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I suspect it was virtually uninhabited when he originally went there, but now it's all apartment complexes and McMansions. Everything looks like it was built in the last 15 years max. And I'm confident enough that I'm willing to put some sweat equity into it at this point, as that's really all there is to do, when it comes down to it. And since it's private property, if he says it's cool, that's all I need.
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The Adama posted:Right now I'm working under some very specific limitations, and anything that doesn't meet them gets discarded. I've been spending the morning looking through the successful hunts and I do believe you're right. However, I think you're off on the verses. The pictures start with the general lat/long coordinates, then a few pictures to get you close. Then the verse takes over. It starts in both cases from just outside the park. You may have to traverse a long distance across it, but you will be in the general area -- no more than a quarter mile. The verses get ever more specific, as you travel closer and closer to the cask. Casks were buried in fairly secluded areas. There are generally other clues in the photo to tell you that you're near or in the right place. He is a hack and cheesy as gently caress and from his line about thinking they'd all be found in a month, I don't think he was very creative about the lyrics. If you have to stretch the meaning, that's probably not it.
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The Adama posted:Near men You lay out a pretty good argument, but according to this article the modern version of that bridge was only constructed in 1994. I wonder if the original bridge would still match your interpretation?
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BJG posted:...yeah, I previously tried working out some kind of trail involving Ruelle Palace which is right next to this... The Adama posted:Right now I'm working under some very specific limitations, and anything that doesn't meet them gets discarded. None of those limitations have any precedence. Neither of the discovered casks had any overlays other than the very very general ones limiting the location to a state or large city and provided no further direction. There were also no driving directions, which makes sense since if the directions are for driving, how will you know where to walk or dig? And he wasn't cheesy; from the discovered casks both the pictures and the verses were very literal, but they were also vague, which makes them easy to apply to other places (which is what makes this hunt hard). Also it's not entirely true that the places will be out of the way as the one in Chicago was in plain sight of the path. The Adama posted:Here's the area on the map that corresponds to the walking stick. That's a huge stretch.
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The Adama posted:Cask 10 I also wish you luck but, what about the obvious silhouette of the building? Is there something near there that resembles that silhouette? I would even disregard it a bit and say go for it but, that is eerily an almost exact silhouette of our city hall.
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crashdome posted:I also wish you luck but, what about the obvious silhouette of the building? Is there something near there that resembles that silhouette? I would even disregard it a bit and say go for it but, that is eerily an almost exact silhouette of our city hall. Yeah, I mean go for it if you like but it's hard to ignore the city hall and from what I've seen I'm not convinced that he's barking up the right tree.
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New Orleans Ok so running north toward the mississipi gets me to here I think these objects are on the clock hand, which is next to a telegraph pole Google maps http://goo.gl/maps/kjbsT I think that's it....I live some 5 thousand miles away so can't do any more. Side note, further down the path is a lamp post with 19 on it. 19 is in the picture but other than the number there is nothing special about it as far as I can tell Bloke fucked around with this message at 23:13 on Jun 7, 2013 |
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I think at this point the only way we'll ever really know for sure is to dig one up, and it's fortunate that we have people in both places to try. I've already put those gears into motion for my theory, and I'm going to press forward with that. If I'm wrong, oh well, I waste a day digging. If I'm right, then yay for me, and we know more about how this guy operates.
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crashdome posted:That is eerily an almost exact silhouette of our city hall. It's not almost, it is an exact silhouette.
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Bloke posted:New Orleans The symbols on the clock point to 11 and 1. Maybe if you cross reference from those 2 objects (what are they?) you get a triangle that points to the cask?
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MilwaukeeTheLastManStanding posted:It's not almost, it is an exact silhouette. I have pinpointed the spot the picture was taken and it is directly in front of the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. I went into the lobby to see if there was anything that resembled a clue but unfortunately it is bare inside; no art at all. I wandered around Pere Marquette Park which is where davey and I looked for a bit last weekend. There are some interesting things to be seen there that I will post later. There are quite a few birch trees which are old at the corner near Old World Third street. Three birches are on a mound which is odd and could be significant. There are several plaques for different things scattered around the park. I feel so close but there is nothing definite yet to say, "dig here". Neutrino fucked around with this message at 22:06 on Jun 7, 2013 |
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Neutrino posted:I feel so close but there is nothing definite yet to say, "dig here". I think it's seriously going to take a lot of foot-work from us in the city. After next weekend, my weekends are free, so I'll definitely be around to help look around more, and I work downtown, so I can check where ever out. I just wish I weren't so seriously terrible at riddles.
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TheLastManStanding posted:It's not almost, it is an exact silhouette. I didn't want to sound too disheartening but, yeah. Any possibility we have the wrong poem? Edit: also, I will try and explore away from downtown since many of you are already in that area. If you need me to do otherwise, I will. I am trying to set one day aside for biking around town and I'll use the hunt as my exercise motivator. crashdome fucked around with this message at 22:19 on Jun 7, 2013 |
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Comstar posted:The symbols on the clock point to 11 and 1. Maybe if you cross reference from those 2 objects (what are they?) you get a triangle that points to the cask? Yeah it looks like it's been intentionally drawn like that. It's going to need some scouting around for more visual clues, I can't believe those circle things are the only ones unless of course the area has been altered in the last 30 years
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Charleston folks, I know there is a monument to the HMS Seraph near the Citadel. This was part of the Seraph, is it part of the monument itself? Because look at the arches and bolts on this thing, and then look at the bolts on the Sumter ornament and the arches of the mask.
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Neutrino posted:Milwaukee I'd like more information on how the poems were matched with the images.
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Houston So it has been mentioned by BJG that the Lillian Schnitzer Fountain in front of the Houston Garden Center at Hermann Park looks reminiscent of the djinn in the clue picture from a certain angle. Here's another angle: The inscription on the fountain is here: Like maybe I'm being crazy and reaching, but I think this fountain is related both because of the way it looks and because the inscription is a Wordsworth quote from the collection "A Golden Treasury."
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Bloke posted:Yeah it looks like it's been intentionally drawn like that. If the New Orleans cask is in the Audobon Zoo, we can probably just straight up write it off. Any landmarks there have been rearranged or replaced many times in the past 30 years as exhibits come and go, and there's a pretty good chance it's been paved over at some point.
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GaryLeeLoveBuckets posted:Houston
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Very Nice Eraser posted:You lay out a pretty good argument, but according to this article the modern version of that bridge was only constructed in 1994. I wonder if the original bridge would still match your interpretation? drat, you're right. Although from the crappy pics I can find of the old bridge, I think it was a drawbridge, which would also work with the rose/rise interpretation. But with such a major landmark gone, and there having to be such major renovations at the base of it for a larger bridge to be built in its place, that is very disheartening.
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Haven't made it to N.O. to check everything out yet. Been busy with work, and by time I get off and get down there, everything will be dark. I'm hoping for maybe some time this weekend, or next weekend if I can't make it this time.
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GaryLeeLoveBuckets posted:So it has been mentioned by BJG that the Lillian Schnitzer Fountain in front of the Houston Garden Center at Hermann Park looks reminiscent of the djinn I still like the fountain, and its neighbouring golf course, though there are problems with it; like this (edited) question and answer... quote:Q) The children's zoo is being renovated and bulldozed over. Can you at least confirm whether I am in the right location or not? That was taken as encouragement. It's not exactly discouragement. How could it not be a waste of time if the casque wasn't there? On the other hand, perhaps you could argue that BP's apparent indifference to the fate of the zoo was because the casque was elsewhere. His other replies to similar questions included: "After 22 years all I can say is I." ...and... "really, i don't think i can answer any more questions" ...so in general, he wasn't very forthcoming. ...then there's all the stuff that hints strongly at the miniature railway; like the "cold as glass" you found, "small of scale, step across", and the rest of it. I haven't justified the golf course fence at all, though I'd like to get a date for it. I've vaguely wondered if "small of scale, step across, perspective should not be lost" might indicate crossing the nearby railway (if it was there at the time) without losing the perspective that makes the fountain resemble the djinn, but it's all pretty thin. Another fairly unhelpful idea was that "looking back" might be a hint for "reflection" (pool). I'm puzzled by the division between tiles and plain ground in the image, and wonder if that might have been a visible feature at the location. BJG fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Jun 7, 2013 |
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NYC, Picture 12 I think I've spotted something in the surf (rotated with the top to the left): Here's what it looks like to me: This is reminiscent of Grant's Tomb: That's not a match as far as I'm concerned, but it's the sort of building it reminds me of. I think we need a circular building without the colonnaded drum under the dome. Grant's dome is also conical, not arched. I haven't found a better match yet. Maybe I'm just seeing things, I don't know. This picture is so generic and nonspecific it's driving me nuts.
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SAN FRANCISCO/CASK 1 We have a plan for 3 people to head into the city tomorrow to scout. Our main points of interest are the Golden Gate Park and Stern Grove, though I'd also like to take a look at the view from that Russian Hill park to see about the "Gh" of Ghiradelli Square. I have a super hi-res copy of the scan on my phone, and may try to take a DSLR if it's got batteries in it. Does anyone have any requests? Bear in mind that golden gate park is huge!
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Bloke posted:New Orleans I think those are the newer bike-locking places that they are putting all over town. I actually live about a block away from Audobon park. If you guys can narrow down a location I would feel a lot more comfortable poking around there rather than Armstrong park. Way less police walking around.
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"Gh" of Ghiradelli Square is the same font and everything, viewed backwards, that I'd really want to see pictures of everything from a park that can view those 2, and only 2, letters backwards.Maguro posted:I think those are the newer bike-locking places that they are putting all over town. Can you go and look at them closely and see if they look like the picture? If you both face towards, and face away from them, what do you see?
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can somebody blow up the right side of cask 9? specifically to the right of his hair...there's something there, much lighter than the rest of the background shading...also edit again: is the usa expo 67 display visible in the background of habitat 67? a picture where they align over each other somewhere?
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stab posted:can somebody blow up the right side of cask 9? specifically to the right of his hair...there's something there, much lighter than the rest of the background shading...also edit again: is the usa expo 67 display visible in the background of habitat 67? a picture where they align over each other somewhere? Original: Contrasted: Inverted original: Contrasted inverted: Even if it's nothing to do with the location, it's still pretty creepy.
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Devyl posted:Original: thanks! have we done this exercise with all of cask 9? with our markings and all....
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Maguro posted:I think those are the newer bike-locking places that they are putting all over town. Maybe if you're not sure could you check? Here's how I got to that location Verse 7 At stone wall's door - General Stonewall Jackson's confederate camp was based at Audubon park The air smells sweet - Odeur Bon (french) Not far away High posts are three Education and Justice For all to see Lamps that look like scales of justice outside the zoo Sounds from the sky - Bird island Near ace is high - Ace = hole in one - Bird island is next to a Golf course (hole close by) Running north, but first across - The trail is used by runners, but first cross the bridge In jewel's direction Is an object Of Twain's attention Toward the missisippi go around the trail counter-clockwise We need to pinpoint the rest (if the above is correct) Giant pole Giant step To the place The casque is kept. Bloke fucked around with this message at 00:59 on Jun 8, 2013 |
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Regarding New Orleans, I was skeptical at first but it sounds pretty plausible. The figure under the clock hands looks like a Jockey, and there has been a stable operating in Audubon park for ages. I'm trying to rack my brain as to what the giant pole and giant step might mean, sounds almost like wordplay.
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Comstar posted:"Gh" of Ghiradelli Square is the same font and everything, viewed backwards, that I'd really want to see pictures of everything from a park that can view those 2, and only 2, letters backwards. I was gonna comment on this earlier when someone posted a comparison picture, but they're not really the same font. The brace on the 'h' is completely different, and the G is much rounder on the sign than the picture, for a start. Now where's the 'typography nerd' smiley? ChickenOfTomorrow fucked around with this message at 01:45 on Jun 8, 2013 |
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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:SAN FRANCISCO/CASK 1 Take as many pictures as possible, also it might help to have a print out of the first picture and/or the verse.
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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:I was gonna comment on this earlier when someone posted a comparison picture, but they're not really the same font. The brace on the 'h' is completely different, and the G is much rounder on the sign than the picture, for a start. Maybe the sign used to be different?
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allta posted:Take as many pictures as possible, also it might help to have a print out of the first picture and/or the verse. We're still not clear on which verse, though.
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For proponents of the Sullivan's Island theory of Cask 2 - Charleston, I'll be heading out there tomorrow to run in the Floppin' Flounder 5k and take my dog to the beach. Are there any places out there that someone would like pictures of?
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Typh posted:Montreal I found this footpath on the Ile Sainte-Helene, one of the islands that the 67 Expo was held on: While Google's path doesn't reflect it, if you look closer you can see where there seems to be a hitch like in the collar: Here's a picture from 2004 giving a bit of a clearer view: And here's what it looked like at some point between when the original Expo buildings were torn down and 2004ish (which is as far back as I was able to go in Google Earth). Maybe this how it looked in the 80s? It's marked as "Sainte-Helene Island of Today" on this site, so at least it must be how it looked in the 90s. Just eyeballing it, I think that it could be close. Does someone who is able want to try superimposing them? I'm also curious if the lower-right bit of the silhouette would match up with the bridge over to that small island.
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Guuse posted:
SO CLOSE! I don't think it's the path, I think it's the lake. e: Gif for clarity: I wonder if this suggests the area the cask is in? (Limited by the edges of the collar and the lake?) fanpantstic fucked around with this message at 04:02 on Jun 8, 2013 |
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Maguro posted:I think those are the newer bike-locking places that they are putting all over town. You ever order Reginelli's? I could have brought you food.
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bonestructure posted:For proponents of the Sullivan's Island theory of Cask 2 - Charleston, I'll be heading out there tomorrow to run in the Floppin' Flounder 5k and take my dog to the beach. Are there any places out there that someone would like pictures of? Fort Moutlrie, please. West side of it, if possible, to see if it fits in with Verse 5. E: and of course any signs/significant monuments/statues. TotalHell fucked around with this message at 04:19 on Jun 8, 2013 |
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