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Post by Jenny on Jul 18, 2019 6:58:32 GMT -5
In the following video, Forrest says:
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“If I was standing where the treasure chest is, I would see trees, I’d see mountains, I’d see animals, I’d smell wonderful smells of pine needles or Pinon nuts, sagebrush, and I know the treasure chest is wet.”
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He later retracted the 'Pinon Nuts' part, saying it was a mistake--- (these don't grow in all the search area)
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But was it a mistake?
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What do you think?
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Post by Jenny on Jul 18, 2019 7:26:32 GMT -5
They only grow in the Southern Search area:  |
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Post by Jenny on Jul 18, 2019 7:29:45 GMT -5
We all know Forrest is pretty sharp......but he was talking from the heart when describing the location of the treasure chest..... it's possible only later he realized by saying Pinon Nuts he had given too much of a clue away..... POSSIBLE....
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Post by rolltide on Jul 18, 2019 11:00:18 GMT -5
"There's one thing I told you that I wish I had not …"
(starts @ around 2:06)
He looks sincere when he says that, like he let something slip that he really wishes he hadn't said.
I suppose one could assume he didn't want to be misleading.
However, that's not what I see in his facial expression when he says it.
I took it to mean that he slipped up and dropped a clue.
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Post by lookinup on Jul 18, 2019 14:42:33 GMT -5
An isolated grove of trees and more - Owl Creek, near Fort Collins, CO.:
What a day for a day dream in Colorado!
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Post by chad1968 on Jul 18, 2019 19:50:58 GMT -5
I think it was when he said he knew it was wet. He may have been worried people would assume the chest was under water
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Post by kaotkbliss on Jul 18, 2019 19:55:49 GMT -5
He was asked to describe the location, so... he started thinking about the location and naming things that would be found at or near-by. I don't think he would have said pinyon nuts if he hadn't had them pop into his mind while thinking about the treasure location.
If I remember correctly, he later tried to back-track and say he meant pines, which he had already stated the first time. So no, I don't think he meant to say pines instead of pinyons. I think he meant what he said, but later realized it was a huge clue that eliminated more than half the search area.
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Post by zaphod73491 on Jul 19, 2019 23:23:31 GMT -5
Pinyon was a misspeak. He never wrote it (when he would have had time to compose a response). The ones latching onto this verbal hiccup are those predisposed to CO or NM, which I suspect is over 50% of searchers in spite of acreage considerations.
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Post by Jenny on Jul 20, 2019 5:17:30 GMT -5
lol....and the 50% who say it is a misspeak latch on to that because their solutions take them to the more northern areas......
It's one of those things that we can't be sure of...... was he speaking from the heart and thought of pinyon nuts....or was he just spewing words and mis-spoke? We won't know until the chest is found....
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Post by kaotkbliss on Jul 20, 2019 10:30:23 GMT -5
Pinyon was a misspeak. He never wrote it (when he would have had time to compose a response). The ones latching onto this verbal hiccup are those predisposed to CO or NM, which I suspect is over 50% of searchers in spite of acreage considerations. Why then, was he even thinking about pinyons when asked about his treasure location? That would be like asking about my house and I mentioned a garage. Then later saying I misspoke and didn't mean a garage (because I don't have one) and saying I meant to say driveway which I already described the first time. I believe the misspeak excuse is highly unlikely because thinking about the location brought pinyons to mind. (And I'm not saying that because my search state is CO or NM, I've started some pretty good solves in MO WY as well) |
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Post by zaphod73491 on Jul 20, 2019 14:27:17 GMT -5
In case some forming strong opinions one way or the other haven't read it, I share the following post from Forrest (Forrest Fire) on 2/5/2015 @ 11:22 am at Dal's blog under the topic "Forrest LIVE on HuffPost": "Halogetter, I just watched that New Mexico Tourism video again and must say that I didn't say what I was thinking. You cannot smell a pinon nut, but those who pick them know that in doing so you get pine pitch all over your hands, and pine pitch smells about the same no matter what kind of pine tree you are talking about. Looking back I think I wanted to say I could smell pine needles, not pinon nuts. Sorry I kicked a hornet's nest with that comment. There is no clue there. Incidentally, when I get pine pitch on my hands I rub butter on the spots and that solves the problem. Of course then I have trouble getting the butter off. f" Link: dalneitzel.com/2015/02/03/huffpost/#comment-73812 |
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Post by zaphod73491 on Jul 20, 2019 14:29:16 GMT -5
And another follow-up from Forrest Fire a day later:
"You are right Ed, that New Mexico tourism video is getting a lot of exposure. I did not intend for my comment about pinon nuts to be a clue, and certainly no one should believe I was trying to say the treasure is hidden in New Mexico. Shame on me for saying that. f"
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Post by kaotkbliss on Jul 20, 2019 15:42:06 GMT -5
In case some forming strong opinions one way or the other haven't read it, I share the following post from Forrest (Forrest Fire) on 2/5/2015 @ 11:22 am at Dal's blog under the topic "Forrest LIVE on HuffPost": "Halogetter, I just watched that New Mexico Tourism video again and must say that I didn't say what I was thinking. You cannot smell a pinon nut, but those who pick them know that in doing so you get pine pitch all over your hands, and pine pitch smells about the same no matter what kind of pine tree you are talking about. Looking back I think I wanted to say I could smell pine needles, not pinon nuts. Sorry I kicked a hornet's nest with that comment. There is no clue there. Incidentally, when I get pine pitch on my hands I rub butter on the spots and that solves the problem. Of course then I have trouble getting the butter off. f" Link: dalneitzel.com/2015/02/03/huffpost/#comment-73812Exactly, he tried to say he meant to say pine needles, but in his very first description where he mentioned pinyon nuts, he already did say pine needles. So he meant “If I was standing where the treasure chest is, I would see trees, I’d see mountains, I’d see animals, I’d smell wonderful smells of pine needles or pine needles, sagebrush, and I know the treasure chest is wet.”? He's trying to backtrack. |
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Post by heidini on Jul 20, 2019 23:28:58 GMT -5
Pinon (pī`nŏn), in the Bible, one of the dukes of Edom.
The Hebrew word Edom means "red", and is derived from the name of its founder, Esau, the elder son of the Hebrew patriarch Isaac, because he was born "red all over". As a young adult, he sold his birthright to his brother Jacob for "red pottage". The Tanakh describes the Edomites as descendants of Esau.
Red pottage??? Have we heard something before about red pottery? from Arizona being beautiful? In too far to walk and in a video with Forrest describing pot shards?
Maybe how it’s hidden? In red pottery?
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Post by heidini on Jul 20, 2019 23:33:54 GMT -5
He IS sharp. Maybe it wasn’t a mistake at all. It was an aberration...
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