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ccl28
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sickshotbri wrote:
FYI- I just tried calling the number for this again and nothing happens. Just rings and rings...


Still up for me. Maybe they just fixed it.

PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 11:11 am
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sickshotbri
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ccl28 wrote:
sickshotbri wrote:
FYI- I just tried calling the number for this again and nothing happens. Just rings and rings...


Still up for me. Maybe they just fixed it.


thats weird - i tried today again and now it works.

forget i said anything.

anyway, it looks from your map that you don't follow the marine park name path - do you chalk that up to homage?

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ccl28
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sickshotbri wrote:
anyway, it looks from your map that you don't follow the marine park name path - do you chalk that up to homage?


The bus routes are definitely encoded in that episode. I first discovered this when I realized that the % chance to win the in the poker hands were mathematically incorrect. Then the street names are mentioned by the players or narrators when the bus routes come up. Like, Jacks in for Queens when Black Tom's bus goes from Jackson to Queens Blvd, or The Captain's bet becomes 1,000 when his bus is on Grand Ave, and Mulligan yells "Fish!" when his bus is on Calamus Ave. These things line up too perfectly to be coincidence.

Obviously, The Marine Park street names are also 100% match. However, I know they didn't make an entire episode around the Marine Park street names. That clues covers too little real estate in the episode. (Also, these don't line up with a specific character. They sort of exist on their own.)

This is one of those instances where the puzzle is inconsistent (there are a few). I don't get what they are trying to do. Maybe the gold is in Marine Park and the other clues help you draw a map to its precise location (Marine Park is huge). Maybe it's an homage. Without any additional 'clues' I don't see a way to make sense of it.

PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:49 pm
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TheHunter
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 		Just some Observations
About Ep 8
Now, I'm claiming any fact here - this is merely conjecture, but given some of the "clues" in episode 8...

Satan/Santa - this was the first tip-off for me. Aside from being one of Mulligan's typical red-letter switches, I got to thinking "What else is Santa known as?" St. Nicholas - particularly, St. Nicholas Ave., part of northern Manhattan.

I think there's some subtle acknowledgements throughout the site and the videos (as pointed out by other board members here) to Columbia University, as well as the raised 'L', 'O', 'U', and 'G' in the site banner.

I like your path ccl28 - but I think there's still more to it. I think there's something to do with Morningside Heights/southwest Harlem that we're missing, or that at least hasn't been touched upon.

PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:00 pm
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 		st nick
st nick
I agree on the santa = St Nicholas references in ep8.

I also have ep7 starting at columbus circle and walking NW up broadway.

Episode is called 'Ghost Story', so maybe the ep is referencing novels.

-Black gates of hell = Dantes park (63rd st)
-13th gun = Sherman square (Sherman founded the 13th Infantry) (70th st)
-Birds repetition of Treason, similar to Nevermore in 'The Raven' = Edger Allen Poe st (W 84th st)




But i dont know why we are back here, are eps out of order or does the path loop back around

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 		Clues
I think overall we have to follow Mulligan's path. If you rewatch the videos and ignore everything but Mulligan i think it becomes clear that he knows where the treasure is all along.

A few major ones i saw:

In comic book episode black tom says something about their different paths and how they must catch up to mulligan

Parrot calls him a traitor

He gets nervous around Crothers ghost and leaves before Crothers says what he has to say about Mulligan because he fears Crothers will reveal that he knew the whole time where it was.

Also the Captain's footprint is certainly without a doubt Brooklyn Bridge Park. Look at it on google maps. Exact replica and I've seen the creators hanging out there. Can't seem to find anything there though and it seems unlikely they would have given away the location in the first episode

Anyway wanting to discuss privately or teamup email me at tower1210SPLATaol.com

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ccl28
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 		Re: Clues
Capn's Foot wrote:
Also the Captain's footprint is certainly without a doubt Brooklyn Bridge Park. Look at it on google maps. Exact replica


Can you elaborate on this? The Captain's shoe is in the shape of the park? I don't get what you're saying.

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TheHunter
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 		Re: Clues
Capn's Foot wrote:
I think overall we have to follow Mulligan's path. If you rewatch the videos and ignore everything but Mulligan i think it becomes clear that he knows where the treasure is all along.

A few major ones i saw:

In comic book episode black tom says something about their different paths and how they must catch up to mulligan

Parrot calls him a traitor

He gets nervous around Crothers ghost and leaves before Crothers says what he has to say about Mulligan because he fears Crothers will reveal that he knew the whole time where it was.

Also the Captain's footprint is certainly without a doubt Brooklyn Bridge Park. Look at it on google maps. Exact replica and I've seen the creators hanging out there. Can't seem to find anything there though and it seems unlikely they would have given away the location in the first episode

Anyway wanting to discuss privately or teamup email me at tower1210SPLATaol.com


Okay...

Black Tom does not reference Mulligan directly in the comic book - granted, he's talking TO Mulligan, but it could be 'you' as in 'Mulligan & Crothers', considering Tom and the Cap'n arrived together. His quote is "To catch up to you is destiny when our paths were meant to be one." Interpretable, but different.

The Parrot doesn't call him a traitor - he shouts 'Treason' over and over, as pointed out above already. Interpretable, yes, but none-the-less different.

Mulligan is scared and guilty because -he- shot Crothers, and thinks the ghost will take it's revenge on him. STILL interpretable, I'll give you that.

And - like ccl28 - I don't see what you're talking about with Brooklyn Bridge Park...I can't see a foot in there to save my life. I just don't see it, or see how the whole shebozzle leads there...

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Go to google earth or google maps and look at the lawn right next to the Manhattan Bridge. Will be on the left of the bridge on the Brooklyn side. It is exactly the same as the shoeprint. On google maps it is marked "Brooklyn Bridge Park - Maine Street"

Don't know how it plays in but it's definitely something.

Do you guys have a location for Mulligan and if so how far?

After Larry King I have him on the B line. From there I think he gets on a bus and I think I know what bus it is but from there I get lost . Anyone else get further?

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 		Oh
Oh and there's also a pirate ship playground right below the lawn I'm talking about. Coincidence? You decide.

Like I said, CCL email me at tower1210SPLATaol.com.

I'd like to collaborate with you.

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TheHunter
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 		Ahhh!
NOW I see what you're talking about Foot - wonderful observation, sir! See, just plugging in Brooklyn Bridge Park, it defaults to another park shortly away from that. But good find, no less!

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ccl28
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 		The pirate ship in the park has been brought up before. Not sure if they explicitly said it was the one under Manhattan Bridge or not. I would imagine that area has been searched many times. I recall that somebody was questioning if the ship had been built by Nov. 2009 (don't remember if anyone figured out when it was built).

Perhaps it is time to start a 'searched' thread. This way we can keep track of the areas that have been checked.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:57 am
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FanoftheMonkey
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 		I dug.
I searched the Beach area at Pelham Bay Park because of the ship in the playground and you could see docks from Google Earth but not when your actually on the Beach. The Leonard Sholz gravestone in the comic book lead me there. I actually dug, I couldn't resist, there was a huge mound of sand with a big rock on top of it. I also searched around the Sholz "Winged Victory" statue.

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carcar
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 		searched brooklyn bridge park
I searched BK bridge park long ago, starting with the ship. There are plenty of references that fit, but also many more that do not. For instance, there's no crow's nest to walk away from, and nowhere to dig at a 250 foot distance in any direction from the ship. I think we are missing something.

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ccl28
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 		I searched (didn't dig) in Marine Park. I thought the birdie could be the rc planes (they have a "runway" in SE Marine Park where they fly them) and the 250ft from home being home plate at the nearby baseball diamond. I did pick up a few ticks, but I didn't find any markings to suggest there might be a treasure buried. It is a great spot to bury the chest without anyone seeing you, but I'm not sure how they would possibly keep track if anyone found it.

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