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Post by Jenny on Apr 16, 2020 14:21:12 GMT -5
Douglas Preston writes in the OUAW foreword that Forrest told him....: mysteriouswritings.com/douglas-prestons-foreword-to-forrest-fenns-new-book-once-upon-a-while/I said that there were a lot of smart people out there and I feared the poem would be deciphered quickly and the treasure found in a week. But he assured me that the poem, while absolutely reliable if the nine clues were followed in order, was extremely difficult to interpret—so tricky that he wouldn’t be surprised if it took nine hundred years before someone cracked it.Difficult to Interpret....... so tricky...... Solving equals Correctly Interpreting..... However, to go along with the latest statements by Forrest, it seems there isn't any way to know you have correctly interpreted the poem until the chest is found. |
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Post by me9 on Apr 16, 2020 14:47:18 GMT -5
While nobody has found it yet, some have come closer than they know. “There have been several parties of people who have figured out the first two clues,” he said. “But nobody has correctly interpreted the full nine clues.” He said he hasn’t told anybody just how close they’ve been because “they’d go crazy.” www.pekintimes.com/article/20130713/NEWS/130719843 |
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Post by longfellow on Apr 16, 2020 14:56:20 GMT -5
Jenny,
He did, indeed, communicate the concept of the extreme difficulty in correctly interpreting his poem (900 years worth of difficulty), which is significant.
He has also stated, more than once, that he is "...a little bit surprised that it hasn't been found." He most recently stated this in September 2018, when being interviewed by the German version of Playboy magazine ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o1vXgBNso4). I believe he also stated something similar during the interviews he did following the Albuquerque screening of "The Lure," but I can't find that video anymore.
There is a fair bit of dichotomy between these two messages (the stated extreme difficulty juxtaposed with his surprise at it not being found yet). I suspect that A LOT of people have correctly identified the physical locations of several of the clues and have done A LOT of boot stomping in the correct general vicinity of the final location of the chest, but the light has not dawned in their minds with regard to "one important possibility related to the winning solve." This is, in my opinion, why he is surprised it has not been found yet. In the September 2018 interview, he follows it immediately with (paraphrased)...there's one important thing that he has not seen evidence (on the blogs) that anyone has thought about and that if they had thought about that thing, they might have found the treasure.
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Post by earthshaker42 on Apr 16, 2020 15:23:30 GMT -5
In the September 2018 interview, he follows it immediately with (paraphrased)...there's one important thing that he has not seen evidence (on the blogs) that anyone has thought about and that if they had thought about that thing, they might have found the treasure. 1,2,3,4,5,6 and/or 1,2,3,4,5,R (This is in reference to the car sifter idea). They both show up now and then on blogs, but most blogs only talk about 1,2,3,4,5,6.
Just my thoughts.
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Post by woollybugger on Apr 16, 2020 16:41:46 GMT -5
longfellow One possible reason is that if he made that statement to Doug Preston it was before the chase started. I think this has blown up way beyond his expectations. Originally it could have been difficult to envision someone solving it, but after witnessing the volume of searchers and all of the forums and content devoted to finding it, it's reasonable to be surprised it hasn't been found at this point.
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Post by longfellow on Apr 16, 2020 16:56:24 GMT -5
In the September 2018 interview, he follows it immediately with (paraphrased)...there's one important thing that he has not seen evidence (on the blogs) that anyone has thought about and that if they had thought about that thing, they might have found the treasure. 1,2,3,4,5,6 and/or 1,2,3,4,5,R (This is in reference to the car sifter idea). They both show up now and then on blogs, but most blogs only talk about 1,2,3,4,5,6.
Just my thoughts.
That's a new one for me. Is this conveying the idea that after clue # 5, you put everything into Reverse?
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Post by longfellow on Apr 16, 2020 16:58:02 GMT -5
longfellow One possible reason is that if he made that statement to Doug Preston it was before the chase started. I think this has blown up way beyond his expectations. Originally it could have been difficult to envision someone solving it, but after witnessing the volume of searchers and all of the forums and content devoted to finding it, it's reasonable to be surprised it hasn't been found at this point.
A valid point, woolly-B. I do seem to remember Fenn saying that he did not expect it to really blow up the way that it did.
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Post by earthshaker42 on Apr 16, 2020 20:28:33 GMT -5
1,2,3,4,5,6 and/or 1,2,3,4,5,R (This is in reference to the car sifter idea). They both show up now and then on blogs, but most blogs only talk about 1,2,3,4,5,6.
Just my thoughts.
That's a new one for me. Is this conveying the idea that after clue # 5, you put everything into Reverse?
Someone other than me came up with this to demonstrate how our thinking is / can be off. The sequence 1,2,3,4,5 should be followed by a 6. But in some cars it is R. Without being able to see that point of view you will think 6 is next and never look back. So you will find your 6, then look for a 7, make that work too, and add the 8, and then, and then, and then...
So it is not a direction. It is just some of us pointing out how easy it is to be looking at things one way when you should be thinking another way. If you can only see that the 6 is next, you will never see the R. And there is no bell that rings (save the one in your head) to tell you you're on the right path.
To me, it seems like the the blogs only ever talk about 1 to 6 as the solve and not 1 to R. I do think R is mentioned every now and then but it seems to always fade away. Oddly, one blogger has the "R" clue posted on a ton of their pages, but I don't think they know it.
According to Forrest, we are mostly all on the wrong path. I think 1-6 and 1-R type of thinking both work for the first few clues. After that, you need the "R" path in your thinking.
But I could be on crack. 
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