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DPNJ12
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agreed

I think if episode 3 & 5 can be solved then the hunt becomes a lot more manageable
There are just too many moving parts to even hazard a guess at a final destination yet
at least in my opinion...

Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:25 pm

UDbmas
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Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:26 pm
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SpiceCowboy
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Re: Cemetery

catsloveit wrote:

Hi, I've been lurking all along and now decided to post.

From the motifs and clues in episodes 7 and 8, I felt sure that the treasure was buried in a cemetery, and Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn was my first guess. Here's why:

1. Bird's Nest - the main entrance at Green-Wood is home to a bunch of wild parrots.
2. Crow's Nest - Battle Hill inside the cemetery is the highest point in Brooklyn. There is a tall pole monument at the top. I think this could be the crow's nest Mulligan has been talking about.
3. References to British and forts - The cemetery was a fort during the Revolutionary war.
4. Morse - in episode 8, the ghost of Crothers says to listen to Mulligan from the beginning. Well in episode 1 Mulligan is talking about Morse Code. Samuel Morse is buried at Green-Wood
5. Treason - In episode 7 the bird shouts "Treason!". Aaron Burr, who was tried for Treason, is buried in Green-Wood also.
6. Flight of the bird - JFK airport has a flight path that goes directly over the cemetery.

So with all these clues, I went over to Green-Wood on Sunday to take a look. My friends and I climbed Battle Hill and then counted 250 feet (well, paces) from the monument. We tried heading away from the main gait (away from the nest), also heading NNW, and then again following the direction of Air Traffic.

Since Tutty was buried with the treasure, I was hoping to find a tombstone with "Tutty" or "Totty" on it. No luck

But I did notice that all the trees in the park are labeled with the letter E and two numbers. I was hoping this would tie back in to Black Tom's episode, so I looked for 14 42 and 14 43. I found both, and they were within 250 feet of the "crow's nest" but I didn't see any other clues.

Back to the drawing board for me.
Any ideas?

You make your own decisions, but I would think twice or ten times about digging in any cemetery. You WILL find something if you do, but you might wish you hadn't.

Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:30 pm

CommonSense2
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OUCH

I stepped away for a few hours... "OUCH"!! lolol
Thats it...just "OUCH".

PS: Don't be an idiot and dig in a cemetery.

Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:35 pm

Cap'n Slim
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a fleeting thought I had

You know... many a subway station enables you to WALK IN at one street, and the WALK OUT at another.

Is there ANY chance here... and I mean a LONG SHOT, that we enter the subway at Columbus Circle, and simply WALK OUT at another exit?

Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:39 pm

Cap'n Slim
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Re: Cemetery

SpiceCowboy wrote:

catsloveit wrote:

You make your own decisions, but I would think twice or ten times about digging in any cemetery. You WILL find something if you do, but you might wish you hadn't.

You son of a bitch! You moved the cemetery, but you left the bodies, didn't you? You son of a bitch, you left the bodies and you only moved the headstones! YOU ONLY MOVED THE HEADSTONES!!!! Why? WHY!?!?!?!?

Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:42 pm

Lurking
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Re: Cemetery

catsloveit wrote:

catsloveit,

Thank you for being so forthcoming with your reasoning. Your approach to the clues has taught me to rethink any presuppositions that I might have. Your clearly stated reasoning also allows me to stay focused on the argument.

I am stuck at the end of episode two, which I think is Columbus Circle (I will avoid restating all the reasons here since they have been well documented in this forum). I have thought that episode three ends at Roosevelt Avenue and 74th street in Queens. The station has four different trains that match the colors shown throughout the episode. In addition, one other train stops there (the 7), though you can't "see it." So there are five "docks" but you can only "see" four. I am not convinced that the sequence of colors in the episode means anything. If it does, I can't make sense of it. From Roosevelt and 74th, I thought the first clue of episode 4 took us back to Northern Blvd; it would retrace steps ("avoid the way that you have known") and relate to the script at the top of the screen ("North Division [?]"). I am lost from here.

I had a hunch that we end up at a community garden. First, it is an accessible place that would allow one to dig legally. Second, Tutty, who is in the treasure chest, was replaced with a potato. I don't know how to get to said garden, and I know there are many of them in the five boroughs, but my inability to move beyond Tom's episode forced me to think more broadly.

Thanks again for being so forthcoming.

Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:53 pm

Lurking
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One more thing

I forgot to mention that the throwing star on Larry's shoulder points to the area in Queens where the Roosevelt station is.

Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:57 pm

UDbmas
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Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 12:03 am
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merelyviral
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Joined: 24 Aug 2010
Posts: 65

Re: (ugh... SpyGuy)

Cap'n Slim wrote:

But yes... he did mention those three dots. It's a mathematical symbol meaning "therefore".

(if the dots are arranged in a triangle, you mean)

interesting, I once guessed at a math theme, but for a different reason... We Lost Our Gold is often abbreviated (even in the videos) using the acronym WLOG. Any other mathematicians on here can confirm that this is found in a lot math proofs, to mean Without Loss Of Generality (i.e. when you make an assumption that doesn't restrict the scope of the proof)

Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 12:08 am

TheMeatMarketButcher
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Captain were you drinking at The Old Carriage Inn or No Quarter?

Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 12:22 am

TheGoblinKing
Guest

gameoverman wrote:

the whole thing was a scam. just like that link that capnslim posted where the guy apparently "makes videos for a living" but he can't afford a new computer and begs for quarters he is now begging for attention.

go get your friends money and give it back to him.

blowing up a computer got more YouTube hits and made $5,000 than a contest where $10,000 (plus production costs) are lost.

Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 1:23 am

BertandEarnie
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Joined: 24 Sep 2010
Posts: 64

Re: (ugh... SpyGuy)

OfficerSlaughter187 wrote:

BertandEarnie wrote:

Cap'n Slim wrote:

But yes... he did mention those three dots. It's a mathematical symbol meaning "therefore".

(if the dots are arranged in a triangle, you mean)

yes.
Maybe it means KILL THE PIGS...or a reference to a roasting of one...with an apple in the mouth(how I vision it)

WHY YOU TLAKIN BOUT KILLIN COPS THAT STUPID

i did not sa cops, I meant a ham.

Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 2:11 am

Guest
Guest

Re: Cemetery

catsloveit wrote:

5. Treason - In episode 7 the bird shouts "Treason!". Aaron Burr, who was tried for Treason, is buried in Green-Wood also.

According to Wikipedia, Aaron Burr is buried in Princeton, NJ. Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Burr#Death

Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 2:13 am

BertandEarnie
Boot

Joined: 24 Sep 2010
Posts: 64

Re: Now....
Look at his shirt cap'n

Giant wrote:

BertandEarnie wrote:

Cap'n Slim wrote:

Who wants to discuss the mysterious "S" on the wall behind Mulligan in Episode 1?

same 'S' on the shirt-Wild Spirits

Why don't I see a shirt? Could you tell me what shirt please?

Giant, cap'n slim posted a picture a few pages back, find that and you will see it.

Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 2:32 am

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