Hey, I read some recent threads and saw people were talking about my website FennChest.com. Cary has been talking about it (lol), and I wanted to clarify that my opinion differs from his in some important ways. He doesn't seem to tolerate other solutions, but I think it's reasonable to have differing opinions. We've hardly been given any official info, and much of the info that we have is through a game of telephone and often still requires people to do their own interpretation - lots of variables.
In my opinion, we got some good evidence from the McCracken court case with Stuef's find photos emailed to Fenn and Jack's emails to Fenn. I also submitted a few FOIAs to the Department of the Interior to get some original info on topics of Fenn, the details of Sarah Davis' schedule, and the Nine Mile Hole discussions. When we got all that info, I was in the Finding Fenn;s Gold Discord, but a lot of that info just got posted to the chat and then lost as it scrolled out of the timeline. I thought it would be a good idea to put up a site with a collection of what I thought were good pieces of evidence of where the chest was found.
The stuff on the site is all "in my opinion," and it's ok if you disagree with it. I'm not one to discount other theories. For example, I think Jack's emails and Reddit posts make it pretty clear that he found the chest in the Fall of 2019, and I think he used a metal detector. Also, it's quite strange that Jack was pushing *hard* for a meeting with Fenn in mid-August 2019; then, from what it looks like to me, he found it right afterward. He had told Fenn in an email that he had done 22 search days, then adding June 5 and 6, which makes 24 -- Jack says he searched 25 -- so did he really find it on the immediate next search day after his potential meeting with Fenn?! Also, to me, the find photos look like they were taken at early dawn, making it even weirder. Did he go out in late August or September and find it immediately, that first day of searching, at daybreak? Something seems weird about that. Also, I'm still suspicious of the location auction site (forrestfenntreasure.com), but I can't find any definitive evidence one way or the other on that. I haven't added any of these kinds of things to the site because it all requires interpretation and I think most people would have differing opinions.
With this website, I'm trying to restrict the content to things that don't require any interpretation. For example, I don't want to go into what the hints were or what the scrapbooks meant - because no one ever agrees on that stuff. I wanted to keep the content restricted to things I think are *closest* to straight facts. I also wanted to avoid putting any original Fenn content on the site to make it more immune from takedown requests - though I think everything on it is clearly covered under fair use anyway.
I can understand how you can disagree with my judgments on the site. And I welcome you to email me if you think I should change or add anything ([email protected]). Really, let me know. I tweak the wording and add new stuff periodically.
I think the fact that the family, Stuef, and even the National Park Service haven't said anything is pretty ridiculous. My FOIA to the NPS about Fenn stuff was nearly completely redacted. I submitted a FOIA request to the FBI for Fenn's file and they gave me an estimated date of completion July 2025! Ugh!
Anyway, I understand why many of your guys have other ideas about where the chest was - this one is just the best *I* can come up with.
I haven't posted to THOR in quite a while, but if you want to read more about my search, some journalist recently talked to me and wrote it into an article for Popular Mechanics. https://www.popularmechanics.com/adv...treasure-hunt/ There's no new info in there, but it tells the story of where I was searching in 2018 (Yellowstone) and 2020 (New Mexico). Kind of fun.
Also, if you have a different explanation for the current state of everything, I recommend creating a website - I felt good for me to get all those ideas down "on paper". I used Google Sites, and it was pretty easy. https://sites.google.com/
In my opinion, we got some good evidence from the McCracken court case with Stuef's find photos emailed to Fenn and Jack's emails to Fenn. I also submitted a few FOIAs to the Department of the Interior to get some original info on topics of Fenn, the details of Sarah Davis' schedule, and the Nine Mile Hole discussions. When we got all that info, I was in the Finding Fenn;s Gold Discord, but a lot of that info just got posted to the chat and then lost as it scrolled out of the timeline. I thought it would be a good idea to put up a site with a collection of what I thought were good pieces of evidence of where the chest was found.
The stuff on the site is all "in my opinion," and it's ok if you disagree with it. I'm not one to discount other theories. For example, I think Jack's emails and Reddit posts make it pretty clear that he found the chest in the Fall of 2019, and I think he used a metal detector. Also, it's quite strange that Jack was pushing *hard* for a meeting with Fenn in mid-August 2019; then, from what it looks like to me, he found it right afterward. He had told Fenn in an email that he had done 22 search days, then adding June 5 and 6, which makes 24 -- Jack says he searched 25 -- so did he really find it on the immediate next search day after his potential meeting with Fenn?! Also, to me, the find photos look like they were taken at early dawn, making it even weirder. Did he go out in late August or September and find it immediately, that first day of searching, at daybreak? Something seems weird about that. Also, I'm still suspicious of the location auction site (forrestfenntreasure.com), but I can't find any definitive evidence one way or the other on that. I haven't added any of these kinds of things to the site because it all requires interpretation and I think most people would have differing opinions.
With this website, I'm trying to restrict the content to things that don't require any interpretation. For example, I don't want to go into what the hints were or what the scrapbooks meant - because no one ever agrees on that stuff. I wanted to keep the content restricted to things I think are *closest* to straight facts. I also wanted to avoid putting any original Fenn content on the site to make it more immune from takedown requests - though I think everything on it is clearly covered under fair use anyway.
I can understand how you can disagree with my judgments on the site. And I welcome you to email me if you think I should change or add anything ([email protected]). Really, let me know. I tweak the wording and add new stuff periodically.
I think the fact that the family, Stuef, and even the National Park Service haven't said anything is pretty ridiculous. My FOIA to the NPS about Fenn stuff was nearly completely redacted. I submitted a FOIA request to the FBI for Fenn's file and they gave me an estimated date of completion July 2025! Ugh!
Anyway, I understand why many of your guys have other ideas about where the chest was - this one is just the best *I* can come up with.
I haven't posted to THOR in quite a while, but if you want to read more about my search, some journalist recently talked to me and wrote it into an article for Popular Mechanics. https://www.popularmechanics.com/adv...treasure-hunt/ There's no new info in there, but it tells the story of where I was searching in 2018 (Yellowstone) and 2020 (New Mexico). Kind of fun.
Also, if you have a different explanation for the current state of everything, I recommend creating a website - I felt good for me to get all those ideas down "on paper". I used Google Sites, and it was pretty easy. https://sites.google.com/
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