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molecularr
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Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 313 Location: xanadu
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.
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:46 pm
danteIL
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Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 1990
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:
H EUVELMANS
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...
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:52 pm
molecularr
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Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 313 Location: xanadu
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.
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:58 pm
RedHatty
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:12 pm
enaxor
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Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Posts: 2395
#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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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:27 pm
molecularr
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Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 313 Location: xanadu
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
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:37 pm
danteIL
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Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 1990
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
AUST RALIA
#2
LE HAVRE FRANCE ZOOLOGY LE BUGUE JAZZSINGER MINNESOTA ICEMAN PELAGIC CRYPTIDS
H EUVELMANS
#3
no grid
#4
FORT FRASER BISHOPS COVE TOBA INLET RUBY CREEK MICA MOUNTAIN BOILING WATER LAKE
BRITIS HCOLUMBIA
#5
no grid
#6
APE CANYON BOSSBURG EDIZ HOOK LIGHT CAPE FLATTERY PORT TOWNSEND BLUE MOUNTAINS
WA SHINGTON
#7
CALEDONIAN CANAL JOHN MCLEOD TIM DINSDALE URQUHART CASTLE UNDERWATER VIDEO
LOC HNESS
#8
BROMWICH MYSTERY CATS FORTEAN TIMES UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS AND BIRMINGHAM TV QUIZ
K ARLSHUKER was working with the wrong number of spaces!
#9
ZACK HAMILTON MOMO SKOOKUMCAST WILLOW CREEK BOB GIMLIN ZOLI HUMBOLDT TIMES
BIGF OOT
#10
no grid
#11
RODEO COWBOY KODAK MOVIE CAMERA SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST NINE HUNDRED FIFTY TWO
ROGERPATTE RSON
NOTE: Just to make it clear, the solutions are probable guesses from chat and googling.
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:43 pm
Last edited by danteIL on Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:41 pm; edited 7 times in total
Cross_
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Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 283 Location: San Diego
#6 points to big foot sightings in the Blue Mountains of Australia, but no results for Burgediz, might have to check the transcription there.
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:50 pm
molecularr
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Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 313 Location: xanadu
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.
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 3:15 pm
danteIL
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Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 1990
A new post on MHC from "JazzMuzee" contains a correction for Grid #11 -- the critical letter is shifted over one spot, giving us:
ROGERPATTER SON
So, now we have:
TH_S_ACKF_R (assuming there's not a #12 or #13 etc out there)
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:58 pm
thebruce
Dances With Wikis
Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 6899 Location: Kitchener, Ontario
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
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:04 am
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WolfHawk
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Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 1247 Location: St. Louis
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)
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:23 am
catherwood
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 4109 Location: Silicon Valley, CA
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)
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 3:18 am
thebruce
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Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 6899 Location: Kitchener, Ontario
heh oopsie. Link fixed. This aint Sector 7.
Got the info, will add momentarily.
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:08 am
degravedi
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Joined: 17 Jan 2007 Posts: 1458 Location: New Orleans
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
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
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:01 am
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