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Weekly Words from Forrest

The Weekly Words for April 29th, 2016 are as follows and combines with the following Featured Question:

Mr. Fenn,

Which direction does the Blaze face? North, South, East or West? Curious. Foxy

I didn’t take a radial off of the blaze Foxy. I’m thinking it may not be any of those directions. f

 

 

Best of luck with the Thrill of the Chase and all that you seek!

 

Other links of interest:

Six Questions with Forrest Fenn (2013)

How to Solve The Thrill of the Chase?  (Discussing Poe’s Gold Bug Similarities)

Mysteries of Mehen

 

95 Comments

      1. “What type of blaze” you say. That statement infers a limitation on what could or could not be a blaze. what if it were perfectly round, and that “circle” was NOT on a vertical surface such as a tree, rock or cliff wall.

        Just a thought. for any sense of direction for a circle one would have to go through it instead.

        LIV42DY

  1. Hi Jenny
    I just would like to clarify that the drawing (not a picture) on pg 99 in TTOTC is really unfinished lines that our minds are finishing into a arrow. If you look at the drawing under a magnifying glass you can clfearly see that the lines are not forming an arrow. It’s our minds that are forming an arrow. I too had to study this drawing a lot. It;s just Forest playing another mind twister on us. He gives us the drawings and our minds end up finishing the form to something we want it to.
    Thank you Jenny
    Love this site

      1. That’s just it. This doesn’t answer anything.
        I think Forest has given out all the clues he’s going to, and this stuff is just a means to keep us all from going w-a-y off track, or keeping us safe from ourselves, or whatever the need may be.

        The “blaze” could still be many things, including a trail that winds a bit. It may not have a simple answer on what direction it faces, for this and other possible reasons.

    1. Count me amongst the guilty 23kachinas. It’s challenging to keep the right perspective because it’s a natural line of thinking that it’s all about me. Understanding another’s footsteps broadens perspective and can improve communication.

  2. Seems like he just eliminated the 4 points of the compass. So is it something in between those points? Or maybe all of them? Such as which way does a column face? Maybe it is up or down? Or maybe we are just not to the point of understanding him yet. What a steep, rocky slope.

  3. I’m thinking it may not be any of those directions. f

    Why does he say that? Because it faces UP. When you find it, if you find it, you will be looking down at it and it will be facing straight up. The rock will be the ground you are walking on by a creek that you cannot paddle up. Then look quickly down towards the creek, but don’t fall, it’s a 20 foot drop! At the bottom will be the chest. Trees fall and deteriorate and so would the blaze if on a tree. Only rock stays in place for thousands of years. Unfortunately right now the rock is covered in snow. Remember last week, “snow is the enemy of the searcher”.

  4. If the blaze doesn’t face any direction, then maybe it doesn’t have a face.. Ha ha

    A church’s bell ringer passed away. So they posted the position and a man came in with no arms wanting the job. The clergy weren’t sure he could do it, but he convinced them to let him try it.
    They climbed the bell tower and the guy ran toward the bell and hit it with his head. They gave him the job.
    The next day he went to ring the bell, tripped, bounced off the bell and fell to the sidewalk below. Two guys were walking past.
    One asked, “Do you know this guy?”
    The second guy responded, “No, but his face sure rings a bell.”

    Step on a crack break tour mothers back.

    1. East to south of what?
      Now, where does it sit in November?
      And then ask, “east and south of what” again.

      See, that would mean that the point in question moves. But since the “Home of Brown” isn’t likely to move. Sorry, but I don’t see this one working out.

  5. Thanks for another goody. This chase has me mad…the crazy kind. Trying to reverse engineer things can be a daunting task…wondering if i have all the components to plug in and just do eeeeeet! In the end though i understand, it is all about the wonderful experience. 😜 follow those damned clues precisely! Ug. Is it cold in here? Come on spring!!!

  6. Maybe the blaze “may not be any of those directions” because it’s all of those directions, like it’s round or something. I don’t believe that but it’s another option. All I know is, if it’s that hard to find, I better hit the trail with 2 flashlights, 4 sandwiches, 6 gloves and, of course, a good map to burn.

    1. She was a beautiful lady and she probably hammered out notes of a personal nature, i.e., top secret. I used to have an old Underwood, I wish I hadn’t turned it over to Goodwill. I’ve always wondered what happened to it. Now all I can do is search for that Underwood.

      I doubt someone knows “everything”. A lot of people know some things. Some people know a lot of things. Who could know everything? Anyway, the Weekly Words are always fun and I look forward to them.

    1. Hello, Mindy et al. Greetings from Brazil. That’s an interesting idea. The blaze doesn’t have a face? No face to save…or lose.

      http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/fixx/loseface.html

      With a white bright light
      That shines at night
      What have we invented?

      http://www.kilroywashere.org/004-Pages/Trinity/Trinity.html

      We all breathe in the same air
      Yet we all die for the air space

      We all lose.

      Thanks again for the weekly words, Forrest and Jenny and Foxy.

  7. I think he’s saying tired like a tire is a circle ,, you know radius center, so the blaze is in the middle of your circle then just off center is the treasure. Then again this man says lots of things, I’m not too sure people are listening or even care.

    If anyone wants to know a crowbar is where old crows go to drink!

    1. Is the Crow bar where they go to drink crow(n) & coke? Are you sure it’s not where they go to eat their crow after a bad solution? Hahaha, sorry I couldn’t resist. No one thinks I’m funny, least of all my son. So back to the chase.

        1. 3 1/2 years in the wood huh? Leave it to Forrest to out do Old Crow (the whiskey), his treasure chest has been in the wood longer than that. My stepfather always drank Old Grand-Dad 100 proof which eventually led to his demise. Seeing how mean he got when he drank that has left me with an aversion to alcohol altogether.

          Hi Jeremy, good to see you still hanging out on occasion.

  8. I love “The Secrets of San Lazaro”, one of the best I’ve read on native populations. It taught me a lot, and actually has been helpful with the chase and at home.
    The area I live was INCREDIBLY abundant with some of earliest man, I have so many questions, and honestly it is harder to find info about them than most of the tc research. I don’t think there is/ has been much exploration and/or effort put into the history here. Honestly, I wish forest could come over to tell me what I have on my own land. And EVERY WHERE I walk within 50 miles, I am GUARANTEED to spot an artifact. Truly, no joke. I think I have my very own “San Lazaro” of sorts and I feel so blessed and honored, I believe in fate, and it put me here for this reason. It truly grounds me. If I am sad, I go for a walk, and I am cured almost instantly from the “presence” of our ancestors. Absolutely mind boggling what I’ve discovered on my land the last 3 months. Ansolutely! 🙂

  9. Pure speculation here…but does this mean that someone has told fenn the exact (or almost exact) spot?

    Why would fenn or anyone take a directional reading once they’ve arrived at their final location? Once you’re there, the only direction the matters is down or up, correct? i.e. “look quickie down” “below” “can-yon down” “no paddle up” “tired and weak (down)”

    Are you at the bottom of something once you’ve arrived?

  10. Its very interesting. I ask him If I could solve the poem by translating it in my motherlanguage german but didn´t get an answer. In english there are many meanings for the word ´blaze´. It also could mean a star?? I´m thinking about it because he told us to use a flashlight?! so maybe you must wait until you can see the blaze in the nightsky?

  11. Which way does a trail face? Which way does a highway face? Which way does a railroad face? Which way does a mountain face? A runway, etc, etc. What may be a simple question has begat a simple answer. The “Blaze” probably faces UP.

    Tom Terrific
  12. i am just finding this post yes i can be slow.
    on blaze page we posted we think you travel in the canyon until you spot a mountain top just peaking up and look quickly down. i tested this idea in Palo Dura canyon and it works. think of walking in a downtown are or city with tall building u might not see a building until you curve around or get close enough. if it is a mountain if fits the clue the the blaze is movable but not feasible. unlike trees etc a mountain top will be there thousands of years

    wildbirder
  13. It doesn’t have a direction. Up….The first half of poem is solved using Google Earth which is where the blaze is facing (towards the satelite), second half is physical.
    Is the blaze one single object? In a “word” yes.

    Joshua ross

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