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Post by Jenny on Nov 16, 2020 16:57:46 GMT -5
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Post by Jenny on Dec 1, 2020 6:43:55 GMT -5
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Post by NightKnight on Mar 3, 2021 23:05:23 GMT -5
So David has said that once you pluck out and interpret the clues, they will act as a map, a set of directions that will lead directly to the chest’s hiding place. Do you think that the clues are linear? The first place to go would be in Chapter 1, then the next place in Chapter 2 etc. Or is it more likely that the clues are scattered throughout the book out of directional order and left for you to unscramble the path that you need to take?
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Post by Domino on Mar 7, 2021 12:56:22 GMT -5
So David has said that once you pluck out and interpret the clues, they will act as a map, a set of directions that will lead directly to the chest’s hiding place. Do you think that the clues are linear? The first place to go would be in Chapter 1, then the next place in Chapter 2 etc. Or is it more likely that the clues are scattered throughout the book out of directional order and left for you to unscramble the path that you need to take? I am compelled to think the later. And likely not necessarily ~ Discover Spot A, proceed to B, continue on to C and the dig at D. More like discovering/noting many of the obvious attributes of the final location (example: an old homestead foundation, near a forest boundary, opposite a wooden thicket, next to an open grove, next to a gnarled tree, etc.) once you have narrowed down the general location that is only revealed through more cleverly disguised method(s). ~Easy and Obvious are the things you might find out in just about any woods/nature area/wild ~General Location are the hard clues to lock down and reveal. You get this wrong, you are down a rabbit hole from the start. You get this correct, all the obvious things fall into place ~More Defining are places that have to match up within that area for an actual X spot. These may be a combination of obvious and harder solved clues. Super simple, like finding one specific thing mentioned in the story. People tend to go the other way in their thinking. For example, Red Rocks is opposite of what I just said for it is -in this case- obvious and easy and yet, it is general location. Where as, a gnarled tree growing on an overgrown foundation in the woods, with a chimney, near a natural area boundary line could describe many locations around the country (possibly even many places near where each of us lives) however, it would only be correct and revealing if you were at the one, correct general area revealed by harder clues and then applied the obvious and discovered the defining X within that place. Of course, your first suggestion could be totally what he means in which case there is much work to be done and many clues to decipher. |
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Post by NightKnight on Mar 9, 2021 16:12:55 GMT -5
Makes sense process wise to target a general area and go from there to see what fits. My thing is, after reading the book multiple times, the final resting place of the chest should be revealed in one way or another. Jacobsen said that you can get to “within a few feet” of it just from your house, like looking on maps online or whatever. So it has to be a very distinct, specific, unique location that you know will be where the chest was hidden. I guess it would make sense context wise in conjunction with all of the other clues, but it still should be something that pops out - a very unique final spot that you will know where the path leads to
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