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Post by Jenny on Jan 30, 2020 8:22:45 GMT -5
In the 2019 Six Questions, Forrest said he is almost 'umbilically attached' to the location of the treasure. mysteriouswritings.com/six-questions-with-forrest-fenn-and-the-thrill-of-the-chase-seven-is-a-perfect-number/
Q2) Are you ever fearful your special spot has lost its charm? Could it? In The Thrill of the Chase (pg 125) you mention how some of your most memorable spots have seen strangers cast their own hooks into them. Could strangers do that to the place where the chest rests, or do you feel your special spot will always be secure in solitude?
I am almost umbilically attached to the spot, and as I approach 89 years my desire to be there is still strong. The immediate landscape will probably remain about the same for as long as time has to go.
How can a place make you feel like that? Umbilically attached? I feel one possible way is if it is a place you enjoyed with your whole family growing up..... in the Richard Eeds show is the following exchange: santafe.com/podcasts/forrest-fenn-on-treasure-hunting-in-the-rockies
EEDS: Why Yellowstone?
Forrest: Well my father was a fisherman and his father in law was up there and everything just tied up and we fell in love with that place and I’m the only one left in my family but I’m carrying on my love for Yellowstone.
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EEDS: a lot of great memories...
Forrest: They stay forever, yeah ........ |
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Post by Jenny on Jan 30, 2020 8:52:39 GMT -5
We know Forrest looks up words for their meanings, especially now after so many years in the Chase and dealing with us searchers...lol...
So what does Umbilically mean? Moreso Umbilical? It seems Umbilically is not quite recognized as a word and one of Forrest's creations.
Some definitions:
1: of, relating to, or used at the navel
2: of or relating to the central region of the abdomen
3: being a necessary or nurturing link or connection
the town's umbilical rail line
Definition 3 seems most relevant......
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Post by thrillchaser on Jan 30, 2020 9:19:13 GMT -5
you know I like montana he has the strongest attachment to it
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Post by kk on Jan 30, 2020 9:48:49 GMT -5
I can't remember where I read it (maybe TFTW or a scrabpbook). One of his stories that always struck me in the heart was when he was grounded and his Mom let him go to the school dance, but once he got there he realized what she had done for him by allowing him that moment, so he ran back home to her.
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Post by fennzenn on Jan 30, 2020 11:09:43 GMT -5
I can think of a special fishing spot I love , kind of get his attachment
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Post by theoretical on Jan 30, 2020 15:52:43 GMT -5
He also uses the term on Pg 76 of TTOTC regarding the war. ‘ It was almost umbilical‘.
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Post by goldilocks on Jan 30, 2020 16:08:01 GMT -5
He also used that word when talking about Jeff Dykes (a friend and book dealer)... "Jeff Dykes and I were almost umbilical". I do not have link to this quote but I'm sure Zap will have it  . He also mentioned umbilical in SB 149 when referring to the connection he had with the memories of old friends. I think umbilical to Forrest means a deep emotional connection with... dalneitzel.com/2015/11/23/scrapbook-one-hundred-forty-nine/ |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2020 6:23:23 GMT -5
Metaphorically, almost umbilically attached" to me would mean that there is an ancestral relation of sorts, or a very close friend as in "Two can keep a secret if one of them is dead.
I also think he avoided the "strangers cast their own hooks into them" part of the question which takes out the fishing hole. But what is odd to me is "The immediate landscape will probably remain about the same for as long as time has to go. How does he truly know this? This means this land will never, ever be touched and will always stay about the same. It's as you could go forward 100,000 years and still see about the same thing. This also probably means that if you go back 100,000 years it will still be about the same.
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Post by astree on Jan 31, 2020 6:59:28 GMT -5
.. But what is odd to me is "The immediate landscape will probably remain about the same for as long as time has to go. How does he truly know this? This means this land will never, ever be touched and will always stay about the same. It's as you could go forward 100,000 years and still see about the same thing. This also probably means that if you go back 100,000 years it will still be about the same. I think you are asking good questions. I don't think Forrest makes many mistakes, though. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2020 22:27:20 GMT -5
It’s probably a rabbit hole, but I remember reading something about the belly button while researching a “bathroom god” named Zy gu...😂
Sometimes I wonder if if “your quest to cease”, relates to the 6 degrees of separation
Other times I think York was diseased/deceased
Or Ike’s quote... Do unto others as you’d have them do to you, unless it’s to cease power.
In that case, you’re K West to cease
🙄🤪🧐🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
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Post by astree on Feb 1, 2020 7:23:05 GMT -5
. Hmmmm, something seems a little fishy here. Say you’re not the guy who invented the “say “Irish wrist watch” five times quickly” are you. Some years ago I came up with a place in Montana. I looked it up in Google maps and went to the street view, walked to the end of a main road, where it dead ended at a cross road, and across that road was a lone building that said Q WEST That’s what I think it is further down in the puzzle layers. welcome to the forum, irish. ( another take on the fishy www.melfisher.com/SalvageOperations/TributeToMel.asp ) |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2020 9:28:54 GMT -5
. Hmmmm, something seems a little fishy here. Say you’re not the guy who invented the “say “Irish wrist watch” five times quickly” are you. Some years ago I came up with a place in Montana. I looked it up in Google maps and went to the street view, walked to the end of a main road, where it dead ended at a cross road, and across that road was a lone building that said Q WEST That’s what I think it is further down in the puzzle layers. welcome to the forum, irish. ( another take on the fishy www.melfisher.com/SalvageOperations/TributeToMel.asp ) Nothing fishy here... that was invented for wrist defense; Thanks for the welcome, Astree |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2020 9:29:34 GMT -5
.. But what is odd to me is "The immediate landscape will probably remain about the same for as long as time has to go. How does he truly know this? This means this land will never, ever be touched and will always stay about the same. It's as you could go forward 100,000 years and still see about the same thing. This also probably means that if you go back 100,000 years it will still be about the same. I think you are asking good questions. I don't think Forrest makes many mistakes, though. I wasn't insinuating a mistake. My thinking was that it is in a place that cannot and will not ever be molded differently by any means. It puts national forest as top thinking. |
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Post by richard on Feb 1, 2020 12:31:02 GMT -5
In the 2019 Six Questions, Forrest said he is almost 'umbilically attached' to the location of the treasure. mysteriouswritings.com/six-questions-with-forrest-fenn-and-the-thrill-of-the-chase-seven-is-a-perfect-number/
Q2) Are you ever fearful your special spot has lost its charm? Could it? In The Thrill of the Chase (pg 125) you mention how some of your most memorable spots have seen strangers cast their own hooks into them. Could strangers do that to the place where the chest rests, or do you feel your special spot will always be secure in solitude?
I am almost umbilically attached to the spot, and as I approach 89 years my desire to be there is still strong. The immediate landscape will probably remain about the same for as long as time has to go.
How can a place make you feel like that? Umbilically attached? I feel one possible way is if it is a place you enjoyed with your whole family growing up..... in the Richard Eeds show is the following exchange: santafe.com/podcasts/forrest-fenn-on-treasure-hunting-in-the-rockies
EEDS: Why Yellowstone?
Forrest: Well my father was a fisherman and his father in law was up there and everything just tied up and we fell in love with that place and I’m the only one left in my family but I’m carrying on my love for Yellowstone.
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EEDS: a lot of great memories...
Forrest: They stay forever, yeah ........ When Forrest say's he feels Umbilically attached I do believe he is giving us a hint. I also believe most people are missing his hint or just plain not seeing the implications as Forrest means it. To solve this hint, you must look at Forrest's life, but only in a context that would have some hard core truth to Forrest. |
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Post by johnwayne11 on Feb 2, 2020 11:06:25 GMT -5
Umbilically tied = matrilineally tied.
Just my two cents.
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. He also mentioned umbilical in SB 149 when referring to the connection he had with the memories of old friends. I think umbilical to Forrest means a deep emotional connection with...