World's Biggest Treasure Hunt

Mysteries of Science

Fun Kids

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.6 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Today, we're going on one of the biggest treasure hunts in history. There's something very special about this treasure hunt though.

It was created by Forrest Fenn – an art dealer and author in the US – and unlike the treasure hunts you might read of in books or see in movies, he was very much alive and giving out clues.

No pirates here... Just a stash of goodies worth thousands of dollars.

It's the last episode of Mysteries of Science but don't worry, we'll be back with a new season very soon.

Until then... Stay curious.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to this, the finale of our first season of Mysteries of Science.
0:07.1	My name's Dan and I'm the editor of Science and Nature, the monthly magazine from the team
0:12.5	behind the week junior. And I'm Curin, the features editor. So far this series, our first
0:18.7	series of mysteries of science, we've investigated Bigfoot. We've looked
0:23.2	into the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, the missing aviator. We've checked out the Loch Ness
0:28.6	monster and the peculiar placebo effect and five other intriguing mysteries. But today we're going to do
0:37.1	things a little bit differently, I think,
0:39.0	and turn our attention to a quirky tale of treasure that has more twists in it than a helter-skelter.
0:45.3	Yes, come along with us and thousands of other people and join in with the world's biggest
0:51.3	treasure hunt. This has everything you'd expect.
0:55.4	Clues hidden in an overly complicated poem, Dan?
0:58.7	Check.
0:59.4	Okay, millions and millions of dollars worth of treasure.
1:03.2	Oh, check.
1:04.1	How about a trove hidden somewhere in a vast mountain range?
1:08.7	Check.
1:09.3	And please tell me, we've got an eccentric millionaire who's running the whole thing.
1:14.2	You've got it.
1:15.1	Oh, this is going to be good.
1:16.8	Our guides for this treacherous trail include the journalist who's been following the story more closely than anyone else.
1:25.8	One of our favourite writers, plus a real-life explorer and adventurer
1:30.3	who can tell you how to go on your own treasure hunt. Ready? Let's do it. This is Mysteries of
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