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Maverick_Wind
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Maverick_Wind wrote:
I know I might be beating a dead horse with a stick here, but can anybody go to the Fleetwood neighborhood in Savannah, GA to snoop around? Maybe check a garage for a '67 Impala. Laughing I live about 3 1/2 hours from there, so if nobody is closer, I hope there isn't a clue there, cuz I won't go that far.

^^^^^

PostPosted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:01 pm
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MotaHed
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Maverick_Wind wrote:
Maverick_Wind wrote:
I know I might be beating a dead horse with a stick here, but can anybody go to the Fleetwood neighborhood in Savannah, GA to snoop around? Maybe check a garage for a '67 Impala. Laughing I live about 3 1/2 hours from there, so if nobody is closer, I hope there isn't a clue there, cuz I won't go that far.

^^^^^

Nope, I'm here in PHX AZ. I'm sure we're just missing something in the song clue, though. Any luck riddling that out yet?

PostPosted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:23 pm
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Maverick_Wind
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 		I don't have the programs for that, so I'm little help except for making the odd suggestions. Sorry guys. Sad

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MotaHed
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Maverick_Wind wrote:
I don't have the programs for that, so I'm little help except for making the odd suggestions. Sorry guys. Sad

I think that Zaecus figured out the longfellow poem. Info on the blog. I think the key remains finding out WHY and WHAT it means... ?

PostPosted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:41 pm
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Zaecus
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 		Honestly, I'm not expecting a physical deaddrop of any kind for us. Meaning that I don't think -we- are supposed to go anywhere; we send Tanya.

I have two problems, though.

First Problem: Character interaction is a weak point for me.

I sent the following to the Winchesters:

Quote:
From: Me
To: Winchesters

I'm more of a researcher than a hunter (recovering from back surgery),
but I was wondering if y'all had any leads on who or what Trish
Mitchel was tracking down.

If so, I might be able to figure out what her sister is heading into
and give some suggestions for preparation in case she winds up going
in alone.

Keep up the good fight!


I got this as a response:

Quote:
From: Sam Winchester
To: Me

54 72 69 73 68 20 69 73 20 62 61 69 74 2e


That decodes to:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Trish is bait.�


Any suggestions as to how I should respond?

Second Problem: The last messages files pre- and post-enhancement don't match.

The original message with the Fleetwood Mac song in reverse and the talking in the background that we couldn't make out is, according to my media player, 1 minute and 19 seconds.

The 'enhanced' version is the full song, 3 minutes 37 seconds.

If the phone message is all Tanya is supposed to have had, where did the unchopped version come from?

Note: The rhythm of the indecipherable talking in the first recording -does- seem to match the rhythm of the recited passage in the enhanced version.

I'm trying to figure something out with the clues we've got so far, but I needed to throw those out there because they were seriously distracting me and may be extremely important (and need follow up).

Edit to Add:

I just dropped this in a comment to the journal based on REM's mention of the Sixth Sense tour.

Quote:
I may have a hit, and I'll provide these as I come up with them.

Bonaventure Cemetery

http://www.asylumeclectica.com/asylum/sightseer/us/ga/savannah/bona.htm

Specifically, the grave of Johnny Mercer, writer of "Moon River", which contains the line:

"We're after the same rainbow's end"

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MotaHed
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 		I like the tombstone find, that was nice.
I think that S&D aren't exactly supposed to come into this, at least not yet. I think we're supposed to feel that they're there, but not that they are actively involved yet.

Got similar responses about Trish, Tanya, etc. Can't riddle it out yet, quite. Also agree about the dead drop, I think we're just sending Tanya around. Again, at this point, anyway.

As far as the song goes, I think that we hit a pretty solid brick wall with it, and the PMs decided to give a clearer version. Hell, I am a musician/engineer and I could not get it anywhere near that clear.

EDIT - ZC, did you tease out the voice with the new, enhanced version of it or the original?

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Zaecus
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richardemoore wrote:
ZC, did you tease out the voice with the new, enhanced version of it or the original?


I can hear the voice in the original but not make out the words. I got the words from the enhanced version, and the rhythm of the speech between the two recordings seems to be the same, so I believe it was in the original even if we couldn't make it out.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:28 am
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MotaHed
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 		And we're back on.
Got this img
Quote:
Following richardemoore and zaecusc's suggestion... I wandered through a few cemeteries today.

I'm now feeling decidedly creepy, and weirded out.

However, I did manage to find a picture at the gravesite that was suggested. It was really strange -- just sitting there all innocent, as if it was there for a REASON.

I've got no idea what it means
And, I'm really hoping you folks are right about that black muscle car. I keep jumping every time I see a dark car -- I'm going to have to go out on a limb and say I think I saw the same car a LOT today.

I'm starting to get a little worried again -- e-mail I'm sending to Trish is just bouncing. Again, and again.

So I gotta say -- if you folks want to share something light hearted, that'd be great. I need a pick me up.


PostPosted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:53 am
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 		Can I go out on a limb and say postulate that it's a four word sentence where the last word is Dean?

PostPosted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:54 am
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 		Also got a response from TRICIA...
I told her via blog comment
Quote:
I want to help you.

The response was:
I'm fine. I don' understand why you can't just leave me to do my researc in pace.

My siste is a had cae, nd I try to deal with her i a way that actually makes t possible for everyone to continue their own lives. I' actually quite busy with the ush and pull of graduate studies and dn't really undertand why i's so hard for yu to undestand this.

Which solves as:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
(assemble the missing letters)there s an impostor


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nbnewell
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 		1940 Mercury Coupe:
http://www.hubcapcafe.com/i/2000/eureka_springs/merc4001.JPG

James Dean Torn Sweater:
http://www.jamesdean.com/about/photos/torn.htm

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Zaecus
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 		nbnewell: Thanks! That's very close, but the grill isn't quite right.

I think it's a 1940 Ford Coupe, possibly a convertible, but not sure that much matters.

http://www.dragers.com/pics/index.php?stocknumber=dgc1650

I think we're dealing with sounds/syllables.

____ford
____dean(dine, don, din)?

(I'm gonna need at least one more piece that makes sense figured out before I'm confident about it.)
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nbnewell
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 		lol, never said I was a car girl.....

I think the phonetic might be coupe.....IMHO

Also I KNOW the BL photo is the moon I just cannot find a close enough detailed pic. to figure out specifics. ( is it about a specific tpography on the moon etc?)

And the top looks like spreadable butter/margerine/cream cheese
superimposed over a dairy farm or vice-versa? Mybe creamery? or cream?

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Zaecus
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Lacey wrote:

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I basically had to raise Trish by myself. It may sound trite, but we're orphans of a sort -- when I was 21 our parents both died. ... The family was always estranged for no reason I could figure out.

...
- Tanya


Kind of stumped as to what to ask next.


If you think you can do it, could you ask how their parents' died?
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Zaecus
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nbnewell wrote:
I think the phonetic might be coupe.....IMHO


Yeah, could be. Or could be car, in spite of being a really old car, or a part of a car.... I'm gonna give my mind a bit of a rest on it.

Quote:
Also I KNOW the BL photo is the moon I just cannot find a close enough detailed pic. to figure out specifics. ( is it about a specific tpography on the moon etc?)


Well, if it is, it's... interesting. The crater with the radiating white lines at the top left (according to my nephew) is Tycho. However, if you look directly to the right of that, you see three comma or 'c' shapes, but two of them look strongly, to me, like they've been copy-pasted in.

Quote:
And the top looks like spreadable butter/margerine/cream cheese
superimposed over a dairy farm or vice-versa? Mybe creamery? or cream?


Maybe.

If nothing else, I guess we can start compiling a list of all the possible interpretations we can come up with for these things.

And since I don't want to overlook the obvious, does anybody else think the large black cross in the center is... extremely superfluous if not intended to be part of the message?

Perhaps a crossroad/intersection?
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