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Post by Jenny on Apr 25, 2019 10:04:12 GMT -5
In the following video, Sacha mentions two items of interest brought up in conversations with a gentleman named DAN (NOT CHRIS (as mentioned in video, and since corrected) with Forrest...
Please watch video for full explanations, but it is mentioned Forrest said the day he hid the treasure chest, he would be home by suppertime, and also that a searcher would be covered in mud if at right spot for treasure (or finding it).
We've heard Forrest hid it one afternoon before from a Q/A with MW, but the mud is sort of new....
Where would you have to search to get covered in mud? What do you think?
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Post by vibeup on Apr 25, 2019 11:35:13 GMT -5
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Post by Jenny on Apr 25, 2019 13:30:20 GMT -5
Great article...and mud reference.....
Thanks for sharing....
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Post by goldwatch on Apr 25, 2019 15:19:33 GMT -5
I'd be careful here. We're lacking context and completeness.
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Post by heidini on Apr 25, 2019 18:00:07 GMT -5
I could’ve sworn Forrest said something about the finder would be covered with mud. I’ve heard this before? I think?
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Post by goldwatch on Apr 25, 2019 18:50:53 GMT -5
I could’ve sworn Forrest said something about the finder would be covered with mud. I’ve heard this before? I think? Ok, I found the source. "Even if Fenn wanted to stop people from following clues published in a poem at the end of his memoir, The Thrill of the Chase, there is no way to make that happen. No one dedicated to the hunt would listen, he said, unless he retrieved the treasure himself and posted a photo of the gold on the internet, all covered in mud from the wilderness where it is hidden.
“I have no intention of getting the treasure chest,” Fenn told The New Mexican." www.santafenewmexican.com/life/features/forrest-fenn-strengthens-resolve-as-controversy-over-hidden-treasure-grows/article_b13e3993-8fd4-563c-a2f2-58a799eca24c.htmlI'm wondering, since this seems to be a different reporter, if the guy talking to Sacha was referring to his search notes rather than directly from Forrest. Anyways, that does seem a pretty strong hint. Also obvious is that it wouldn't be right next to a raging river, as the winter runoff would wash away any concealment or maybe even the chest itself. That lid is not locked, and a strong water flow would do some bad things to the chest and it's contents. |
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Post by heidini on Apr 25, 2019 18:56:25 GMT -5
I definitely do not think it’s close to a river or creek. But what is one of those Fenn quotes… Something about proximity, ant and a mud puddle? Lol.
It was a different quote I was thinking of goldwatch.
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Post by heidini on Apr 25, 2019 19:04:17 GMT -5
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Post by zaphod73491 on Apr 25, 2019 19:48:23 GMT -5
On the "home by suppertime" supposed quote, remember that Forrest doesn't give private hints to anyone: especially not a reporter who is ALSO a searcher. So three possibilities: Forrest was feeding him a line, the reporter misunderstood the context of the statement, or Forrest doesn't consider the information helpful.
On that third possibility, consider three facts: 12:01 is "afternoon", Forrest is a man in means, and he hid the treasure in either June or early July--the longest days of the year. Given that, can any of the four states truly be ruled out?
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Post by astree on Apr 26, 2019 6:12:42 GMT -5
Does this make sense?
Forrest got cevered in mud twice hiding the treasure in the afternoon, then drove home covered in mud in time for supper?
He changed clothes somewhere before driving home? He dropped the chest in a mud pit and didnt get muddy himself? He laughed outloud to himself walking back to the car because he hid it in mud? The treasure is not underwater, but you have to wade through water?
How does this second hand information fit in with Forrests first hand information?
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Post by goldilocks on Apr 26, 2019 7:14:18 GMT -5
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Post by astree on Apr 26, 2019 7:17:42 GMT -5
I could’ve sworn Forrest said something about the finder would be covered with mud. I’ve heard this before? I think? Ok, I found the source. "Even if Fenn wanted to stop people from following clues published in a poem at the end of his memoir, The Thrill of the Chase, there is no way to make that happen. No one dedicated to the hunt would listen, he said, unless he retrieved the treasure himself and posted a photo of the gold on the internet, all covered in mud from the wilderness where it is hidden.
“I have no intention of getting the treasure chest,” Fenn told The New Mexican." www.santafenewmexican.com/life/features/forrest-fenn-strengthens-resolve-as-controversy-over-hidden-treasure-grows/article_b13e3993-8fd4-563c-a2f2-58a799eca24c.htmlI'm wondering, since this seems to be a different reporter, if the guy talking to Sacha was referring to his search notes rather than directly from Forrest. Anyways, that does seem a pretty strong hint. Also obvious is that it wouldn't be right next to a raging river, as the winter runoff would wash away any concealment or maybe even the chest itself. That lid is not locked, and a strong water flow would do some bad things to the chest and it's contents. Hmmmm. Whats supposed to be “all covered in mud”? Forrest or the gold? The gold is in a closed chest, not underwater. This whole mud scenario looks like a misdirect, like when he said he misdirected about when he hid the treasure, so people wouldn't look up rental car records (really,  ). |
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Post by goldwatch on Apr 26, 2019 9:55:39 GMT -5
Ok, I found the source. "Even if Fenn wanted to stop people from following clues published in a poem at the end of his memoir, The Thrill of the Chase, there is no way to make that happen. No one dedicated to the hunt would listen, he said, unless he retrieved the treasure himself and posted a photo of the gold on the internet, all covered in mud from the wilderness where it is hidden.
“I have no intention of getting the treasure chest,” Fenn told The New Mexican." www.santafenewmexican.com/life/features/forrest-fenn-strengthens-resolve-as-controversy-over-hidden-treasure-grows/article_b13e3993-8fd4-563c-a2f2-58a799eca24c.htmlI'm wondering, since this seems to be a different reporter, if the guy talking to Sacha was referring to his search notes rather than directly from Forrest. Anyways, that does seem a pretty strong hint. Also obvious is that it wouldn't be right next to a raging river, as the winter runoff would wash away any concealment or maybe even the chest itself. That lid is not locked, and a strong water flow would do some bad things to the chest and it's contents. Hmmmm. Whats supposed to be “all covered in mud”? Forrest or the gold? The gold is in a closed chest, not underwater. This whole mud scenario looks like a misdirect, like when he said he misdirected about when he hid the treasure, so people wouldn't look up rental car records (really, ). Could "mud" be another hint? He said he used his sedan when he hid the treasure, so maybe "rental car" is a hint too. Ahh, all of this Hertz my brain. lol |
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Post by astree on Apr 26, 2019 10:44:20 GMT -5
Hmmmm. Whats supposed to be “all covered in mud”? Forrest or the gold? The gold is in a closed chest, not underwater. This whole mud scenario looks like a misdirect, like when he said he misdirected about when he hid the treasure, so people wouldn't look up rental car records (really, ). Could "mud" be another hint? He said he used his sedan when he hid the treasure, so maybe "rental car" is a hint too. Ahh, all of this Hertz my brain. lol A greed. We need to get AVISability into this matter  I can't tell if Forrest is making a reference to some material in the book (and not the actual search area), or is completely misdirecting (if this is indeed an accurate quote from Forrest). Why would he throw the "all covered in mud" comment to a reporter, given the context of the conversation (calling off the hunt)? It wasn't like they were discussing the type of environment the chest is in, and how it might affect the contents. |
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Post by goldwatch on Apr 26, 2019 12:26:10 GMT -5
Maybe Forrest was referring to his name, and the treasure's image, being "mud" under the circumstances and in some people's mind, at the time.
I'm referring only to my article linked above.
This still leaves open the claim made to Sacha.
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