South of Santa Fe

[edgewalker]

Those that read my posts (or haven't stopped yet???) know that I push the boundaries of conventional wisdom a lot. Well, here I go again.

What if Forrest went North to the Shidoni gallery and incorporated the chest into some artwork. Hid it about 8.5 miles north of Santa Fe in the artwork. The clues are satisfied.

Now, the artwork is shipped to its final destination. Perhaps south of Santa Fe. Are his hints now violated or still true? Anyone have a clear quote that would exclude this so I can close the door on one of my favorite solves?

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The chest was not in close proximity to a man made structure.

[Apple]

Ogitsumyw, an additional thought on that particular statement alone. Not in close proximity to a man made structure wouldn't necessarily exclude a woman made structure, in a particularly twisted Bill Clinton definition of "is" sort of way. For example, it could include an association with a work by his friend or business contact Glenna Goodacre. Of course it raises other unknowns: Is a bronze sculpture a structure? Do we need to worry about the entire casting team's gender, if it wasn't a solo job? Does the caked on dirt in the finder picture suggest it wasn't hidden inside a cast object?

This was a possibility that Nkown was seriously considering. I even went so far as to talk to the employees foundry close by me in Colorado where Goodacre had many of her bronzes cast (Art Castings of Colorado; they were very helpful; they had no record of Goodacre's General Hap Arnold statue). The foundry sounded fascinating. One day I'll visit them for a tour, post-pandemic.

[goldilocks]

The caption of the photo of Forrest inspecting the contents of the found chest says "Removing objects from the chest. It is darker than it was ten years ago when I left it on the ground and walked away." I suppose he could've left a sculpture on the ground, but not likely.

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Jul 22, 2020 17:00:44 GMT -5 Apple said:

Ogitsumyw, an additional thought on that particular statement alone. Not in close proximity to a man made structure wouldn't necessarily exclude a woman made structure, in a particularly twisted Bill Clinton definition of "is" sort of way. For example, it could include an association with a work by his friend or business contact Glenna Goodacre. Of course it raises other unknowns: Is a bronze sculpture a structure? Do we need to worry about the entire casting team's gender, if it wasn't a solo job? Does the caked on dirt in the finder picture suggest it wasn't hidden inside a cast object?

This was a possibility that Nkown was seriously considering. I even went so far as to talk to the employees foundry close by me in Colorado where Goodacre had many of her bronzes cast (Art Castings of Colorado; they were very helpful; they had no record of Goodacre's General Hap Arnold statue). The foundry sounded fascinating. One day I'll visit them for a tour, post-pandemic.

Yeah it could, I don't think Forrest would do that, he is too old and too conservative to be worried about the masculinity of a word.  I think its totally safe to say he meant made by any human, man or woman. 
So I go with the definition "Made by humans rather than occurring in nature; artificial or synthetic" like most people would.

Also, Forrest has said MANY times prior to the chase being over:  "The chest is still where I put it" and "It is NORTH of Santa Fe".  In fact, in the "chase over message" he repeats again that it was where he put it years ago.
So no, there is no way the chest is or was moved to South of Santa Fe (or into Santa Fe) prior to being found.  That is of course assuming we believe Forrest, and I see no reason not too because if I didn't trust him, I never would have looked.