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Cipher Hunt
The Cipher Hunt was an alternate reality game and international scavenger hunt created by storyboard artist and voice actor Alex Hirsch based on his animated series Gravity Falls. The goal was to find the real-life statue of the series' antagonist Bill Cipher, which was briefly glimpsed at the end of the series finale. The hunt involved retrieving and decoding clues hidden in various locations worldwide. The Cipher Hunt began on July 20, 2016, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and concluded on August 2, 2016, in a forest in Reedsport, Oregon, where the statue was found. The statue was later taken by local authorities because of a property dispute and was temporarily displayed at Bicentennial Park in Reedsport before it was relocated permanently to Confusion Hill, a roadside attraction in Piercy, California, more precisely to coordinates 39.919002N 123.764908W.
Article summary
The Cipher Hunt was an alternate reality game and international scavenger hunt created by storyboard artist and voice actor Alex Hirsch based on his animated series Gravity Falls. The goal was to find the real-life statue of the series' antagonist Bill Cipher, which was briefly glimpsed at the end of the series finale. The hunt involved retrieving and decoding clues hidden in various locations worldwide. The Cipher Hunt began on July 20, 2016, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and concluded on August 2, 2016, in a forest in Reedsport, Oregon, where the statue was found. The statue was later taken by local authorities because of a property dispute and was temporarily displayed at Bicentennial Park in Reedsport before it was relocated permanently to Confusion Hill, a roadside attraction in Piercy, California, more precisely to coordinates 39.919002N 123.764908W.
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- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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