Dear Forrest, Had you read about other treasure hunts and their different methods used to hide treasure before deciding to write a poem? Is there a reason you chose to write a poem? ~j Thanks Jenny. I have read only about treasures that were hidden by pirates, and I …
After working on any treasure hunt for a while, it’s nice to go back to the beginning and take a fresh look at things again. I’ve done this recently with the Forrest Fenn’s treasure hunt. I’ll call the overview I did- spring cleaning of the Fenn treasure mind- since spring is …
Forrest, You said you made two trips from your car to hide the treasure. Besides walking, did you use any other methods of transportation to get back and forth between the car and the hide? Thanks, Edgar Edgar, your wording of the question prompts me to pause and wonder if …
Dear Mr. Fenn, You once wrote: “There isn’t a human trail in very close proximity to where I hid the treasure.” You also once wrote: “And in close proximity were stone projectiles and crudely made hand axes that could have been 30,000 years old.” Can you clarify for us your …
Dear Forrest, In Scrapbook 49 ( Sweet Fragrances) you talked about many different spices. In your book, The Thrill of the Chase, you mention the taste of porcupine. I was wondering…..which spice do you think would be best used on porcupine so it doesn’t taste so much like kerosene. ~ j …
The treasure of Forrest Fenn goes far beyond his hiding a chest of gold, somewhere in the Rocky Mountains, for anyone to find. Even though this excellent dare offers the challenging opportunity for a discovery of over a million dollar treasure (by the solving of his poem found within his …
The Whistle Pig is a small armchair treasure hunt book consisting of ten short stories. Within these entertaining fictional stories are clues (allusions and references) for the discovery of a hidden ‘key’ that has been in place since Groundhog’s Day, 2003. What exactly the ‘key’ is remains a mystery; and …
Dear Forrest, In your book, Teepee Smoke, you show a small image of Joseph Sharp visiting the Acoma Pueblo where it is written he liked to “just sit and look and contemplate.” Where would you say is a place you like to ‘just sit and look and contemplate’? And why? …
Dear Forrest, You collect many artifacts, and it seems they quietly impress upon you to study them and then tell their stories. Do you have a favorite story/history of an artifact?~ j . Sure I do. One such object is a “slick,” a word used here as a …
Dear Forrest, Now that the 2014 search season has ended, can you summarize the results? Ie: is anyone close to the treasure chest? Has anyone given you a solve? Thanks, puttputt. . I know of a few searchers who have been reasonably close to the treasure puttputt, but there …
