Identity Thievery?

February 13, 2003

Friends, I am troubled by what I hear. My agents inform me that there are some of you who believe the vile Dr. Isotope and I are the same person. Let me assure you this is not the case. I have dedicated my efforts to foiling his twisted plot, for it will help me gain my objective, and to set things the way they are supposed to be.

To prove this point, I will soon release an item I spent many years working towards. Once retrieved, you can research its origin and see the authenticity of my past. It will prove without a shadow of a doubt of our individuality.

Dr. I could never manufacture such an item.

I now search for a proper site. Be patient.

>V<

February 13, 2003

Dr. I.'s identify is pretty much a known quantity these days, but at least he gets out and caches

You, on the other hand, are falling behind. Get out and expose yourself! The Doctor's having all the fun.

February 14, 2003

Say Voss, we are going to be in California this weekend so could you drop the "thing" off down there and we will snatch it up. Or we will have to fly back up here to get it and then back down, just more frequent flyer miles for us .

Will this have anything to do with "The Orb"? We have been keeping it polished up and ready to go.

Secret agent decoder ring.

In case of power failure stand close, I glow in the dark.

February 14, 2003

Mr. K.Monster, it is in my nature to stay hidden in the shadows, being a spy that I am. I am at many of the GC meetings, but I stay out of site, with my fedora covering my eyes so as not to look suspicious.

Mr. GG, Hold onto the ORB as it will come into play at a near date, but not this time.

Mr. Van Allen Bradley values all the significance to this item. It is this work you must reference.

>V<

February 17, 2003

Dr. I plans are not mine as some of you have written me privately.

It is now time to give you clue #2.

This item’s location is the following

N 45 24.LNP

W 122 WW.786

Clue #3 will arrive in 2 days. I do hope you are quick to find this piece.

I hold it near to my heart.

>V<

February 17, 2003

we ran out to where we thought it might be, but alas... no such luck. We'll continue to work on it & hopefully beat you all (or at least Dr I) to it.

Hard work often pays off after time, but procrastination always pays off now.

February 17, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by Team JOYSON:
we ran out to where we thought it might be, but alas... no such luck. We'll continue to work on it & hopefully beat you all (or at least Dr I) to it.

Hard work often pays off after time, but procrastination always pays off now.

I couldn't pass up a chance to beat GR&GG with them in CA so I gave it a shot too. I ended up in parking lot and couldn't see any likely places . I was very near a cache I was looking for so I gave up and went cache hunting. I tried the Orb, but my copy of the Orb decoder had no lower-case letters and every capital letter appears twice.

Sir USA = Russia

February 17, 2003

You guys crack me up. I am stuck here at work, thinking I can head out and nab this thing tonight.. but alas, looks like he will give out the third clue on Wednesday. Unfourtunatly, I work that day also.

Russians are always picking weird days..

What do you call 2,000 pounds of Chinese Soup? Won Ton.

February 17, 2003

What was clue #1? The Orb? I'm lost...

Hard work often pays off after time, but procrastination always pays off now.

February 18, 2003

But still clueless. I looked around in the NET but I couldn't make anything out of the results.

February 18, 2003

Clue#1

Mr. Van Allen Bradley values the significance to this item. It is this work you must reference.

Update:

I am desperately ensuring Clue #3 is available. Without it, a small delay will be inevitable and I will be forced to employ KGB tactics on the guilty. Fear not as everything is going as planned.

>V<

February 18, 2003

Van Allen Bradley is an author who writes books on the value of rare and old books.. Books such as "Gold In Your Attic". Still can't figure out how this fits the coordinates. Do we need to check a copy of this book? Voss you have us at a loss. If it's this hard to be a good guy we might just have to be bad to be very very good .

In case of power failure stand close, I glow in the dark.

[This message was edited by Grandpa Rocks & Grouchy Gramma on February 18, 2003 at 01:55 PM.]

[This message was edited by Grandpa Rocks & Grouchy Gramma on February 18, 2003 at 01:58 PM.]

February 18, 2003

Have a good idea about half of it, made some assumptions about the other half, went somewhere that one could easily hide something, and found . . . that it was too dark to find anything.

I talked to a friend of mine who knows everything, and found a way to justify the assumptions. I may need to sneak out of work tomorrow; after this last weekend, they owe me big time.

Of course, I'm probably all wet.

February 18, 2003

Grandpa, you will not need a duplicate, as you will be searching for the real McCoy.

15 hours and your 3rd clue will become available.

Great speed and vigor should be your companion on this hunt.

>V<

February 18, 2003

I swore off speed and am alergic to vigor. I will have to leave this up to my geo-commrades.

I'm completely lost but I'm makin good time.

2.8k · February 19, 2003

Go to the library and get this thing!

February 19, 2003

Would someone please do Urban Cache: Plagiarized?

[This message was edited by Bodoni on February 19, 2003 at 02:25 PM.]

February 19, 2003

I don't suppose you're going to release this before noon so I can go grab it on my lunch break are you?

Hard work often pays off after time, but procrastination always pays off now.

February 19, 2003

Is lunch time!! Where is it???

2.8k · February 19, 2003

15 hours from 10:00pm puts us AFTER lunch.

Nice

Not like I'd actually solve it

February 19, 2003

to get anything out of the first clue?

I searched the internet for about 3 hour last night and found nothing!!

Nothing from gold in your attic or any other books by this guy.

February 19, 2003

Its finally arrived, I can now give you the final clue below...

In a Chance Meeting, I found a Local River which has a Periodical run once every 7 days. It is within this Section I have hidden your third clue.

Good luck commrades.

February 19, 2003

Received the message and the coords and am on my way.

I've gone to look for myself, if I should return before I get back, please keep me here.

February 19, 2003

I saw that the Beaverton city library had a book by VAB. For fun, I went and looked it over. Didn't see anything that looked interesting, so I checked it out. Left a signature pen in its place just in case someone else had the same idea. Multnomah and Clackamas libraries also have books by that author.

I have seen the third hint. Alas, I am stuck in the office now, and the evening is full.

Hey Grampa, can you pick me up some duct tape?

[This message was edited by kiwimonster on February 19, 2003 at 02:34 PM.]

February 19, 2003

Must the Grandparents be first to EVERYTHING!??! Quick... someone... find it first.... d'oh. Dang my 8-5 job. Oh well, there's something to be said for consistency. When you get back, please do share the wealth of your knowlege. I have a good idea as to what's going on, but I just haven't been able to put all the pieces together.

Hard work often pays off after time, but procrastination always pays off now.

February 19, 2003

I figured someone had beaten me to it, but I found nothing. I went to where I thought the New Clear Fishin Party was and found.... nothing... . Had a beer and left cause no one else came looking. I figured I was late and it had already been found so here I am at home empty handed . Must check further.

Voss did you forget to leave something at the dropoff? It seemed to be an appropriate place and I even checked some of the literature inside but no joy. Could this have been a red herring?

I've gone to look for myself, if I should return before I get back, please keep me here.

[This message was edited by Grandpa Rocks & Grouchy Gramma on February 19, 2003 at 03:48 PM.]

2.8k · February 19, 2003

I can't make sense of the colon separated number in the clue. Of course I wouldn't know what to expect at a Nuclear Fission Party anyway.

Is anybody planning to respond directly (phone or email?)

February 19, 2003

Any of you guys were able to get the whole coords?

I still have no clue what the lnp and ww stand for

February 19, 2003

If Grandma's wit, and Grandpa's... well whatever Grandpa has, can't help them find the cache, then how do you expect the rest of us to do any better? I'm lost... so very, very lost...

Hard work often pays off after time, but procrastination always pays off now.

February 19, 2003

I think the time and street in the clue are the missing numbers for the coordinates WW and LNP.

I've gone to look for myself, if I should return before I get back, please keep me here.

February 19, 2003

But did anyone call the number? I can't call 900 numbers from work

So what's at these coords? N 45° 24.887 W 122° 44.786?

I still don't get the LNP, but hey, I'm not the one driving around the countryside either . . .

February 19, 2003

Gee, I guess we were thinking the same thing.

February 19, 2003

I tried to call from my cell phone and it would not let me call those numbers. The coordinates take you to just outside of John Barleycorn's in Tualatin.

I've gone to look for myself, if I should return before I get back, please keep me here.

February 19, 2003

Save your money and the funny questions from loved ones when they see the charges on the phone bill. Voss has not recorded any message at the 1-900..... number.

I've gone to look for myself, if I should return before I get back, please keep me here.

February 19, 2003

What are you doing at home! Fly! Fly like the wind!

February 19, 2003

I too went to the John Barleycorn on my way home from work. My GPS wanted me to look in the parking lot but I started by the trees. Thought it may have been under the blue tarp on the patio just north of the building but when I started over there I saw two or three employees eyeing me very suspiciously so I left. Good luck to whoever else trys.

KTF !!! GBWY !!!

February 19, 2003

Silly Geocachers! Running around like chickens with their heads cut-off. Could Voss be throwing you off? No. Not at all. It was quite entertaining to watch Grandpa Rocks peruse the literature, only to ignore the item he was so desperately searching for. Look closer, my friend. I found it, inspected it, and put it back in it's place. The item does prove that Voss is who he says he is. He and I are not the same person. But that doesn't mean he's not evil. Do you really think you can trust a former KGB spy? I thought I could once... And I almost paid the ultimate price.

Who can you trust?

Dr. I

-I am Jack's throbbing brain tumor.

February 19, 2003

Grandpa, Exactly what literature did you peruse???? I assume at the Barleycorn.

KTF !!! GBWY !!!

February 19, 2003

First off it was good to see Armando from Armando & Co. Just moved up from San Diego area, found him outside the Barleycorn doing what I had been doing earlier. Showed him what we had found and chatted briefly.

Now as usual I sometimes have trouble finding what is right under my nose or in this case over my head. Once again I had been six inches from what I searched for and missed it again. Went home all forlorn cause I thought I had figured it all out and waited for Gramma to come home from work. Since no one found it yet she said she would help me find it. Went with the kids Big Sergeant and his wife Little Imp and Gramma. While I looked briefly around outside they all went in and sat down to order some liquid refreshment. When I came in Little Imp said "I found it!". Well of course with the women it was too easy. They humbled me once again .

Opened the book and found the secret compartment within and the notes from Voss and Dr I, and Voss's bona fides. Will have pictures later after we get a chance to go over some of the stuff.

I've gone to look for myself, if I should return before I get back, please keep me here.

February 19, 2003

Yes it is always good to meet a follow cacher and even better when they help you find what you’re looking for!! It was very nice to see Grandpa coming out to show me what he had found. I was getting ready to get back to my truck when I saw him coming out with the book.

Thank you for sharing Grandpa!!

February 20, 2003

Who said decoding spy transmissions was going to be an easy endevor. I am glad I did not have to put a blinking neon arrow over the item. I almost lost faith in your clue solving abilities...

Do not worry about the phone number as I did not have time to record anything important. Plus, at 62.7310 Rubles a minute, that price is ridiculous!! Lets see what Mr.Grandpa has to share.

February 20, 2003

Sorry to take so long to get these out here but last night was a little weird. After finding the book and coming home to post this stuff my brother called from Florida about visiting and while talking to him and Gramma I found a blood trail throught the house and discovered the dog had cut his leg very badly and so we had to deal with him and then get bloody footprints off the rug and the rest of the house and fix dinner and a few other things and then it was ten o'clock and I was too tired to get the pictures up. Today at work was overtime so only now have I finished the work on the pictures.

Voss the next time you want us to look inside the building you should make the coordinates take us to the building not out behind it in the bushes .

And now I'm too tired to do anything else so goodnight, I've got to watch Survivor: Amazon.

Oh yeah, the pictures, here they are .

I've gone to look for myself, if I should return before I get back, please keep me here.

February 20, 2003

What's on the other end of the wire?

February 20, 2003

How did you guys get the coordinates? What does LNP and WW mean? What did I miss?

What do you call 2,000 pounds of Chinese Soup? Won Ton.

February 20, 2003

What's in the red package? Don't think Voss would have left Russian condoms. Yes, what is the wire for?

--Temporarily French Polynesia's most prolific geocachers!

February 20, 2003

The badge was in the red package.

The wire is connected to a plug on the bottom of the book. Probably used to inconspiciously cary a recording device of some kind, who can tell when your dealing with spies .

Don't know if the letters mean anything at all but the numbers for the coordinates were in a personals ad (In a chance meeting) in the Willamette Week (local river that has a periodical run every 7 days).

The ad read:

You: Evil Doctor bent on world domination. Me: KGB dissident with different plan. 44th Ave at 8:87 during the New Clear Fishin Party. The bait is set, will they bite?

Page 83 of this weeks Willamette Week.

I've gone to look for myself, if I should return before I get back, please keep me here.

February 21, 2003

Yes, the final coords were placed in a personal ad in the paper. LNP WW stands for Local News Paper Willamette Week.

I did place the coords in front of the restaurant, but there is always variability. I figured since you knew you were looking for a book, that it would most likely be inside the building.

As for the wire and the holes? This book has had a far more sinister past then I care to elaborate here. Someday, I will discuss with everyone its history over a glass of vodka.

This is, of course, if we win our battle.

February 21, 2003

Voss, how do you expect us normal Geocachers to find something if we can't use our GPS? Most of us are just lost without one. It's been a while since I've actually had to THINK, so we'll have to try harder next time.

Hard work often pays off after time, but procrastination always pays off now.

February 21, 2003

Maybe a mention that the third clue would be needed to find it would have been helpful. I suppose that it could have been found otherwise by someone with a lot of time on their hands.

On the other hand, my study of the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems (LNP), and William Weisband (WW) was not entirely uninteresting, and seemed somewhat apropos. Perhaps you've met him?

February 21, 2003

You know how these spies are, never wanting to tell you the whole story. Say isn't MVD (Ministry of Internal Security) sort of the equivalent to the FBI, more counter espianage than real spying? Voss you have been leading us on, you aren't a real spy, more like a spy hunter . That's alright though, spying on spies, is still spying . The badge seems to be the real deal as I guess you are. Found lots of pictures of badges hereand I gotta tell you there seems to be a big black (red?) market in former USSR military unit emblems. Lots of real cool looking badges for the military and KGB and stuff. Found lots of interesting stuff about your former employers with simple web searches.

So your the real deal, what's next? When do we go after the nefarious Dr I? Looking forward to your next.

I've gone to look for myself, if I should return before I get back, please keep me here.

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