An American millionaire buried treasure at the foot of a mountain and wrote a book revealing clues for everyone to find.
Millionaire Forrest Fenn. Photo: NPR
Forrest Fenn, 85-year-old millionaire, is an archaeologist who sells works of art quite successfully in the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. According to NPR, Fenn created one of the largest treasure hunts of modern times, when he claimed to have buried a treasure chest worth more than $2 million filled with gold coins, emeralds, rubies, and sapphires. , diamonds, and many other precious artifacts in the Rocky Mountains, USA.
Fenn left clues leading to the treasure’s burial place in the form of a poem in his book called “The Thrill of the Chase”, roughly translated as “The Thrill of the Chase” and some suggestions above. website dedicated to treasure hunting. 6 years since the book was published, an estimated 65,000 people have participated in the search, but no one has discovered the treasure’s location.
The clues about the treasure are quite few. The poem contains a number of cryptic suggestions such as “where the warm waters pause” and “placed beneath Brown’s house”. Fenn revealed the treasure was buried at an altitude of more than 1,500 m in the Rocky Mountains, between Santa Fe and the Canadian border. It is not located in a mine, cemetery, or construction site. The treasure is a chest measuring 25.4 cm x 25.4 cm, with a weight of about 18 kg.
According to Mother Nature Network, Fenn claims his motive is to help people be happier after the great economic crisis, helping them get off their chairs and have enjoyable moments outdoors. Fenn can afford to bury treasure, and is also a millionaire who lives comfortably.
The treasure is filled with gold coins, emeralds, rubies, sapphires, diamonds, and many other precious artifacts. Illustration photo: NPR
Many believed the treasure story was a hoax, created to help Fenn sell his memoir, but Fenn’s friends disagreed with his objections. Doug Preston, Fenn’s longtime friend, claimed to have seen the treasure chest before it was buried.
“I’m 100% confident Fenn never created a hoax. I’m sure he buried the treasure chest,” Preston said.
Treasure hunters search everywhere, from Yellowstone National Park to the Rio Grande. Meanwhile, Fenn is busy answering nearly 100 emails daily from people asking for more clues.
“No one knows where the treasure is buried but me. If I die tomorrow, the treasure location information will go into the coffin with me,” Fenn said.
