The Claim
A wealthy art dealer hid a million dollars worth of treasure in the rocky mountains.
Forrest Fenn served most of his life in the United states air force were he flew 328 missions, but on leaving the service he fell into the unlikely career of art dealing. He turned out to be very good at this and accumulated a size-able bank account, trading fine art and even openly selling fakes, but whatever he did it worked as that’s where the treasure originates from.
He was diagnosed with cancer and didn’t expect to survive, so when he was ill he came up with idea to bury some of his wealth as “treasure” to become his legacy. However after survived the illness he decided to leave his treasure in the ground for someone else to find, but didn’t want to make it easy.
Since no one would find the treasure on their own he left 9 clues for people to figure out which would lead to the treasures location. Apparently it contains gold nuggets, rare coins, jewelry and various gems, not to mention a copy of his autobiography.
Here is a poem from one of his books that include the 9 clues:
As I have gone alone in there
And with my treasures bold,
I can keep my secret where,
And hint of riches new and old.
Begin it where warm waters halt
And take it in the canyon down,
Not far, but too far to walk.
Put in below the home of Brown.
From there it’s no place for the meek,
The end is drawing ever nigh;
There’ll be no paddle up your creek,
Just heavy loads and water high.
If you’ve been wise and found the blaze,
Look quickly down, your quest to cease
But tarry scant with marvel gaze,
Just take the chest and go in peace.
So why is it that I must go
And leave my trove for all to seek?
The answers I already know
I’ve done it tired, and now I’m weak
So hear me all and listen good,
Your effort will be worth the cold.
If you are brave and in the wood
I give you title to the gold.
Happy hunting!
As for where the 9 clues in the poem are exactly, he’s leaving that to everyone to figure out. There have been some additional hints he’s mentioned over the years, which include:
Its above 5000 feet in elevation
its in the rocky mountains
its not at the top of a mountain or in a cemetery
Its not associated with any type of structure
it is wet
Its over 8.25 miles north of Santa Fe, New Mexico
It is below 10,200 feet in elevation
So far no one has found a trace of it, but since it was buried in 2010 Fenn has said he’s visited the site several times and found that many people have come within 500 feet of it, but only a handful have been closer than 200 feet.
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