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Post by Jenny on Jul 19, 2018 19:20:28 GMT -5
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Post by Jenny on Jul 19, 2018 19:24:30 GMT -5
So does this mean the Blaze is definitely a 'natural item'?
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Post by jdiggins on Jul 19, 2018 20:22:10 GMT -5
So does this mean the Blaze is definitely a 'natural item'? Hi Jenny. He need not consider if he'd already decided, imo. In other words, it may very well been a part of the plan from the get go, so he didn't need to consider it. Maybe? |
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Post by zaphod73491 on Jul 19, 2018 20:57:03 GMT -5
So does this mean the Blaze is definitely a 'natural item'? Hi Jenny: Yes. Forrest has long maintained that the treasure is not associated with a man-made structure, so he couldn't very well have created the blaze. |
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Post by Bownarrow on Jul 21, 2018 8:30:18 GMT -5
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Post by heidini on Jul 21, 2018 12:12:53 GMT -5
So does this mean the Blaze is definitely a 'natural item'? Hi Jenny: Yes. Forrest has long maintained that the treasure is not associated with a man-made structure, so he couldn't very well have created the blaze. The blaze and the chest may not be together though. Do you think the chest is with the blaze? |
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Post by CJ on Jul 21, 2018 12:33:53 GMT -5
I'm really surprised that people still think that it might be a big white rock, that the blaze is near the treasure, or that it "points" you to the treasure. I'm not even sure it's a clue. Consider that it might not be.
What do I mean?
When asked if it is a single object, his answer was "In a word - yes".
So, why not just "yes"? Perhaps he obfuscated the answer - by suggesting that THE blaze was the word in the poem, or it's actually the word blaze - like the one I found on The Alamo, OR - it's SOME OTHER WORD - SOMEWHERE - that points you to the next place to go (is the blaze a word that is KEY - or is the word that is key THE blaze)?
These are all just thoughts - but here's another one: He's said that a blaze COULD be many things such as a white mark on a horse face, a white rock, a fire/flame, etc... This is just like the comment about "There are many places where warm waters halt and nearly all of them are north of Santa Fe" - or something like that. His point was that we're not thinking correctly about either of those things.
When asked whether it points north, south, east or west - he suggested that it didn't face any of those directions.
A horse face wouldn't point in a particular direction - but how would you ever find that one? It couldn't be removed, but wouldn't last 500 years. The same can be said for a fire...a white rock would face in some direction - unless it were on the ground FACING UP, or on "ceiling" of a cave, facing down.
These are all interesting things to think about. I do enjoy threads about the blaze. I personally think that it's either the word BLAZE that I found on the Alamo OR - it's a series of waypoints that help you cross the lines - OR - he just means that finding the clues creates the blaze, and it's just a word in the poem.
Quite possible that the last item is true - and that the blaze isn't a clue at all - and that he was just saying - if you've been smart enough to get this far in finding your way....maybe the answers to the clues themselves are the blaze and we should stop looking for it.
CJ
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Post by mikemarcum879 on Jul 21, 2018 16:29:32 GMT -5
Hi Jenny: Yes. Forrest has long maintained that the treasure is not associated with a man-made structure, so he couldn't very well have created the blaze. The blaze and the chest may not be together though. Do you think the chest is with the blaze? IMO the blaze is a few ft from the TC. |
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Post by zaphod73491 on Jul 21, 2018 16:47:55 GMT -5
Hi Jenny: Yes. Forrest has long maintained that the treasure is not associated with a man-made structure, so he couldn't very well have created the blaze. The blaze and the chest may not be together though. Do you think the chest is with the blaze? Hi Heidini: at one time I didn't, but last year I abandoned my intersecting lines idea (intersect the latitude of one landmark with the longitude of a second landmark) that allowed for "the blaze" (the landmark indicating the longitude) to be quite distant from the treasure chest location. Now I'm confident that if you solve the blaze, you're guaranteed to find the chest (assuming someone hasn't found it before you  ). |
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Post by mikemarcum879 on Jul 21, 2018 17:25:05 GMT -5
I'm really surprised that people still think that it might be a big white rock, that the blaze is near the treasure, or that it "points" you to the treasure. I'm not even sure it's a clue. Consider that it might not be. What do I mean? When asked if it is a single object, his answer was "In a word - yes". So, why not just "yes"? Perhaps he obfuscated the answer - by suggesting that THE blaze was the word in the poem, or it's actually the word blaze - like the one I found on The Alamo, OR - it's SOME OTHER WORD - SOMEWHERE - that points you to the next place to go (is the blaze a word that is KEY - or is the word that is key THE blaze)? These are all just thoughts - but here's another one: He's said that a blaze COULD be many things such as a white mark on a horse face, a white rock, a fire/flame, etc... This is just like the comment about "There are many places where warm waters halt and nearly all of them are north of Santa Fe" - or something like that. His point was that we're not thinking correctly about either of those things. When asked whether it points north, south, east or west - he suggested that it didn't face any of those directions. A horse face wouldn't point in a particular direction - but how would you ever find that one? It couldn't be removed, but wouldn't last 500 years. The same can be said for a fire...a white rock would face in some direction - unless it were on the ground FACING UP, or on "ceiling" of a cave, facing down. These are all interesting things to think about. I do enjoy threads about the blaze. I personally think that it's either the word BLAZE that I found on the Alamo OR - it's a series of waypoints that help you cross the lines - OR - he just means that finding the clues creates the blaze, and it's just a word in the poem. Quite possible that the last item is true - and that the blaze isn't a clue at all - and that he was just saying - if you've been smart enough to get this far in finding your way....maybe the answers to the clues themselves are the blaze and we should stop looking for it. CJ In my solve area I do have a white and black stripped rock in mycreek and it doesn't point in any of these durations N.E.S.W. |
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Post by drpepperwood on Jul 21, 2018 21:20:00 GMT -5
I'm really surprised that people still think that it might be a big white rock, that the blaze is near the treasure, or that it "points" you to the treasure. I'm not even sure it's a clue. Consider that it might not be. What do I mean? When asked if it is a single object, his answer was "In a word - yes". So, why not just "yes"? Perhaps he obfuscated the answer - by suggesting that THE blaze was the word in the poem, or it's actually the word blaze - like the one I found on The Alamo, OR - it's SOME OTHER WORD - SOMEWHERE - that points you to the next place to go (is the blaze a word that is KEY - or is the word that is key THE blaze)? These are all just thoughts - but here's another one: He's said that a blaze COULD be many things such as a white mark on a horse face, a white rock, a fire/flame, etc... This is just like the comment about "There are many places where warm waters halt and nearly all of them are north of Santa Fe" - or something like that. His point was that we're not thinking correctly about either of those things. When asked whether it points north, south, east or west - he suggested that it didn't face any of those directions. A horse face wouldn't point in a particular direction - but how would you ever find that one? It couldn't be removed, but wouldn't last 500 years. The same can be said for a fire...a white rock would face in some direction - unless it were on the ground FACING UP, or on "ceiling" of a cave, facing down. These are all interesting things to think about. I do enjoy threads about the blaze. I personally think that it's either the word BLAZE that I found on the Alamo OR - it's a series of waypoints that help you cross the lines - OR - he just means that finding the clues creates the blaze, and it's just a word in the poem. Quite possible that the last item is true - and that the blaze isn't a clue at all - and that he was just saying - if you've been smart enough to get this far in finding your way....maybe the answers to the clues themselves are the blaze and we should stop looking for it. CJ In my solve area I do have a white and black stripped rock in mycreek and it doesn't point in any of these durations N.E.S.W. Okay here is a good find of a blaze. Most fantastic mud volcanoes and natural springs in the world. Because of the local geology, these mud volcanoes produce methane gas. Near the Biyun Temple there is a place where the burning gas has been named “Water and Fire Cave.” Yet it is not a cave at all, but a rock face with a spring and a small pool of water, with methane gas bubbling up to the surface. The methane gas bubbles fuel the continuous fire, which gives the appearance of fire burning on rock and from the water.  |
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Post by drpepperwood on Jul 21, 2018 21:22:39 GMT -5
...And knows for sure because it has been going strong for at least 6,000 years.
Olympos Mountain, near the city of Antalya, Turkey, is home to flaming gas seeps that may be the origin of the myth of the Chimera. It may also have been the volcanic area described by Pliny the Elder as having “a flame that does not die by day or by night.” These fires have been burning for at least 2,000 years, and their light once helped ancient mariners avoid rocky shores. The source of the fuel for the eternal flame is thought to be methane gas seeping up through the ophiolite—seabed rock that has been lifted up and pushed onto the land.
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Post by drpepperwood on Jul 21, 2018 22:16:13 GMT -5
Other things that I have seen that glow (blaze) are shrimp, uranium glass, fireflies, foxfire and etc... Here in AZ scorpions with a black lite.
I know where there are shrimp that glow in a lake near Hebgen. I want to go there but have to come up with a plan. It would be an expensive trip.
So when FF says things like "there are many places WWWH begin north of Santa Fe" makes me believe that we WWWH isn't what we think it means. Like cold begins, thermo and etc...
I still like my solve that H20's =waters are HWY 20 (more than just one) so it halts at the boundary street. IMO I strongly believe this is the area. It might have several options to take so that would include several solves and directions to see if it fits when BOTG.
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