page with all the info I could find ...

Too bad that wiki link goes to the Sector7 game instead. Here, try this -- http://various.wikibruce.com/page/MHC

I can give you all of the paths -- can i dump them in your inbox? I haven't registered to edit your wiki (that I can recall)

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heh oopsie. Link fixed. This aint Sector 7. Razz
Got the info, will add momentarily.
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WolfHawk wrote:
Just trying out some things to get the juices running: TH_S_ACKF_R


Well I ran the seeming combinations through a crossword solver, here's all the answers it spit out:

Beginning 1
Quote:
this
thus

back
hack
jack
lack
mack
pack
rack
sack
tack
wack
yack


Beginning 2
Quote:
the
tho
thy

shack
slack
smack
snack
stack


f
Quote:
far
fir
for
fur


f+1
Quote:
fare
farm
faro
fart
fern
fire
firm
firs
fora
ford
fore
fork
form
fort
furl
furs
fury


f+2
Quote:
farad
farce
farcy
fards
fared
farer
fares
farms
faros
farts
feral
fermi
ferns
ferny
ferry
fired
firer
fires
firma
firms
firry
first
firth
foray
force
fords
fores
forge
forgo
forks
forky
forma
forms
forte
forth
forts
forty
forum
furls
furor
furry
furze
furzy


The lowest number of combinations for the base 11 puzzle we have right now is 148. (maybe a little less when you subtract illogical combinations)
f+1 = 777
f+2 = 2368

That's awful x_x

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