GC1BBJ7 - The Witch Doctor Code Cache

GC1BBJ7 - The Witch Doctor Code Cache

By:  Hayward Cheezhead and Team Deejay

1.  Here is the puzzle.

Geocache Description:

**** THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE GIVEN LOCATION!!!! ****

You are looking for a large plastic container. Please return the cache as you found it. Don't worry, nothing SHOULD bite ya when you go to grab the cache. A nice park and grab once you figure out the code.

Thanks to Team Deejay for ALL his help in get this cache up and running.

CLICK HERE FOR A CLUE

Ooh Eeh Oh Ah Ahh Ting Tang Wallawalla Bing Bang
Ooh Eeh Oh Ah Ahh Ting Tang Wallawalla Bing Bang
Eeh Wallawalla Oh Ah Ahh Ting Tang Eeh Wallawalla Bang
Oh Eeh Oh Ah Eeh Ooh Eeh Bing Ooh Eeh
Ah Eeh Oh Ahh Ting Ting Tang Bang Bing Ah
Ahh Ah Ahh Tang Ooh Ahh Ting Tang Tang Ooh
Ting Ting Tang Ooh Bang Wallawalla Bang Ooh Eeh Bang
Tang Tang Wallawalla Ahh Ooh Bang Ooh Eeh Oh Ahh
Wallawalla Tang Wallawalla Ting Ah Bang Oh Eeh Ting Ting
Bing Bing Bang Tang Eeh Oh Ah Ahh Ting Wallawalla
Bang Bang Ooh Tang Wallawalla Ah Ahh Ting Tang Bing
Wallawalla Ooh Eeh Bang Eeh Ah Ooh Bang Ahh Ting

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

CLICK ON THE BOX BELOW TO USE GEOCHECK.

Additional Hints:

[Puzzle]Hints? What Hints? All you need to know is in front of you.

[Hint #1] It's as easy as zero,one, two,three,......

[Cache]Check the log as the sun sets.

2.  Solve the puzzle.

The first step to the solve is the Hint.  It's as easy as zero, one, two, three...

The second step is to analyze the content of the description.  

The first two lines come from the famous song 'Witch Doctor' by David Seville, and made famous by The Chipmunks.  However, the words are not spelled the same way as the versions commonly available online.  More careful observation shows that the ten words are each spelled a unique way, leading to ten different items that will be used in the KEY.

The rest of the lines, ten in all, are some mixed up version of the lyrics in lines 1 and 2, and they are not represented anywhere in the song.  

Conclusion: lines 1 and 2 are the KEY, lines 3-12 are the PUZZLE.

Using the hint "It's as easy as zero, one, two, three...", assign 0 through 9 to the ten words in lines 1 and 2, to get:

0 = Ooh

1 = Eeh

2 = Oh

3 = Ah

4 = Ahh

5 = Ting

6 = Tang

7 = Wallawalla

8 = Bing

9 = Bang

Applying that conversion to the rest of the puzzle gives you a 10 x 10 grid of numbers:

1	7	2	3	4	5	6	1	7	9
2	1	2	3	1	0	1	8	0	1
3	1	2	4	5	5	6	9	8	3
4	3	4	6	0	4	5	6	6	0
5	5	6	0	9	7	9	0	1	9
6	6	7	4	0	9	0	1	2	4
7	6	7	5	3	9	2	1	5	5
8	8	9	6	1	2	3	4	5	7
9	9	0	6	7	3	4	5	6	8
7	0	1	9	1	3	0	9	4	5

The last step in the solve is looking for coordinates hidden in the number grid.  As it turns out, the correct coordinates can be found in the grid twice.  (Isn't that nice?)

The Posted Coordinates are N 46° 03.963 W 091° 30.357, so you're looking for something that starts with North 46.02, 46 03, or 46.04, and West 091 29, 091 30, or 091 31.

The old Cheezehead was nice enough to  make it possible to check Final Coordinates on either of two Geo-checker options.

1	7	2	3	4	5	6	1	7	9
2	1	2	3	1	0	1	8	0	1
3	1	2	4	5	5	6	9	8	3
4	3	4	6	0	4	5	6	6	0
5	5	6	0	9	7	9	0	1	9
6	6	7	4	0	9	0	1	2	4
7	6	7	5	3	9	2	1	5	5
8	8	9	6	1	2	3	4	5	7
9	9	0	6	7	3	4	5	6	8
7	0	1	9	1	3	0	9	4	5

Final Coordinates:

N 46°04.566  W 091°30.945

3.  Verify the Solved Coordinates.

Happy Caching!