The story
On April 29, 2012, the Golden Barrel, one of the most famous barrels in the world, was stolen of the museum in Illinois. The thief replaced the barrel with four coloured boxes and four handwritten pages. The police are still investigating the robbery, but they can’t be trusted. We need you to find the golden barrel. The thief is not important to us, it’s all about the Golden Barrel. The first person who finds the barrel, will be rewarded with 1,000 points.
The Clues
The thief left four coloured boxes; a blue one, a green one, a red one and a yellow one. All the boxes are locked with a password. The police tried to open the boxes, but they were unsuccessful. We will need the passwords to open the boxes and find more clues about this strange robbery. The thief also left four handwritten pages. You will find those pages in the file. The file only contains those handwritten pages. Whenever you think you've got a password of a coloured box, bootmail ShyGuy or Poison. Make sure you use this format when you bootmail them:
Box:
Password:
A little bird told us that the first code, for the red box, is on the first AND second page. The second code, for the yellow box, is on the second page. The third code, for the blue box, is on the third page and the last code, for the green box, is located on the fourth page. If you fill in the wrong password, the box will be unavailable for 6 hours.
The boxes
The stars are representing the lengths of the passwords. The passwords does not include any capitals.
The blue box: * * *
The green box: * * * *
The red box: * * * * *
The yellow box: * * * * *
The file
These documents contain a big secret. Hurry, because you don’t have much time left. Exactly four codes (passwords) are hidden in these pages. First, you need to find the code for the red box. In each box there’s a clue. ‘Red, yellow, blue and green’ keep this order in mind. Stealing the golden barrel was harder than writing this riddle.. The golden barrel is safe, I’m just testing you.
‘‘Cast thy bread upon the water: for thou shalt find it after many days. Or you will never find the answers. Do not cast your pearls before swine’’, that’s what the ghosts are saying in my dreams. Every night I dream about ghosts and I see myself lying on the ground, dead! I can barely sleep these days. Some days ago, this was written on my Duesenberg: ‘‘Kmuz ak lzw wkkwflasd eqklwjq.’’. At first, I thought it was written with a red pencil, but it was written in blood! People think I’m a scammer now! Please believe me! Listen diary, I did not scam him. Everyone says I scammed him, but I didn’t!!!
I stole that page from a diary. It belonged to my last victim, AntonioT. We did an organized crime once, and he screwed it up. The police arrested me and they didn’t arrest him. He came to my cell to laugh at me. He gave me the first buzz edition and told me to read it. There was an article about the failed oc. I still have that article hanging on my wall. I had to wait seven bloody years to make him pay for what he did that day! I went to his vacation house and kidnapped his daughters. After a few hours he called me and begged for their return. He had to give me $ 400.000 dollar in a purple barrel. And guess what, he only had $ 200.000 dollar and it wasn’t in a purple barrel. So I made a fair deal with him, I returned one daughter and killed the other. He grabbed his carbine and tried to shoot me. Too bad for him, but I was faster. I’m always faster than my opponents. Good luck with opening the boxes, you’ll need it.
