Highlights of the Australia May 2019 Interview with Forrest Fenn: Special Place, Isolated Location, and Spot in the Sun

The off season of the Thrill of the Chase offers many of us searchers the chance to go over our solutions for where we think Forrest Fenn’s Treasure Chest is hidden.  We can review what Forrest is known to have said against our own thoughts.  Does anything contradict where we are looking?  Does anything support it?

I decided to do that with the Australia May 2019 interview.  Here are the highlights of what Forrest has said with some brief commentary (of which I will further elaborate in coming weeks):

• Q) Has the location you have chosen for the treasure always had a special meaning to you, or did it become a special place later in life?

Forrest’s A) Well Andy, “always” is a long time. I will just say that where I hid the treasure is a very special place to me and I really don’t want to elaborate on that.

My Commentary: There are times he has provided additional information on ‘his special place’. What’s interesting here is how he questions the use of the word ‘always’. Is it because the location became special to him in his later years, and not during his summers in Yellowstone or when he was a young boy, like many searchers have considered?

• Q)Is a four-wheel drive vehicle required to reach the starting location?

Forrest’s A) Is a four-wheel drive needed to get to the location? Well, I…I don’t need a four-wheel drive to get out of my garage, but I really don’t want to answer a question like that because it gives too many hints or clues.

My Commentary: Interesting. What hints or clues could he give by saying? Especially since he already answered a Question about what he drove there previously: https://mysteriouswritings.com/featured-question-and-weekly-words-from-forrest-hiding-the-treasure/

• Q)What would you like to happen if the treasure remains unfound?

Forrest’s A)I think somebody’s going to find the treasure – I don’t know when, but, if nobody ever finds it, you know as the decades go on, why eventually somebody’s going to find that treasure.

My Commentary: In MW’s 2020 Questions, he mentions it will only be a matter of time. If this suggests, soon (and it might not), and since this interview was conducted in May, maybe the summer search season proved someone is close?

• Q) Are you inspired by the community that your treasure hunt has created?

Forrest’s A) Well…inspired is not the right word…….I feel very good and I’m pleased with the number of people who have gone into the Rocky Mountains looking for the treasure. It was one of my goals and I’m very pleased that’s happened.

My Commentary: Again, in the past he’s offered more on how he feels about the Chase he has provided. I’ll go into this more in coming weeks.

• Q) Are there any sign of civilization or man-made objects in the area where the chest is hidden?

Forrest’s A) Well, I don’t know what you mean by in the area. An area could be a hundred miles. Uh…the place where that treasure chest is hidden is in an isolated area.    (after some thought) What does isolated mean?

My Commentary: His questioning of isolated, along with searchers being within 200 feet and only taking one afternoon to hide the treasure chest, seem to suggest it is not ‘way out there’ but just in a unique place. Plus, since he wanted his bones/body to rest here as well, it has to be ‘isolated’. But how might it be isolated? More on this to come as well.

• Q) Can the sun shine on the treasure’s location for the majority of the day?

Forrest’s A) The location where the treasure is hidden is in the sun a good part of the day – yeah. (but the chest is not)

My Commentary: First thoughts are that the location is not in a dense forest or deep down in a canyon. It makes me imagine a nice ‘hidden meadow’, but yet the chest is secreted well- unable to be readily seen by any one merely walking by. Again…more to come.

• Q) What inspires you to keep the treasure hidden after all these years?

Forrest’s A): As opposed to going back to get it? Is that what he’s trying to say.   Well, when I hid the treasure I had no intention of going back and getting it. I mean, it’s where I left it…it’s going to be there for a long time until somebody finds it. I hope somebody finds it.

My Commentary: He ‘hopes’ someone finds it and uses the words, ‘long time’. Seems to contradict the previous question. There are a few things in the past that seem to contradict each other. A great topic for further elaboration. Might there be some hints in these anomalies. 🙂

• Q) When was the last time you checked on it?

Forrest’s A) The last time I checked on the treasure’s location is when I hid it there; I have never been back to that spot.

My Commentary: So how does he know it is still there? He recently said that there will be a way even when he passes. This needs thought about more too! Seems we are going to have quite a lot to do in this off season..lol…

• Q) Is the chest hidden in a very isolated location?

Forrest’s A) The treasure is hidden where a person would not normally go. Uh, I guess you could call that an isolated location – yeah.

My Commentary: Does this just mean off a trail? We already knew he didn’t like to take to ‘trails’. Forrest has mentioned that in the past- so does this suggest something more or different? Where do people not normally go?

End. Source: Interview with Forrest Fenn

I’ll be going over different quotes, along with these, in the weeks to come and offer more commentary.  I’m not sure the interview offered up anything to contradict where I am currently searching.  However, maybe with some quotes from the past, they will offer up some more support, or maybe as we delve into all things more, something will arise- like the aha moment! Lots of fun ahead!

Stay tuned!

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