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VelociraptorPancakes
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Re: anagram
I etta the ice cream ---> cache item tied tree

Tim Strong wrote:

VelociraptorPancakes wrote:

tammyrichards43 wrote:

Spaniard wrote:

UDbmas,

I vaguely recall that "I etta the ice cream" anagrammed to
"cache item tied tree"

So if I were in New York City, or if it didn't cost a measurable part of $10,000 just to rent a place to stay there for a night, I might go there and first try to look for a manila folder tied to a tree in the low weeds.

Personally, I would start at the Turtle Pond.

I think you mean "I etted the ice cream" not etta, you need the d for the anagram - not two A's.

I heard it as "iced cream"?

Aren't they referring to the Dairy in Central Park?

They are referring to the Dairy. We were wondering if the "I eted the iced cream" quote might also be anagrammed into a second meaning Smile

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:04 pm

SpyGuySailor
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Re: View
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thejoeman wrote:

anyone else notice how much all of the videos view counts have jumped?.

I have been seeing alot more blogs on this...

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:05 pm

Spaniard
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comments on list of highlighted clues
with emphasis on highest point

Someone highlighted these clues:

Episode 1:
1) First had the gold in central park (self explanatory)
2) His Morse code (somebody said "Wallach Walk")
3) Finger trap (no clue)

Comment: Note that someone pointed out that it might meant go inside. To escape such a trap, you go in.

4) "Pentral Cark" (probably tells to use anagrams later)
5) Windowsill vs. windowsele (hmmmmmmm)
6) "Belly Jeans" (another anagram reminder?)
7) Hightest point in the ship

Comment: The highest point in Central Park is the turret in Belvedere Castle. It is on vista rock (the second highest). But the turret is an additional 137 feet up.

Episode 2:
1) Raising the flag (looks a lot like the ball fields in central park)

Comment: Note that the architects intended the flag above the castle to be the means by which people knew how to find it. (You see it from where you start).

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:07 pm

tammyrichards43
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VelociraptorPancakes wrote:

SpyGuySailor wrote:

VelociraptorPancakes wrote:

UDbmas wrote:

VelociraptorPancakes wrote:

I've been playing with the idea that it's a letter replacement puzzle, with the cues coming from Mulligan. Like, Pentral Carp would mean that from Central Park, the C->P, P->C, K->P to solve whatever the key word is. Does that make sense?

For windowsele, that's killing me. It anagrams into "in low weeds". Maybe Mulligan spouts anagrams in his weird outbursts, and combining the anagrams will lead to the treasure?

You missed something I thought important:

Quote:

Captain: There ain't nothing sneaky about switching the "C" with the "P".

Mulligan: But you see what I did with the "C"...

"C" sound goes from S to K

I'm confused. When he says "C", that sound is the hard "K" sound?

when he says Carp/cark. from pentral Cark...the C makes a K sound

Interesting! What do you think that means?

I think it could mean this: Pentral Carp. Change C and P (switch) and then switch word (park) backwards (carp). It also has 2 P's as in "I have to (2) P(ee)" as Mulligan says. If I remember right the Cap'n also calls Mulligan something PooP, notice the two P's placement again. I don't know if that is a coincidence or not. Also the word haPPy.

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:09 pm

nycmich
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Hi everyone:

I have enjoyed reading and getting tips as we went along here.

Thank you for sharing.

I hope someone worthy finds it but I am feeling like this may have been part of a publicity stunt and am feeling down about it. I know how hard some of you have worked at it, I personally have been lost since Episode 3.

I highly doubt it is buried here and if they did get it in the ground without anyone catching them, than good for them.

This could not possibly be any more of a worse time to do this hunt as Obama and the General Assembly are meeting here in NYC this week.

Good luck to you all and Spaniard, you cannot go to the Turet at Belvedere and the closest you can get to Turtle pond is across from the castle. There is not a cannon there.

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:10 pm

Spaniard
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Belvedere Castle
turret

Thanks for the info about the turret. I understand you to mean you can't go up there generally? (Or is that just because of the President's visit). I thought I saw photographs on flicker of the baseball fields below). And I thought you could go fishing at Turtle Pond. If anyone can email digital photos of the interior it would be much appreciated. I could upload a blurb.com book with everyone's pictures of the vicinity -- and grab dozens from Panoramio/Google Earth.

Here is some general background on Belvedere Castle. Note Mulligan's emphasis of the word "beautiful" and "safe". They were odd references -- then the lightening fit, I thought nicely, with its use as a weather observation station. What is going on with the concept of clocks/time?

I am confident the search is legit. Otherwise there career would be ruined. And they have way too much talent to do anything other than have their careers take off.

Belvedere Castle in New York City's Central Park

by Emma Jones
click images to enlarge

Central Park's Belvedere Castle overlooks Turtle Pond, Delacorte Theater and the Great Lawn. The Swedish Cottage and Shakespeare Garden are nearby.
Central Park might be the last place you would expect to see a castle but that is exactly what you will find at 79th street. Belvedere Castle sits high above the city on Vista Rock, the second highest natural point in Central Park.

Belvedere Castle was originally constructed as a Victorian Folly or fantasy building consisting of just a shell with open window frames and doorways.

Today the castle is home to the Henry Luce Nature Observatory a haven for naturalists run by the Central Park Conservancy�a private not-for-profit organization that manages Central Park under contract with the City of New York/Parks & Recreation.

Belvedere Castle is a great place for children to learn about nature�discovery kits can be borrowed which include binoculars and maps for exploring Central Park.

A good place to start exploring is with Turtle Pond which Belvedere castle looks down on.

A complete renovation to the pond in 1997 added Turtle Island and shoreline plants to provide habitat for birds, insects and reptiles. Turtle Pond is home to a variety of wildlife in addition to several species of turtles.
The Great Lawn is just next door�on the other side of Turtle Pond from Belvedere Castle. One hundred and fifty years ago the Great Lawn was a reservoir, which preceded the castle, forcing Olmsted and Vaux to design around it. Having been filled in it is now one of the most famous lawns in the world and is popular with sports players and sunbathers from across the city. The Great Lawn is also the site of many concerts in Central Park throughout the summer.

Another neighbor of Belvedere Castle to visit is the Delacorte Theater. The theater stages a number of plays in the summer months including the park's Shakespeare festival all are free to the public. [Question: Does Gorilla Rep play at the Delacorte?]

If you entered Central Park from the west side [that would be past Morse statue, right?] you will most likely pass the Swedish Cottage and Shakespeare Garden on your way to Belvedere Castle .Finally, if you have ever heard the phrase 'the temperature in Central Park is�' then you have been receiving readings directly form Belvedere castle as it has been a data collection point for the U.S. Weather bureau since 1919."

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:23 pm

VelociraptorPancakes
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Water bottle And Clock

It might just be an accident, but a water bottle appears in the background at 7:00 in the final video. Or maybe it's intentional?

At 9:35, the clock in the captain's room says 11:55. Maybe a reference to the N/NW from the compass hidden under the poker table felt?

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:25 pm

tammyrichards43
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I just thought of something funny

When the parrot hits the wooden door and it opens it reminds me of hatching an egg as the name for the door the parrot comes through is literally the "hatch". He hits it 4 times before it opens. The Captain makes a note of this when he says "and that be 4 ?" (knocks).

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:31 pm

VelociraptorPancakes
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Re: I just thought of something funny

tammyrichards43 wrote:

He hits it 4 times before it opens. The Captain makes a note of this when he says "and that be 4 ?" (knocks).

The whole series is obsessed with 4, and counting to 4. I'm mystified about it.

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:33 pm

jrc
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Morris Code

I have always wondered about what they were calling it in the first video. There are several levels. The actual code of course is "Start at Wallach Walk". Then there is the statue of Morse at Inventors' Gate. But there is also a statue of Morris, Richard Morris Hunt, architect, south of the Morse statue, between 70th and 71st on the east edge of the park. Actually a bust, not a full statue. I wonder if the memorial has any interesting text.

I was sure there were dots and dashes in some of the headstones in episode 6, but they do not seem to translate into anything.

It looks as if this hunt may turn out not to be a sprint after all, as it seemed everyone was thinking it would be.

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:34 pm

Spaniard
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the American Dream - Born to Run (not a clue)
remember, in the end, nobody wins unless everyoen wins

Born to Run - not intended as a clue, just as inspiration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxuThNgl3YA&ob=av2e

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:35 pm

VelociraptorPancakes
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Crothers = Tutty?

Crothers gradually becomes Tutty. He loses all the body parts and then becomes a parrot. What does this mean? Is it a Pinocchio-type story?

The picture of Tutty disappears abruptly between "Tutty were the treasure I were truly missing" and "In a way.." at 10:48.

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:40 pm

CatsMeow
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Re: Crothers = Tutty?

VelociraptorPancakes wrote:

I had similar thoughts.. don't know what to make of it yet though... Confused

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:45 pm

VelociraptorPancakes
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Re: Crothers = Tutty?

CatsMeow wrote:

VelociraptorPancakes wrote:

I had similar thoughts.. don't know what to make of it yet though... Confused

I was hoping to have a moment like the end of the Sixth Sense, where suddenly I'd realize Crothers had been Tutty the whole time... But nope, no big revelation yet.

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:47 pm

jrc
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Re: I just thought of something funny

VelociraptorPancakes wrote:

tammyrichards43 wrote:

He hits it 4 times before it opens. The Captain makes a note of this when he says "and that be 4 ?" (knocks).

The whole series is obsessed with 4, and counting to 4. I'm mystified about it.

Seems like sort of a Sesame Street homage, doesn't it?

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:48 pm

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