what a great series of readings....thanks

Timex agrees and is on the case:

I’ve always thought it was a hoax, also I read that iirc he has been under legal pressure, people are suing him for damages incurred while trying to find it, and this was his way to get out of it

What's w the conspiracy theories? He made a treasure chest, put it in the Rockies. People got clues. Someone was within like 30 ft a few years ago. Few people died looking for it. A bunch of people die in the Rockies every year. Someone found it. Someone else was there, one day late.

That's all there is to see, pics coming soon.

I'd call them more general skepticism than conspiracy theory. This guy, who may not actually have much of worth he can bury, buries something of questionable worth, and then gives clues that nobody can figure out for however long, and then tells everyone it's been found, after many years and some legal problems related to the finding.

Like, all of the first part of that - the devising the scheme, physically burying it, coming up with such cryptic clues nobody can find it - indicates a great investment. And when this investment comes to fruition, he... posts a tweet or whatever? I'm aware this is all recent, so I'm reserving judgment. But given what we know v. what we don't, that skepticism shouldn't be lumped in with flat-earthers, as "conspriacy theories" would imply.

He did it to sell some shitty books and make money. If it was legit it would be immediately confirmed and identified.

Conspiracy theory =/= all conspiracy theories

It just means you think he conspired to make this up, or whatever you think.

He didn't.

Words and phrases have different meanings, conspiracy theory is quite loaded though, obv

One guy saying he did something cannot be a conspiracy.

I think the treasure is real. He was an older man that thought he was near death, who lived an interesting life... from spending much of his childhood in Yellowstone, to having his jet shot down in the Vietnam jungle, to amassing a fantastic collection of native American artifacts. If it was a ruse, I don't think he did it for money, but rather for notoriety and/or (as he stated himself) to get people to go outside and explore the natural wonders around them.

The original Cassius Clay was a bad ass abolitionist. When a would-be assassin made an attempt on his life, Clay attacked the man with his Bowie knife, cutting out both eyes before dispatching him. Had 10 children with his first wife, divorced her after 45 years of marriage, and married a 15 year old when he was 84.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass...y_(politician)


A bonus YouTube companion piece.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/f...rnd/index.html

This just makes me doubt him. Why the **** is there a twig in the box, it just looks like a prop.

How do twigs get in locked boxes? Do twigs also burrow underground now?

Also, why is Fenn inspecting the found treasure if the finder just emailed him and wants to remain anonymous, etc.?

yeah that twig definitely makes it seem like a prop photo

It appears from the photo that there are coins and things in the box as well! Without an explanation as to how they got in the box, I doubt it could be real

No one is saying it's not real treasure? They're saying there is still no proof it actually came out of the ground considering he has not released the location or the finder, and oddly the photos are of him with the treasure, not the person who found it.

It had to be in the ground. Or at least on the ground. Or somewhere near the ground. That is where the sticks usually are.

The only real way to know would be to search for the hole. Maybe another poem-puzzle is in order.

Sweet, can't wait to learn more about this guy!

OK, weird, maybe psychotic... but maybe normal in 1800s.

OK, fully out. Child marriage was more common 200 years ago but let's not pretend like humanity was. 15 was a child, is a child, and he raped her.

The game Chinese checkers did not originate in China, it originated in Germany.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chin..._phY-poVUCuXr4

Similarly, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol...disambiguation)

This koi fish lived to be ~226 years old:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanako_(fish)

Much better article:
https://www.fishlaboratory.com/fish/...ving-fish-ever


This has sent me down the rabbit hole of longest living organisms, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ving_organisms

Biological immortality is also a trip.

Awesome, I've got one of these badboys. Looks like it'll be putting me in a box in the ground rather than the other way round.

Jonathan (hatched c. 1832) is a Seychelles giant tortoise, a subspecies of the Aldabra giant tortoise and the oldest known living terrestrial animal in the world.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_(tortoise)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Army
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/vi...all/ghost-army

Probably wouldn't work today, but very cool. Did they have any casualties?

Making a massive din, then hiding and leaving a load of dummy casualties for the Germans to find would really mess with their heads.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalf_sniper_attack