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[Tresbien]

It doesn't look to me like the arrow looking thing was drawn in but rather it might have moved slightly in the wind or it was just the camera movement.

I was thinking it might be useful to start a thread of our burning questions. What do you all think? If the PMs are open to answering questions, would you please let us know? Thanks!

[maskit]

[A Pirate]

Arrow

[captain12fingers]

SEAGULLS!!!

[maskit]

captain12fingers,

You have misunderstood the original reference. The thing that appears to be a white arrow is near the bottom of the gazebo. No one said this arrow was a bird. It's really hard to tell what it is. It's true, the person may be just holding something white.

[sickshot]

with all due respect to everyone coming out of the woodwork sharing their ideas here now that its over - these ideas are how this forum got so off track in the first place.

obviously I can't say for certain until the creators give us their solution, but I'd bet any amount of money that the arrow being discussed has absolutely nothing to do with the hunt. I cannot tell what it is, but it is the sort of grasping and reaching that perpetuated the boards when the hunt was going on. It makes me laugh only because we now know the final answer and still have big reaches like this.

With all the witty references, word play and in-depth research involved in things like Cybele's Shepherd, do we really think that the crucial clue is a hastily drawn arrow (assuming that its not just something resembling an arrow in the picture like clothes or an arm) in an advertisement vid (not an actual episode)?

By all means it is fun to say "this was the idea I had, but I was wrong" or "wouldn't it have been cool if this is the clue they'd have used", but to actually discuss the merits of this "arrow" seems like a dog chasing its tail again. Can we all agree that it should be filed in the "I got hung up on this non-obvious red-herring that would have been a major let-down if it was an actual clue" file?

(I like quotation marks)

[Badger]

Obsessions are part of the game

[Reality]

Gazeebo

[A Pirate]

Its not photoshopped.

The 'We Lost Our Gold' website was registered in 2005, so this hunt has been a long time in development. Anything could have changed in that area in that time, especially considering Coneys fortunes.

Checking google maps right now even has the boardwalk with the gazebos undergoing complete renovations.

[captain12fingers]

Oh, Brother!

[A Pirate]

So where's the solution?

[ccl28]

[captain12fingers]

[Shenanigans]

Hurricane Sandy hit NY at the end of October. It is now mid January. There is no solution posted by the puppet masters. No follow up video. No explanation.

Sorry guys , I call BS because logically the puppet fellas would have a list of all their clues and what they mean therefore there is zero rational reason why it would take 2.5 months to post that onto their website. That comes across as either A) their clues didn't add up and the smarter folk would rip it apart or B) this was a pure hoax from the getgo.

Not saying this to be negative however what do we really have as FACTS:

1) Two guys made some media noise with a treasure hunt

2) Same two guys , years later, posted that "evidence was damaged" and therefore unearthed what they allegedly buried.

3.) Two guys made essentially zero media noise when "treasure" was found and The small NY Times article on this stated:

"The idea was to increase Web traffic for their projects – and perhaps catch the eye of someone willing to pay them for the next one. We Lost Our Gold, the Web site, had thousands of followers, but one of their other puppet productions found a bigger audience and was nominated for a Webby Award. So Mr. Bova and Mr. Eckhardt-Jacobi decided to end the treasure hunt.".

So did they end the hunt due to "damaged evidence" or did they abandon ship because raising money for WLOG became a lost cause and they decided to pursue whatever their other tag team of puppets.

Strange.

[captain12fingers]

I don't think so. I hope not. I'm trying to remain positive. My husband has been saying the same thing for a long time.

I just can't understand how you could make a written or verbal puzzle without first having written down the clues/path.

Maybe they are too busy with Glove & Boots.