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Post by aksarben on May 1, 2017 22:16:58 GMT -5
I know we have all spent a lot of time on the first 3/4 of the book trying to figure out the "city" its in or "starting city". We can all say we have directions once their to figure out to lead within inches of the treasure. But there is 3-4 more chapters after the "treasure" is found. Seems like a lot of recap of what we did to get to the end point, things of importance along the way. It seems to confirm following the route the hunters took to follow. Along with some odd statements and recap stories of AIDS in 1987 Jeff.
What is the last few chapters in the book take from everyone else in the forum?
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Post by thetictocman on May 3, 2017 12:48:05 GMT -5
I think that part of the book does include hints to the general location since the anagrams of Larson Herisp and Aaron Philress are in that section of the book. If only the first part of the book is used to find the general locale, and nothing in the back of the book is used, then those anagrams are obvious red herrings, right? Meaning that all NOLA clues are red herrings? That's just my thinking anyways.
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Post by brambler on May 3, 2017 13:09:55 GMT -5
I think that part of the book does include hints to the general location since the anagrams of Larson Herisp and Aaron Philress are in that section of the book. If only the first part of the book is used to find the general locale, and nothing in the back of the book is used, then those anagrams are obvious red herrings, right? Meaning that all NOLA clues are red herrings? That's just my thinking anyways. Your logic scares me for two reasons! 1 - It makes sense. 2 - My current solve relates closely to NOLA. What if NOLA is the big red herring  |
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Post by thetictocman on May 3, 2017 13:26:39 GMT -5
I think that part of the book does include hints to the general location since the anagrams of Larson Herisp and Aaron Philress are in that section of the book. If only the first part of the book is used to find the general locale, and nothing in the back of the book is used, then those anagrams are obvious red herrings, right? Meaning that all NOLA clues are red herrings? That's just my thinking anyways. Your logic scares me for two reasons! 1 - It makes sense. 2 - My current solve relates closely to NOLA. What if NOLA is the big red herring My thought process has taken me to NOLA, then to NOLA as a starting point, to NOLA is just one big fat red herring, to my current thought: NOLA as the starting city OR as the final location is the red herring, but NOLA in and of itself is not. I believe that NOLA is a big clue to finding the answer. Pete likes to use two tiered clues (based on his last treasure hunt), so I think NOLA is the first tier to that particular clue. If I'm right, it's pretty brilliant on his part, since it makes NOLA a red herring on one level, but not on another. If that makes sense. |
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Post by brambler on May 3, 2017 13:34:16 GMT -5
Your logic scares me for two reasons! 1 - It makes sense. 2 - My current solve relates closely to NOLA. What if NOLA is the big red herring My thought process has taken me to NOLA, then to NOLA as a starting point, to NOLA is just one big fat red herring, to my current thought: NOLA as the starting city OR as the final location is the red herring, but NOLA in and of itself is not. I believe that NOLA is a big clue to finding the answer. Pete likes to use two tiered clues (based on his last treasure hunt), so I think NOLA is the first tier to that particular clue. If I'm right, it's pretty brilliant on his part, since it makes NOLA a red herring on one level, but not on another. If that makes sense. I agree about the two tier approach - and something that stuck out to me, which I just remembered, is on the Facebook page, Pete mentioned something like, "But how many other cities have a Bourbon Street?" That got me thinking - what if NOLA is a vessel to point you to the end point? Heck, I found a Goldring pavilion in city park in NOLA that got me so excited, but then nothing else was matching up as far as the directions in the last quarter of the book. Would definitely be ingenious. |
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Post by thetictocman on May 3, 2017 13:48:19 GMT -5
My thought process has taken me to NOLA, then to NOLA as a starting point, to NOLA is just one big fat red herring, to my current thought: NOLA as the starting city OR as the final location is the red herring, but NOLA in and of itself is not. I believe that NOLA is a big clue to finding the answer. Pete likes to use two tiered clues (based on his last treasure hunt), so I think NOLA is the first tier to that particular clue. If I'm right, it's pretty brilliant on his part, since it makes NOLA a red herring on one level, but not on another. If that makes sense. I agree about the two tier approach - and something that stuck out to me, which I just remembered, is on the Facebook page, Pete mentioned something like, "But how many other cities have a Bourbon Street?" That got me thinking - what if NOLA is a vessel to point you to the end point? Heck, I found a Goldring pavilion in city park in NOLA that got me so excited, but then nothing else was matching up as far as the directions in the last quarter of the book. Would definitely be ingenious. One thing that led me away from NOLA was the fact that if you do the math on how far they have to walk from the bus to the location, it is pretty far, and only 2 parks can possibly fit that length, and I couldn't piece anything together for them. I can't remember what the distance I had pegged it at, but I was at least a half a mile or so. I remember I was also lead to the nearby pearl river, since he talks about pearls a lot. |
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Post by brambler on May 3, 2017 14:00:02 GMT -5
I agree about the two tier approach - and something that stuck out to me, which I just remembered, is on the Facebook page, Pete mentioned something like, "But how many other cities have a Bourbon Street?" That got me thinking - what if NOLA is a vessel to point you to the end point? Heck, I found a Goldring pavilion in city park in NOLA that got me so excited, but then nothing else was matching up as far as the directions in the last quarter of the book. Would definitely be ingenious. One thing that led me away from NOLA was the fact that if you do the math on how far they have to walk from the bus to the location, it is pretty far, and only 2 parks can possibly fit that length, and I couldn't piece anything together for them. I can't remember what the distance I had pegged it at, but I was at least a half a mile or so. I remember I was also lead to the nearby pearl river, since he talks about pearls a lot. Reasoning similar to what you just mentioned is why I've been pushed away from NOLA even though I still feel strongly about it.. I made measurements on Google Earth for exactly how far you would have to pace etc, taking into account "rock formations", "Cliffs" etc.. and found that there was no way that any park in NOLA matched those paces or descriptions. So, now, the question is, how do we use all the NOLA smoke to find a more correct location. |
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Post by thetictocman on May 3, 2017 14:09:33 GMT -5
The most recent thing I'm using NOLA for is his Facebook post on Cowlazars' video where he says writes about it being a clue, a poem, or an 1800s novel. Interestingly enough, this might confirm that he is using two-tier clues in this hunt. Or they're all red herrings AGAIN, which would be a little ridiculous, since the book is chocked full of enough of them.
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