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EconDad posted:So... it's safe to say this search is finally over then? Nothing is being found. There's some talk that things were -- but "official" places aren't agreeing, etc. When every square foot of every park in every U.S. state has been dug up, but all the treasure casks not found, then it's over... Then it's time to start digging at places other than parks.
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May 27, 2022 16:52
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mods please update thread title to "Let's not solve a 40 year old unsolved treasure hunt!"
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CommonShore posted:mods please update thread title to "Let's not solve a 40 year old unsolved treasure hunt!" We're going to solve it.
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Arrhythmia posted:We're going to solve it. Not with that kinda attitude!
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May 28, 2022 00:44
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either way update 31 to 40
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CommonShore posted:either way update 31 to 40 
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.random posted:Not with that kinda attitude! That's right. We're mere decades possibly centuries... possibly infinite amount of time away from solving this thing!
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CommonShore posted:either way update 31 to 40 no
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May 29, 2022 06:38
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There were some clearly very unwell people posting itt, I hope they are doing okay
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putin is a oval office posted:There were some clearly very unwell people posting itt, I hope they are doing okay The secrets of the eternal 31 year old treasure hunt weigh heavily on one's sanity
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putin is a oval office posted:There were some clearly very unwell people posting itt, I hope they are doing okay That’s not really true at all. It was a bunch of people who like puzzles and one guy who had really absurd theories that everyone thought were funny. There are plenty of other places on SA to see unwell people if that’s what you’re looking for.
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putin is a oval office posted:There were some clearly very unwell people posting itt, I hope they are doing okay do not gaze too long into the Let's solve a 31 year old unsolved treasure hunt! thread, lest the Let's solve a 31 year old unsolved treasure hunt! thread gazes into you.
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Arrhythmia posted:Hey. Did we solve it? No, if you think that the illustration on the cover of the book doesn't particularly seem like a feminized version of a statue of Ben Franklin* * Preiss may have written a fun/silly book that didn't come across as being quite so racist and insensitive in the early 1980s, but he completely misjudged his ability as a puzzle-maker and just outright flopped on the conversion from "this puzzle I made" to "other people can make sense of what I was thinking when I wrote that puzzle."
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I can't believe it's 9 years since I got obsessed with this mystery for a while and got myself weirdly acquainted with parts of random US cities. Good Times, more innocent times.
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it will always be a 31 year old unsolved treasure hunt in our hearts
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The 40 Year Old Unsolved Treasure Hunt starting Steve Carell as Urban Smurf
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BigFactory posted:That’s not really true at all. It was a bunch of people who like puzzles and one guy who had really absurd theories that everyone thought were funny. There are plenty of other places on SA to see unwell people if that’s what you’re looking for. If you really think this is true, you are perhaps quite unwell yourself.
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BigFactory posted:There are plenty of other places on SA to see unwell people if that’s what you’re looking for. Flowers for QAnon posted:If you really think this is true, you are perhaps quite unwell yourself. Have you been to the politics fan forums?
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Kirk Vikernes posted:Have you been to the politics fan forums? I mean even GBS mock threads or Games threads where people moan about how much they hate the games they rack up hundreds of hours on. This is just a thread about dorks trying to solve puzzles that look like 2nd Edition D&D art.
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lets be real, we're all goons here. we are all unwell. je suis urban smurf
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OMGVBFLOL posted:lets be real, we're all goons here. we are all unwell. je suis urban smurf Nah it gets a lot weirder than a thread about a 40 year old unsolved treasure hunt!
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I just want some pretty stones and cool casks where's my shovel
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I actually found the spot and dug it up but all that was left was a cut internet cable.
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seriouspost: wasn't there some living relative or associate who might still be bogarting the secrets?
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I had a good time playing hooky on a business trip and driving a couple hours south to a park I would have never known about to look for clues in a picture, and don't regret a second of it. It was a nice day too!ExtraNoise posted:I think we're now closer than at any other point in this thread to actually finding something. (check the date) Megaman's Jockstrap fucked around with this message at 22:00 on Jun 2, 2022 |
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Cobalt60 posted:seriouspost: wasn't there some living relative or associate who might still be bogarting the secrets? I believe it is the painter that won’t reveal anything
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BigFactory posted:I mean even GBS mock threads or Games threads where people moan about how much they hate the games they rack up hundreds of hours on. This is just a thread about dorks trying to solve puzzles that look like 2nd Edition D&D art. As delightfully weird-brained as some of the posters in this thread have been, I have to agree with you. No one in this thread comes close to the level of making sexual comments about the mouth of a hot dog man's child.
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Snowy posted:I’m not saying it’s over until urban Smurf says it’s over I don't think it's over. Some day when a solar flare takes out most of humanity, the robot AI version of Urban Smurf will pursue it's 4th directive and dig on. I was reminiscing the other day about some forum post I shared in March of 2012 when I talked about the Boston puzzle's line "Feel at home" as being indicative of a home plate in baseball. I also put strong emphasis on the Paul Revere reference being associated with that moment when he snuck past the Somerset Man-O-War during the full moon. I never once thought it would be in the ball field next to the spot where that actual event took place. Instead I wrongly looked for a spot next to the Somerset Hotel in Charlesgate Park aka the "2C" area. In the final analysis, it seems like the answers to these puzzles are to be found in simpler notions about places and events. Maybe we can solve another puzzle soon if we take a step back and look at what might happen if we take a good look at the essence of just one line like we did with "Feel at home" and make a correct/simple/Occam's razor assessment and ignore the wild swings of fantasy that have dominated the minds of searchers for years. I should add to this post to give people something more to think about. From verse 2, with the turquoise painting, "As the sound of friends" and "Fills the afternoon hours" seem like good candidates for being like the "Feel at home" line. It's situational. What makes where you need to be standing a case for parity? I tend to think the sound of friends means those who would be supporting a person in some way and meeting the audible condition, it would either be the sound of clapping applause, or their spoken words. The filling of afternoon hours or the filling that might take place instead of the sound of friends, is the pouring of spirits (alcohol) that would take place typically with a problem day drinker. I still strongly believe this is a strong anchor to a place where you will see the Alcoholics Anonymous symbol. That is simply a circle with a triangle inscribed. I've found one spot that I like in NOLA where this condition is met. The plaque on the front of the Francisco Morazan statue. Maybe there are other places around town where you would see a triangle inside a circle. Just as I didn't know there was a baseball park in the Northend of Boston, I don't know NOLA any better, so perhaps someone local with better knowledge can piece the whole puzzle together based on this simple but disguised alcoholic notion. Urban Smurf fucked around with this message at 16:17 on Jul 7, 2022 |
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Since the creation of this thread, the Boston puzzle has been solved. However the person given credit for the solve didn't figure out a lot of the clues, and was just the one who thought to reach out to the crew doing construction on a baseball field to say "hey if you find this weird cask thing, gimme a call" Basically what Urban Smurf said in their last paragraph, there
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BigFactory posted:I mean even GBS mock threads or Games threads where people moan about how much they hate the games they rack up hundreds of hours on. This is just a thread about dorks trying to solve puzzles that look like 2nd Edition D&D art. The art fuckin rules
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I wonder if Erol Otus is still alive.
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Urban Smurf posted:I wonder if Erol Otus is still alive. he is
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I also strongly believe Burnstyle, JM, et al. found the location of the NO cask, it had just been destroyed by hurricanes, salt water, and the installation of, like, a water main right through it. The image match of the wall nearby and description of the building were beyond the range of normal artistic interpretation, at least to me
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'Home plate' is the equivalent of 'Brawndo has electrolytes. It's what plants crave.'
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Rondette posted:I can't believe it's 9 years since I got obsessed with this mystery for a while and got myself weirdly acquainted with parts of random US cities. Good Times, more innocent times. This feels like me too actually. 2015 or so... for me? Looking at it now -- it's a mess. Boston solved but some don't... believe? New Orleans probably solved too, but... not believed? Humans ruin everything.
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