THE HUNT (Season 2)

HUNT #7:

HINT: It may be helpful to revisit Hunt 2-5.

CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL CLUE

SOLUTION:

1) The first piece of the puzzle is the dog-tag-esque items in the top right of the clue image. A little searching around on groundspeak and "travel bugs", and you'll find that these tags each have a number and can tracked at this site. This is a pretty cool idea actually, especially if you like scavenger games and enjoy hiking, etc. Anywho, unfortunately, you aren't given a travel bug number to track, so you'll need to find some other clues to aid you in your quest.

2) If you click the "HIDE AND SEEK A CACHE" button on the site from step 1, you will notice that you can search for travel bugs by zip code (amongst other things). It just so happens that we have a zip code provided on the clue, so we might want to try that. The zip code can be found on Gale's license, and it is 55391. A search on that zip with a default 100 mile radius returns a lot of results. Of course, now you are stuck again, and need to go back to the clue for more information.

3) Perhaps that LZ "Stairway to Heaven" cover is important? If we comb through a few pages of the zip code search results, we find a cache with the name "Stairway to Heaven". Clicking on it takes us to a page where we can read logs from trackers who have tried searching for this cache. You might recognize the name of the latest entry in the log. We must go back to the clue one more time to make sense of this bizarre yet seemingly innoculous entry.

4) What is the deal with those numbers all over the clue? Perhaps they work the same way as the numbers on OUR MUTUAL FRIEND did! Perhaps each number corresponds to a word in the log entry. If we use the numbers in such manner, the words we extract are: NAME THE MAKER OF THE GUN CASE.

FINAL ANSWER: HALLIBURTON

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SEASON 2 STANDINGS:

STATISTICS:

First correct answer submitted 1:18 after start (1 hour 18 minutes)
At that time, 0 incorrect answers already submitted
Second correct answer submitted 1:23 after start
At that time, 0 incorrect answers already submitted
Third correct answer submitted 12:43 after start
At that time, 0 incorrect answers already submitted
Last correct answer submitted 146:49 after start
At that time, 5 incorrect answers already submitted
Final answer submitted at 166:11

Total answers submitted: 12 (5 correct, 7 incorrect)

Some incorrect answers:
SMILEY FACE
DOROTHY
PLYMOUTH ROCK
INMAN
JACK
MR EKO
AARON

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THE HUNT is a scavenger game hosted on this site. Each week, you will have to use a series of LOST-related clues to find information in the real world and/or on the internet. Not ALL information given to you will necessarily be related to the current HUNT. There may be some disinformation included, or, there may be information included that will need to be used in future HUNTS. By putting the pieces of the puzzle together, you will find the solution to the weekly hunt. The first 10 people to enter a correct answer on this page each week will receive points (10pts for 1st, 9 pts for 2nd, and 8pts for 3rd, etc). Whoever has the most points at the end of the game will receive a Season 2 LOST-DVD set in addition to the honor of HUNT CHAMPION.

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SWLS STAFF:
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THE HUNT begins on June 21st at 9PM EST and will continue throughout the summer hiatus on Wednesday Nights at 9PM EST.