- Mar 26, 2020
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El Chupacabra*sigh
I'm throwing my hat in the ring this time around and I have decided to go and try to solve this sucker.
Legacy made it very clear that the emojis are not going to tell us anything by themselves, the answer is "very specific".
My first thought is that there needs to be a transfer to some sort of format that we can try to decipher their numbers and or emojis in. They are no use by themselves. What bothered me the most is the numbers, why are some shaded and some not? Why is the nine separating the sequence? Does it matter that the nine is different from the other numbers?
So off to the races, I went and I eventually found a method of breaking those numbers down into a code...
4 not filled = (U+2783)
3 filled = (U+2778)
5 filled = (U+277A)
5 not filled = (U+2784)
This jumbled mess is Unicode (u codes for short) they are the specific names for the numbers in the circles, and now that I had it I knew that I had to use up that nine. What is this nine doing in the picture? It's separating the numbers, or you could say dividing them.
I took 2783, 2778, 277, and 2784 added them, and then divided them by 9 (since that is what it is technically telling us to do in the sequence.) and got 958.
This is where I have gotten stuck, if I am headed in the right direction then 958 is relevant somewhere, we condensed half the code into one number and that could be progress.
The emojis also themselves share u codes format, but I am unsure if that is something...
958 when transferred to a zip code (Legacy said he liked the thinking of using zips on Twitter so I said what the heck and tried) and it landed me in Puerto Rico.
I feel like I am on the right track put until 958 but who knows.
@Legacy thanks for keeping me busy, riddles and ciphers sharpen your brain.
Even as we start to grow up, these legends still haunt our surroundings. El Chupacabra is arguably one of the most well-known Puerto Rican legends, having even earned time in the news in the past from scared residents who woke to find their livestock dead with no discernable explanation. Described as a reptilian-like creature with fanged teeth and red eyes, this creature was initially sighted in 1995, when more than 150 farm animals were found either injured or dead, with two punctures on their necks. Roaming the more rural areas of the island, El Chupacabra’s reign of terror was enough for the former mayor of Canovana, a municipality in Puerto Rico, to warrant a search for the alleged beast. It was never found, and unusual incidents of dead farm animals continue to haunt the island (though La Gargola has mostly stolen its spotlight). Some people say they hear its eerie screeches during the night, alarming those nearby of its presence.