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Task 2: Basketball Bag Evidence
To complete this task, interpret the evidence inside the basketball bag. Specifically, decrypt the message written on the back of the brain diagram (found in the basketball bag).
Complete Task
To complete this task, decrypt the message inside the basketball bag (written on the back of a brain diagram) and enter the second word in the decrypted message below (the encrypted version of the word is "znuamnz").
Hints
Hint #1
There's writing on the front of the note (the side with the picture of the brain diagram) that says: "Tiger, Do you remember how good we were together?" One word is circled. Can you connect the circled word to the brain diagram?
Also - if you're unfamiliar with decrypting messages, see the "Puzzles" page of the yearbook.
Hint #2
If you need help connecting the circled word to the brain diagram, read the infographic on panic attacks carefully.
Hint #3
The circled word is "remember".
The panic attack infographic says memory is associated with the hippocampus, so the word "remember" can be connected to the hippocampus.
Can you find the hippocampus on the brain diagram? Pay attention to its number on the brain diagram.
Hint #4
The hippocampus is number 6 on the brain diagram.
Try using the Caesar cipher with a shift of 6. To apply the Caesar cipher, shift every letter in the message backwards by 6 spaces in the alphabet (for example, "z" becomes "t"). If you don't want to decrypt the message manually, you can decrypt it on this website.
Hint #5/Answer
Decrypted, the message reads:
"I thought you should know that your wife is cheating on you. And it's not with the kind of person you'd expect. For some reason, I'm still looking out for you even though you tossed me away like trash.
-Bumblebee"
