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Post by voxpops on Jul 12, 2018 2:11:04 GMT -5
Your pieces of evidence are outside the poem. Forrest has provided hundreds of thousands of words of "material" from which searchers can mine for "associations": a dangerously misleading pastime. If you can't derive a particular solution from the poem exclusively, it's unlikely to bear fruit. I couldn't agree more. The poem will lead you to the ONE treasure chest! That said, the references to two are important. It's something you need to keep in the back of your mind as you solve this.
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Post by voxpops on May 13, 2018 2:33:27 GMT -5
If revealed, I think the spot would likely become overrun with sightseers, and rob it of its mystery. The successful searcher could probably reveal method, and hint at the conclusion, without necessarily defining the spot. I fail to understand why people would sightsee at a spot where the treasure no longer exists? I'd love to know the final solve, but I'd be unlikely to ever visit the spot again unless I happened to be traveling nearby already. You may well be right. But a lot of people have invested huge amounts of time and resources in the Chase, and many may well want some sort of closure. It could also become some sort of shrine to Forrest after he passes.
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Post by voxpops on May 12, 2018 6:59:51 GMT -5
If revealed, I think the spot would likely become overrun with sightseers, and rob it of its mystery. The successful searcher could probably reveal method, and hint at the conclusion, without necessarily defining the spot.
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To All
May 12, 2018 6:55:35 GMT -5
Post by voxpops on May 12, 2018 6:55:35 GMT -5
All the best, OH!
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Post by voxpops on May 12, 2018 6:53:09 GMT -5
I was worried about OH! for a while - convinced that it was only a matter of time before he made the right connections. I'm not worried anymore!
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Post by voxpops on May 9, 2018 4:26:56 GMT -5
The Zaphod doth protest too much, methinks! Do I detect a little nervousness in this repeated refrain? Of course, you could be right, but you also may be totally wrong... Time will tell. Voxpops: not nervousness. Wisdom. ;-) The poem can be solved without TFTW. Just not in time. Darn, I'm always late to the party! Oh well, maybe one day I won't be the last one to know what's going on.
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Post by voxpops on May 8, 2018 2:22:20 GMT -5
the disadvantage of NOT having it (compared to the thousands who do) is enough to prevent success, IMO. The Zaphod doth protest too much, methinks! Do I detect a little nervousness in this repeated refrain? Of course, you could be right, but you also may be totally wrong... Time will tell.
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Post by voxpops on May 5, 2018 0:56:52 GMT -5
IMO, the "gut feeling" comment is both a prediction and a hint. There is a very specific piece of confirmatory evidence associated with it. Meanwhile, many leagues distant... OH! is elected honorary mayor of Kirwin!
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Post by voxpops on May 4, 2018 7:45:18 GMT -5
Although fun to see the endless variety of anagrams that can be conjured, unfortunately they yield little that could be called precise, IMO. That said, I'd buy shares in a Meeteetse motel for summer 2018!
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Post by voxpops on May 3, 2018 7:00:55 GMT -5
It's a serious distraction, IMO, with all sorts of potential pitfalls - legal and safety-related. This is a cut and paste of something I posted on another blog:
"Yellowstone is full of amazing natural wonders, but I don't think anyone can go alone in there these days. To be honest, I couldn't wait to be away from the crowds and lines of traffic. Yes, there are places that are less frequented within the Park, but there are also grizzlies and rangers (which are more of a concern are for you to decide). The potential legal ramifications of finding the treasure in YNP are considerable. That's not to say that a NP doesn't feature as part of the Chase, but personally I wouldn't stake my all on YNP.
FF grew up in a very different era, and was able to enjoy Yellowstone in a way that is inconceivable today. The fact that he reminisces about it does not make it a likely candidate IMO (more the reverse, if truth be told). I think it is very difficult to find corroboration in the poem for a Yellowstone WWWH. My very first search in 2013 used the Firehole/Gibbon/Madison confluence as the start point, but that was mainly due to jumping on a bandwagon, and using a very flimsy justification. It was after that that I came to the conclusion there had to be a precise method leading to precise points set out in the poem. When I first began to see how the poem worked (IMO), Yellowstone disappeared off my horizon."
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Post by voxpops on May 1, 2018 5:49:04 GMT -5
Fortunately for the Yellowstone tourists, the gator is slumbering peacefully many miles away from those crowds... But don't go poking him in the eye! gator, check. Have him also. Now tell me which eye and I will tip my tin hat to hue. Left is the one that'll leave you bereft, and that's where you'll see the rainbow reflect.
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Post by voxpops on May 1, 2018 4:47:14 GMT -5
It would be interesting to see if you found the gator. Fortunately for the Yellowstone tourists, the gator is slumbering peacefully many miles away from those crowds... But don't go poking him in the eye!
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Post by voxpops on Apr 30, 2018 11:36:06 GMT -5
Sorry, goldwatch, your post arrived just before my reply. I agree with your more detailed answer.
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Post by voxpops on Apr 30, 2018 11:34:03 GMT -5
I'm no tax expert, but I don't think you owe anything from such a gift or find unless you make a profit from its disposal. Eventually, the taxman will want his pound of flesh, whether it's from capital gains or income generated. As for Forrest, I'm sure he took professional advice to minimize any burden on his estate.
Btw, I think that the word "title" in the poem has multiple meanings...
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Post by voxpops on Apr 30, 2018 11:23:49 GMT -5
The poem is, in fact, instructions to draw lines on a map. You have to follow the punctuation properly. bkcali22, I agree with the two sentences above. (FWIW, I don't believe the solution has anything to do with Yellowstone.) For the last three years I've been drawing lines on a map based on the coordinates and other information the poem provides. For a time I was interpreting the shapes drawn as relevant (a number, a bell, a golf flag, part of a vehicle etc.). However, what became far more important was what the intersections revealed, and what could be found at those spots. The more accurate my intersections, the more I was able to discover on the ground. For me, it's taken so long to draw what I hope is a complete(d) diagram because the trajectory is so long and the individual spots are so tiny, but without that precision the task would be impossible. If I'm right, the ending has multiple connections with Forrest, America, the poem mirrors - and even (in a roundabout way) the Lusitania! I think you may have the right sort of approach, but could perhaps benefit from thinking a little more about the first clue.
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