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[Trailhead?] Strange letter and key
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arthurdent11389
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 		I also found a lead (probably same one as thebruce).

I think we need to find a book that has been hinted at, and four words from that book, maybe in chapter 84, 92, 46, and 59.

I tried to use book 22 (based on tag attached to key; E 2270 14) from the Bible, but that doesn't have enough chapters, i think.

PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 3:18 pm
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DrTachyon
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 		I have sent an email as requested. I am pretty sure I have the right Chapter names. i'll let you all know what happens.


Thanks to thebruce for (hopefully) figuring it out!!

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degravedi
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 		This looks interesting, if a little scattered. It's got a bit of a Lovecraftion "Call of Cthulhu" feel to it.

petunia wrote:
What's that sleeping animal? I figured sled dog at first, but the letter specifically states they had to drag all their stuff themselves.
The journals says: "[]... a freight train got us most of the way. The rest was done on foot, dragging our gear on the sleds provided by the Eskimo." It's worded oddly, but I don't think the writer meant that they themselves dragged the sleds, just that they had to use sleds to move the gear rather than being able to continue on the train.

thebruce wrote:
After logging in with Ishmael, we're taken to http://www.dasatech.org/paper-7042302
Possible META?
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That page looks to be an unchanged copy of an article originally from here. Don't see the significance of throwing up a random article on a trail site though? http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0047149


The "key" looks like some kind of tool to me. Like a spud wrench [link]. The kind of thing a professional would carry to open something like electrical boxes, ect.

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thebruce
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 		Just for transparency's sake, the solution I (and undoubtedly others?) have found seems to be instructions directed to DrTachyon himself by (first) name, thus the private contact, to determine if this is intended to be something just for him. We'll see what happens with the response he receives.
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petunia
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 		Wait. I'm lost. Who the what, now? I wish I knew what lead y'all were talking about. Anybody want to share with the class, or must the slower among us wait until we find out the intended audience for this thing?
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DrTachyon
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 		I do believe that things will soon get rolling and that I was the initial 'rabbit hole' for this ARG.

I sent an email to the address as directed by the hidden message on the web site and received this back:

Quote:
Agent 213H66,

Please note that your item requisition request is being processed, pending identity and security verification.

Please stand by.

DASA Vault Authority


The email implies that an item is headed my way. I expect to get an object that will be openable via the key that I have, and I will share whatever I find as a result.

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degravedi
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 		*facepalm* Wow, if it had been a snake. I guess this really is an ARG just for you Dr. Wink

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petunia
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 		Sorry, I'm feeling exceedingly dense today - where is the hidden message on the website?
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Jane Smith
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petunia wrote:
Sorry, I'm feeling exceedingly dense today - where is the hidden message on the website?


just mouse over the slanted letters hon Wink
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 		Yeah, finally had a chance to look for it and found it a bit ago myself. Ha, neat so far.

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petunia
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 		Oh, for the love of.... what slanted letters??
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Jane Smith
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 		Cheese sammiches
The preperation of cheese sammiches...
petunia wrote:
Oh, for the love of.... what slanted letters??



You silly bird Razz

Look at paper-7042302, when mousing over ....

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Results of our study indicate that more diverse cropping systems can use small amounts of synthetic agrichemical inputs as powerful tools with which to tune, rather than drive, agroecosystem performance, while meeting or exceeding the performance of less diverse systems.


You will see a popup, it talks about chapters of cheese sammiches and how to find the proper ingredient's to send sammiches. from the automatic sammich dispenser...

Mnnn I wonder what I will have for lunch?
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arthurdent11389
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arthurdent11389 wrote:
I also found a lead (probably same one as thebruce).

I think we need to find a book that has been hinted at, and four words from that book, maybe in chapter 84, 92, 46, and 59.

I tried to use book 22 (based on tag attached to key; E 2270 14) from the Bible, but that doesn't have enough chapters, i think.


*facepalm* Now I know what book... Very Happy

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petunia
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 		Urg... Nothing happens when I hover over that passage. Could it be because I'm on a Mac, or using a trackpad? Urg. Confused
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arthurdent11389
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petunia wrote:
Urg... Nothing happens when I hover over that passage. Could it be because I'm on a Mac, or using a trackpad? Urg. Confused


Petunia, you might try

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looking at source code for that page


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