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I don't know how fast the last "internet group" decifered the clues, but I think it seems to be going pretty well for you guys already  Keep it up and we'll be digging up parks all over the US in no time hehe. Hulebr00670065006e fucked around with this message at 11:30 on May 31, 2013 |
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MassaShowtime posted:I'm pretty sure the Montreal one is somewhere in Fletcher's Field or at the base of Mount Royal if its paired with Verse 2. The image has the Montreal Flower in it, refers to Pie IX station (the square with PX1), and if you count that to the end of the green line (21 stops) you get off basically at Mount Royal. The Mount Stephen club has the same weird statue as on the pope dude as well which is right outside the same station. The three stand watch could refer to the three peaks, and the sound of friends in the afternoon would be the tam tam players that surround the George Etienne Cartier statue. The palace could refer to the Crystal Palace that was in Fletcher's Field. I just can't figure out what the gnomes and fays are about but its been a while since I've been there. I was really hoping this one would be St. Louis... That's the only city mentioned that I could easily investigate.
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May 31, 2013 11:36
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Velvet Sparrow posted:Verse #7 may go with San Francisco. It mentions 'Twain's attention' with 'Twain' capitalized (Mark Twain spent time in San Francisco), that may refer to Calaveras County from his story, 'The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County'. The 'giant pole' may refer to Coit Tower. If you're going to bury something in a park in San Fransisco then the Presidio is pretty much the way to go.
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May 31, 2013 11:56
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MassaShowtime posted:I'm pretty sure the Montreal one is somewhere in Fletcher's Field or at the base of Mount Royal if its paired with Verse 2. The image has the Montreal Flower in it, refers to Pie IX station (the square with PX1), and if you count that to the end of the green line (21 stops) you get off basically at Mount Royal. The Mount Stephen club has the same weird statue as on the pope dude as well which is right outside the same station. The three stand watch could refer to the three peaks, and the sound of friends in the afternoon would be the tam tam players that surround the George Etienne Cartier statue. The palace could refer to the Crystal Palace that was in Fletcher's Field. I just can't figure out what the gnomes and fays are about but its been a while since I've been there. I don't know anything about Montreal but if it's a matter of French Canadians the gnomes and fays could refer to the Celtic background of Bretons. Is there a heavily Breton area of Montreal in or around those areas?
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May 31, 2013 13:01
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I hate to say this but how did the author think people were going to find these if he didn't give incredibly specific locations? I mean, even if you knew the park and rough area it still require hours of digging. The mystery is cool though but I doubt anymore are going to get dug up.
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May 31, 2013 13:27
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allta posted:Verse 1 http://goo.gl/maps/FY6bX I would put my money on the grass area inbetween the monument and the fountain Ghost of Eazy E fucked around with this message at 13:34 on May 31, 2013 |
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May 31, 2013 13:30
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NoneSuch posted:I hate to say this but how did the author think people were going to find these if he didn't give incredibly specific locations? I mean, even if you knew the park and rough area it still require hours of digging. The mystery is cool though but I doubt anymore are going to get dug up. Maybe it's an obvious place once you get within a few meters of it, I mean two of them were found.
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May 31, 2013 13:31
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MeLKoR posted:Maybe it's an obvious place once you get within a few meters of it, I mean two of them were found. I just started geocaching, and even with exact GPS coordinates it can still be extremely hard to locate something.
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May 31, 2013 13:55
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Anxiously awaiting someone getting arrested for carrying around a shovel/digging random spots up. Seriously though this is all sorts of cool, and it a shame the author didn't leave the locations in his will.
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May 31, 2013 14:10
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For the new york one: The Bird in the illustration, I think, is an eagle ornament from the Chrystler Building, which could be the "gray giant" referred to in the verse. However, the lower left panel also shows something like rectangular monolith, which means the "gray giant" could also be one of the old World Trade Towers (previously the grayest and squarest of all buildings in New York). Edit: The Island of B could be Staten Island.
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May 31, 2013 14:16
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Pretty sure this kind of thing is pretty much how Cthulu was awoken.
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As for Cask 7, could Preservation in the picture mean Preservation Hall in New Orleans? Located at 726 St Peter St. I'm a bit stumped because verse 7 seems to go better with it than verse 2. Huh, so typing in that address gets me this latitude and longitude: 29.958199,-90.065488 All numbers that match 
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May 31, 2013 14:38
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Oooh, this is great. It reminds me of a similar UK based book called 'Conundrum', which was somewhat bizarrely sponsored by Cadbury's Creme Eggs. My nanna had a copy of it and I loved to look at the illustrations, which were as cryptic and odd as these ones. I was only 4 or so when I got obsessed by it so I never got too far in solving it, although I used to spend hours looking at the pictures, and dream of digging up my own golden egg.   On this one, the pillars (?) on the Boston image are bugging me, they look like they should spell something out in a code, I wondered whether it was Maritime Signal flags, there are some letters that kind of match, but there is nothing with triangles involved. There is also that 4 on her cuff.   S...O...W....possibly N? on the left column???  I love this sort of poo poo. The pictures are ace too, although some of them are pretty creepy.
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Ghost of Eazy E posted:I think the Houston one is in this location. Are there animals on the monument? From the Houston picture I'm noticing that the camel pillar doesn't have a shadow. Also could the line Our strongest tower of delight Falls gently In December night Be referring to where the shadow of the central tower falls pointing to where to dig? Like some National Treasure poo poo? GaryLeeLoveBuckets fucked around with this message at 15:07 on May 31, 2013 |
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May 31, 2013 15:00
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If that Boston location really is in Boston, I don't see it existing anymore because of the Big Dig. All them green and tower things make me think of the torn down elevated T and 'colosseum' possibly being the old Boston Garden, which is now a parking light. Even Fenway is under construction right now, so who knows.
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May 31, 2013 15:02
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Sizone posted:If you're going to bury something in a park in San Fransisco then the Presidio is pretty much the way to go. Yeah, but The Presidio was still an active Army base in 1982, which seems like that would create a bit of a barrier.
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May 31, 2013 15:23
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GaryLeeLoveBuckets posted:Are there animals on the monument? From the Houston picture I'm noticing that the camel pillar doesn't have a shadow. I'm willing to bet that the tower (Pioneer Monument) has something to do with those lines, but here's a picture showing that things have been paved over and that the fountains are a new addition.  If only we could find more old pictures...
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I would assume New Orleans is verse 7, and that it's hidden somewhere in Armstrong Park. It's the closest "big" park to the river (except for Audobon Park uptown). And because of the mask imagery and the word "Preservation" I think it's close to the French Quarter. EDIT: Preservation hall is at 726 st. peter St. I bet the jewel is hidden on the corner of st. peter and N rampart., right where the park starts. "Preservation Hall. Now that's where you'll find all of the greats." — Louis Armstrong Maguro fucked around with this message at 15:48 on May 31, 2013 |
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GaryLeeLoveBuckets posted:Are there animals on the monument? From the Houston picture I'm noticing that the camel pillar doesn't have a shadow. North of the monument is a statue of Sam Houston on his horse. Maybe about 200 yards north of it. I'm gonna be in Houston tomorrow. Kinda makes me wanna go look around!
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DUNCAN DONUTS posted:I live near the park, and I would be willing to take a stroll there Saturday. How long has that train been running? I'd like to figure out what "982" signifies, too. And does that look like a "96" in the tree branches to anyone else? Far right edge of the picture, at the very low end of the tree limb. Good catch on the tree branches, I also see a "95" or a "957" in the branches just to the right of the ball pillar. Edit: The park is at Longitude -95.3, but the latitude is 29.7. I'm not sure what the 96 symbolizes. GaryLeeLoveBuckets fucked around with this message at 15:53 on May 31, 2013 |
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May 31, 2013 15:44
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Abugadu posted:More info on the Milwaukee one: I'm in Milwaukee and my running route takes me past these locations all the time. I'm totally willing to go check places out if people figure out more (I'm terrible at riddles).
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May 31, 2013 15:48
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Houston, Hermann Park.  EDIT: It looks like I'm not the only one who saw this. http://www.lemontiger.co.uk/images/misc/thesecret/map/ Raccoon Leaf fucked around with this message at 15:56 on May 31, 2013 |
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May 31, 2013 15:52
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Raccoon Leaf posted:Houston, Hermann Park. Wow. And the ruby is just to the bottom right of that pillar, which looks to me like it would be on the edge of the lake or the small grass area to the south of the Pioneer Monument. GaryLeeLoveBuckets fucked around with this message at 15:58 on May 31, 2013 |
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Wow I didn't catch that. Good eye. Whats the fine for digging in a city park by the way? Ghost of Eazy E fucked around with this message at 15:59 on May 31, 2013 |
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Ghost of Eazy E posted:Wow I didn't catch that. Good eye. If I get caught, I'm just going to shout "It belongs in a museum!"
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stabbity posted:I'm in Milwaukee and my running route takes me past these locations all the time. I'm totally willing to go check places out if people figure out more (I'm terrible at riddles). I don't think the interpretation of Mitchell is correct. I would guess the Domes - Mitchell Park.
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May 31, 2013 16:02
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Ghost of Eazy E posted:Wow I didn't catch that. Good eye. Wouldn't one of those thin metal rods used in mine sweeping be preferable to just starting to dig random holes?
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I live really close to Hermann Park, and I don't start my new job until Monday, so I have nothing else better to do today than to go and take some pictures.
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May 31, 2013 16:07
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MeLKoR posted:Wouldn't one of those thin metal rods used in mine sweeping be preferable to just starting to dig random holes? Yeah I might see if my gramps still has one in his garage. I don't wanna get thrown in jail on vacation.
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Raccoon Leaf posted:I live really close to Hermann Park, and I don't start my new job until Monday, so I have nothing else better to do today than to go and take some pictures. Nice, I live an hour away in Beaumont and was thinking of heading up there Sunday to do some looking around.
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Strongylocentrotus posted:Well, here's how I just (as in minutes ago) reached my conclusion about Roanoke being the locale of #3: I grew up on the Outer Banks, and I think they may in fact be referring to it STARTING at Roanoke Island: "Verse 11 Pass two friends of octave (The towns of Manteo and Wanchese on the island) In December Ride the man of oz (Go over the Washington Baum Bridge) To the land near the window There's a road that leads to Dark forest (Oceanside Drive to Nagshead Woods, our local "haunted forest" park. Oh and look, the armor in the picture is sporting the helmet of an old horse's head!)" The rest would then seem to indicate specific directions inside the park perhaps (which has indeed changed a lot since the 80's). I don't live there anymore but my sister does, maybe I can get her to scope it out. It could be the Elizabethen Gardens, but the "Ride the Man of Oz" line makes me think otherwise. Premeditated Toast fucked around with this message at 16:38 on May 31, 2013 |
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I'm in Tampa. the map shows a dot on Clearwater, but the text is St. Aug, on the other coast. Judging from the Spanish looking dude in the painting, I'd guess St. Aug as it was a Spanish colony 500 years ago.
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May 31, 2013 16:15
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There were quite a few of these treasure hunt books in the '80s, and I know that some of the treasures have never been found. Is there a comprehensive website that lists them?
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This is so fascinating. I live nowhere near any of the locations, and I'm poo poo at solving location-based riddles, but I'll be following along!gogobunny posted:I also live across the bay from SF so I'm really interested in #1. Plus it looks like it's supposed to be the June one and that's my birth month, so it's doubly attractive to me. As far as this goes, I think that Ghirardelli Square makes a huge amount of sense--in addition to having a view of Alcatraz (which many were reminded of by the window in the picture), there's an urban legend (that even I heard about on a short trip there) saying that inmates of Alcatraz could, on particularly windy days, smell chocolate across the water from the square. So I would say it's likely that #1 is buried in either Fort Mason Green or SF Maritime National Historic Park, both located nearby Ghirardelli Square and with a view of Alcatraz.
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SteeVeeDee posted:For the new york one: The Bird in the illustration, I think, is an eagle ornament from the Chrystler Building, which could be the "gray giant" referred to in the verse. However, the lower left panel also shows something like rectangular monolith, which means the "gray giant" could also be one of the old World Trade Towers (previously the grayest and squarest of all buildings in New York). Seems to be what makes these so tricky, so many interpretations. I'm getting a Queens vibe from this. For one, Staten Island would never be north unless your referring to Grant's Tomb. However the Broad Channel Island is north of Jamaica in queens, which would be the "Cars abound Although the sign Nearby Speaks of Indies natives" Queens is also full of Greek Orthadox, with the only church being St. Demetrios south of the botanical gardens. I'd assume the grey arms would be part of the World's Fair exhibit left over, but kinda eh on that.
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The Indies mention in the New York riddle made me think Jamaica, Queens for two reasons. First, the real Jamaica is in the West Indies and second the name of the area in Queens is actually comes from an indigenous (Indian in less pc terms) for Beaver. I'm trying to figure out the Island of B but I don't see why it'd be Staten Island. If I was still in Connecticut I would've totally gone to NYC for this but I'm too far at the moment.  Just previewed and I agree with Pepslexic
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allta posted:Fays delight If this is for the San Francisco one, there are a lot more "fairies" than there were back then, and they meet everywhere in the city.
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MassaShowtime posted:I'm pretty sure the Montreal one is somewhere in Fletcher's Field or at the base of Mount Royal if its paired with Verse 2. The image has the Montreal Flower in it, refers to Pie IX station (the square with PX1), and if you count that to the end of the green line (21 stops) you get off basically at Mount Royal. The Mount Stephen club has the same weird statue as on the pope dude as well which is right outside the same station. The three stand watch could refer to the three peaks, and the sound of friends in the afternoon would be the tam tam players that surround the George Etienne Cartier statue. The palace could refer to the Crystal Palace that was in Fletcher's Field. I just can't figure out what the gnomes and fays are about but its been a while since I've been there. not really possible for the 21 stop thing as you need to transfer at berri for that and technically it can go in any direction. the gnomes thing might have something to do with la parc olympique or botanical gardens, who had a gnomes display in 1983.
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Adiabatic posted:Charleston Looks like it, the old wiki suggests that too. I live in Charleston and its going to be very hard to resist the temptation to go looking for the cask now. No idea where to start on the riddle or the picture though. The Lion's forehead also has what looks like a map but nothing I can recognize. I'm also leaning toward Verse 5 matching the pic. There's mention of the Citadel which goes with a military theming of the fort sumter clue.
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