Becoming Forrest Fenn

[RahRah]

This is going to be my thread to drop a lot of stuff I've gathered over the years. I am pressed for time, but want to have the thread started so I can work with it once the auction is over later today.

[RahRah]

“Two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead.”
– f

[starwheel]

“Two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead.”
– f

RahRah Also a Benjamin Franklin quote used incorrectly. Should be: "Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead"

[jan_v60]

“Two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead.”
– f

Twins?

[Sarah Seedling]

This is going to be my thread to drop a lot of stuff I've gathered over the years. I am pressed for time, but want to have the thread started so I can work with it once the auction is over later today.

Not today I’m busy

[Suzy]

This is going to be my thread to drop a lot of stuff I've gathered over the years. I am pressed for time, but want to have the thread started so I can work with it once the auction is over later today.

The auction is gonna be over later today? Wow! There must have been a notoriously high bidder!
I wonder if it was the same person beating out everyone else?

Nothing implied. Move on as if this post doesn't exist.

[Suzy]

RahRah Also a Benjamin Franklin quote used incorrectly. Should be: "Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead"

Is Mr. Franklin's quote correct yet?

[RahRah]

The auction is gonna be over later today? Wow! There must have been a notoriously high bidder!
I wonder if it was the same person beating out everyone else?

Nothing implied. Move on as if this post doesn't exist.

Nothing nefarious, just busy today, but I've been meaning to start this thread and the auction today reminded me to do it, so I did.

[RahRah]

Is Mr. Franklin's quote correct yet?

I believe Fenn's use of the quote incorrectly is supposed to take us to the Ben Franklin quote.

Ben Franklin for a variety of reasons - that he wrote under his own name, but also wrote under a pseudonym; that he was a diplomat and Ambassador to France; as tensions mounted between the American Colonies and England, Franklin was branded a "true incendiary" and the "prime conductor" in the agitation against the British government; the list is long of why Ben Franklin.

[Suzy]

I believe Fenn's use of the quote incorrectly is supposed to take us to the Ben Franklin quote.

Ben Franklin for a variety of reasons - that he wrote under his own name, but also wrote under a pseudonym; that he was a diplomat and Ambassador to France; as tensions mounted between the American Colonies and England, Franklin was branded a "true incendiary" and the "prime conductor" in the agitation against the British government; the list is long of why Ben Franklin.

I'd say Ben Franklin is short considering his name, along with the wulf by his side. Especially considering the quote.

[Not4but242Walk]

His movie is out:

[Hear me all]

If one were to take f's quote "two can keep a secret of one of them is dead,: and start chasing after Ben Franklin looking for help that is specialized knowledge. Zero special knowledge needed to solve the poem. Sure you could research millions of things, learn some interesting bits, but they were utterly useless for solving the poem or finding the treasure.

The quote was one of hundreds of ways that f hinted to the exact spot where he hid the treasure. The (2) sits on top of the dead ringer horseshoe. For those that aren't aware, horseshoes is a game where you throw oversize horseshoes at stakes. If you ring the stake it's called a dead ringer and worth several points. It used to be played at Sunday afternoon picnics more often when times were slower and socializing was more common. It is a game played most generally by men because it requires strength, coordination and self control. Women were at a disadvantage in understanding all the horseshoe hints f provided but he certainly talked about shoes often enough that women should have picked up on those hints since they own more shoes than they need in three lifetimes.

[RahRah]

If one were to take f's quote "two can keep a secret of one of them is dead,: and start chasing after Ben Franklin looking for help that is specialized knowledge. Zero special knowledge needed to solve the poem. Sure you could research millions of things, learn some interesting bits, but they were utterly useless for solving the poem or finding the treasure.

There is no specialized knowledge to be gained looking up Ben Franklin. But looking the quote up is helpful in working out the answers to the clues.

[RahRah]

I'm going to drop these here...

April 2013 with Santa Fe dot com:

April 2013 with Lorene Mills on Report from Santa Fe:

[trueyeti]

If one were to take f's quote "two can keep a secret of one of them is dead,: and start chasing after Ben Franklin looking for help that is specialized knowledge. Zero special knowledge needed to solve the poem. Sure you could research millions of things, learn some interesting bits, but they were utterly useless for solving the poem or finding the treasure.

The quote was one of hundreds of ways that f hinted to the exact spot where he hid the treasure. The (2) sits on top of the dead ringer horseshoe. For those that aren't aware, horseshoes is a game where you throw oversize horseshoes at stakes. If you ring the stake it's called a dead ringer and worth several points. It used to be played at Sunday afternoon picnics more often when times were slower and socializing was more common. It is a game played most generally by men because it requires strength, coordination and self control. Women were at a disadvantage in understanding all the horseshoe hints f provided but he certainly talked about shoes often enough that women should have picked up on those hints since they own more shoes than they need in three lifetimes.

Hey Hear,
The Riddler uses riddles and tricks in sentences and words. Word tricks can do a variety of things. Up can mean down, quickly can mean slowly, hear can mean see.

"No specialized knowledge" can mean scrutinized interrogation of the available data given. That means that any joker off of the street will not have a clue as to where the poem leads and that an investment of time, money, and effort will be required to solve the trick.

If I am planning for a BOTG camping trip to a place I've never been to before and the poem led me there.....I may purchase a GPS/Garmin and download the software and plan my waypoints and route before I leave home. If I've never worked with GPS before...then the new knowledge that I get from doing the Garmin thing....is specialized knowledge.

To what extent does "solving the poem" require "specialized knowledge?" Reading this sentence is the result of acquiring "specialized knowledge" because you had to go to school and learn your "abc's." "Specialized knowledge" is a relative phrase that is scalable to just what the figurative meaning of it is....and that is the way of the trickster and the riddler. Often....humans will get "caught up" with the literal meaning of a phrase.....or a sentence, or a.....whatever. Indecision is the key to flexibility...so no need to "get your panties in a bunch" in responding angrily to my comment....otherwise you may risk demonstrating your own "inflexibility." And that would show your lack of imagination too. Can we searchers risk even taking a word of Forrest's at "face value?" What's in a word? We all know that the word "treasures" is in the poem. Ever hear of the word Tressure(s)? Check out the Wikipedia link below. Cheers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orle_(...re,-%5Bedit%5D