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Lost In The Woods Podcast

Treasure Hunt

Lost In The Woods Podcast

lostinthewoods

True Crime

3.9 • 582 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

in 2010 Forrest Fenn released a poem that if decoded would lead to over a million dollars in treasure that he had hidden in the woods. More than 300,000 people set out in search of the treasure but not all of them would return  support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lostinthewoodspodcast merch:  https://my-store-11745950.creator-spring.com/ our links: https://open.spotify.com/show/4yFbZbdtAtCeKAsDlnAkew?si=WecC4XCUQb2c0pjIXjSCpw https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lost-in-the-woods-podcast/id1504163212 https://www.instagram.com/lostinthewoodspodcast/ https://linktr.ee/Lostinthewoodspodcast buy us coffee: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=2323643837186048330&created=1633816408.531276&printed=1 http://paypal.me/lostinthewoodspod sources: https://thefinder.medium.com/a-remembrance-of-forrest-fenn-1be2a8646ff2 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/us/forrest-fenn-dead.html https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/exploration-survival/forrest-fenn-treasure-jack-stuef/?scope=anon https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-treasure-hunt-that-captivated-thousands-and-killed-five  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161570404/randall-bruce-bilyeu https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/2016/09/22/authorities-death-treasure-hunter-remains-mystery/90869596/  https://www.broomfieldenterprise.com/2016/08/01/family-mourns-loss-of-randy-bilyeu/ https://fennstreasure.com/fenn-treasure-poem/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenn_treasure  https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/us/forrest-fenn-death-trnd/index.html  https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a31977388/fenn-treasure-clues-deaths/  https://www.reddit.com/r/FindingFennsGold/comments/17bpubf/full_solution_for_the_location_of_forrest_fenns/  https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/forrest-fenn-treasure-hunt/8/  https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/20/587427220/search-for-buried-treasure-linked-to-illinois-man-s-death-at-yellowstone  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43136287  https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/forrest-fenn-treasure-hunt-may-have-claimed-its-third-victim-n788191  https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/foia/upload/ForrestFenn_Emails_Incidents_forWeb.pdf https://www.kulr8.com/news/final-report-yellowstone-fenn-treasure-death/article_d2bc3eba-d3f1-5ac6-bb55-965d8921fad0.html  https://www.denverpost.com/2017/06/20/colorado-pastor-found-treasure-hunt/  https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/gjsentinel/name/paris-wallace-obituary?id=14051822  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paris-wallace-dies-search-for-forrest-fenn-treasure/ https://www.fox21news.com/news/i-believe-something-sinister-happened-that-day-sister-of-eric-ashby-says-of-brothers-disappearance/  https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/co-eric-ashby-31-colorado-springs-28-june-2017.343088/page-3#post-13569550 https://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/2018/01/26/fremont-county-coroner-body-found-in-july-identified-as-eric-ashby/  https://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/2017/07/12/fremont-county-sheriffs-office-investigating-missing-person-involved-in-river-accident/ https://www.westword.com/news/eric-ashby-finally-idd-as-rafter-who-died-looking-for-forrest-fenn-treasure-9931452 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208535386/michael-wayne-sexson https://www.thedailybeast.com/georgia-bureau-of-investigation-puts-fani-willis-rumor-to-rest

Transcript

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0:00.0

One, two, three, four.

0:17.0

Hi, guys. I'm Marie.

0:19.6

Today we are going to talk about a man who took a fortune of gold and trinkets and valuables

0:27.6

and he put them into a treasure chest and left clues for people to go and find it.

0:37.2

Now, you guys know that I have a slight obsession with finding in Israel Keys bucket or a bag of money in the woods.

0:45.8

I don't think that's unreasonable, even though a lot of you have made fun of me for it.

0:51.4

And if I had heard about For Forest Fen and his buried treasure years and

0:57.4

years ago, I might have been one of the crazy explorers out there looking for it. This buried treasure,

1:06.7

I mean, technically it wasn't buried, but this treasure would drive people to extremes who would put themselves in harm's way,

1:16.5

fighting to the death and racing against time.

1:19.8

So we have come a long way from pirates sailing the seas.

1:24.5

We have GPS.

1:26.0

We have a stronger understanding of the world, along with well-designed

1:30.4

maps and technology that help us navigate in a way that they couldn't. But even though we're not

1:38.7

pirates, that draw to hunt for buried treasure still exists in us today. Now, in 2010, Forrest Fenn wrote a book

1:49.8

titled The Thrill of the Chase, which was a memoir of short stories about his life. Within the book,

1:58.0

there was a poem with clues that would lead to his buried treasure.

2:03.5

Yes, like I said, a real buried treasure that would be worth between one and two million dollars.

2:14.0

Like he literally leaves a trunk full of treasure out in the woods for people to go and find.

2:24.0

So, the poem that has the clues to the treasure reads,

2:30.0

As I have gone alone in there, and with my treasures bold, I can keep my secrets where,

2:37.6

a hint of riches new and old, begin it where warm water's halt, and take it to the canyon down,

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