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Post by thrillchaser on Feb 21, 2020 9:46:22 GMT -5
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Post by crm114 on Feb 21, 2020 10:35:30 GMT -5
Doug is a gifted writer, and it may be embellished a bit, but I think it's a true account of Forrest's plan at one time. I've always thought that parking his car and dying with the chest was a bit whimsical.
Some people think it's an extra clue (more like hint, the way Forrest typically defines clues/hints), since Forrest never changed his spot. No one knows exactly where he'd park, though, which seems to be key. Forrest has referred to the Denver museum in scrapbooks.
Fwiw, there is an older tale of parking at Northern Arizona University. Forrest recently denied that is a hint I believe.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2020 11:30:34 GMT -5
IMHO, It is only a metaphor that has to do with driving and has nothing to do with the state.
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Post by thrillchaser on Feb 22, 2020 11:25:58 GMT -5
for everyone searching in states outside colorado how do you take this last clue? if you think the chest is hidden in colorado I can see how you can take it as the last clue to hint to the state, but if you are searching in another state how can it be a clue? I don't think it is colorado so I don't see see how it is a clue. is the clue to discard colorado. or is it something to do with in the middle.
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Post by thrillchaser on Feb 22, 2020 11:26:55 GMT -5
IMHO, It is only a metaphor that has to do with driving and has nothing to do with the state. like he drove his car out of state so it isn't in new mexico? |
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Post by thrillchaser on Feb 22, 2020 11:28:10 GMT -5
is it a clue to say when he hid the chest he parked his car in a parking lot. maybe not the museum one but somewhere else in a parking lot.
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Post by Jenny on Feb 23, 2020 12:01:37 GMT -5
Evidently, it is for real. However, I don't feel anyone can say they know for sure what the meaning of the clue is- until the chest is in hand. And even then, I'm not so sure. lol. I think it is anyone's guess at the moment. |
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Post by thrillchaser on Feb 24, 2020 14:41:25 GMT -5
and no one else is giving a guess. I don't get it at all. I'll guess it's not worth the cold to think about. I'll stick to the poem and other things.
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Post by flyjack on Feb 24, 2020 14:52:36 GMT -5
IMO, the chest is within a half mile or so of a parking lot...
and I don't think Forrest physically followed all the clues from WWH to hide his treasure.
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Post by jdiggins on Feb 24, 2020 20:32:29 GMT -5
So you get in your car and go to the first clue...
The last clue would be where they found his car....
You wont know if you got the first clue until you find the treasure..
Once you get the first clue you're metaphorically halfway there...
So you get to the first clue in your car, and the last clue would be where they found his car...
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Post by me9 on Feb 25, 2020 8:39:41 GMT -5
And then a wild card. Just a thing that I heard that I think is interesting and I’ll pass on to you is that, Doug Preston, ah, the writer is a good friend of Forrest Fenn’s and he says that he swears he remembers Forrest telling him that he’s worried that people will find his car. So when Forrest puts his body next to the treasure and dies he’s afraid that people will find his car and the location of the car would be Northern Arizona University. So there could be some significance to Northern Arizona University. dalneitzel.com/2012/09/01/the-newsweek-story/ |
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Post by Travis Brown on Feb 25, 2020 10:49:10 GMT -5
So here is a thought, if FF wanted to take his treasure with him and let his bones go back to the dirt he wouldn’t want anyone to find him for sometime correct?
He has also said just take my chest and leave my bones and go in peace. Meaning his body has been there for sometime. So if his car was found within striking distance of his body a search party would surly find his body rather quickly.
So here is my thinking and it’s very logical, he is going to leave his car as far away from his home and far away from the treasure location to throw everyone off his track.
For him to get to the treasure location is his secret, but here is what he in my thinking has done without even saying it, he has given one of the largest clues yet. He has eliminated two search states. New Mexico and Colorado. Obvious reason his cars not in NM meaning the treasure wasn’t isn’t hidden there. but yet found in Colorado, Again meaning the treasure isn’t hidden there either.
He would never leave his car anywhere near where he has hidden the chest nor where his bones will rest. I think the Museum has absolutely nothing to do with the chase! It’s a deco.... IMO
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Post by astree on Feb 26, 2020 6:22:29 GMT -5
So you get in your car and go to the first clue... The last clue would be where they found his car.... You wont know if you got the first clue until you find the treasure.. jdiggins, I know that’s the popular interpretation of a quote from forest but I’m not sure that agrees with some of his other statements that say the person who finds a treasure will be sure of their path and go in confidence, which to me indicates they fully solved and realize that they solve all the clues. In the quotation I think you’re referring to it makes sense to me that the “they” he is using refers to the group of people that did not solve and realize they solved the clue. I like that there are 9 clues, and meta-four could mean 5. |
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Post by jdiggins on Feb 26, 2020 10:59:37 GMT -5
So you get in your car and go to the first clue... The last clue would be where they found his car.... You wont know if you got the first clue until you find the treasure.. jdiggins, I know that’s the popular interpretation of a quote from forest but I’m not sure that agrees with some of his other statements that say the person who finds a treasure will be sure of their path and go in confidence, which to me indicates they fully solved and realize that they solve all the clues. In the quotation I think you’re referring to it makes sense to me that the “they” he is using refers to the group of people that did not solve and realize they solved the clue. I like that there are 9 clues, and meta-four could mean 5. Good point my friend! |
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Post by edgewalker on Feb 29, 2020 15:59:36 GMT -5
Doug is a gifted writer, and it may be embellished a bit, but I think it's a true account of Forrest's plan at one time. I've always thought that parking his car and dying with the chest was a bit whimsical. Some people think it's an extra clue (more like hint, the way Forrest typically defines clues/hints), since Forrest never changed his spot. No one knows exactly where he'd park, though, which seems to be key. Forrest has referred to the Denver museum in scrapbooks. Fwiw, there is an older tale of parking at Northern Arizona University. Forrest recently denied that is a hint I believe. And the Northern Arizona University nickname...the lumberjacks. Division....bigsky. |
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