A bronze chest, approx. 10"x10"x5" and 42 pounds, containing over a million dollars worth of gold, jewels and artifacts is creating an incredible buzz.
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.
This and four more poetic directions included in the book The Thrill of the Chase (5,000 copies sold so far and the only authorized store in the world that sells it, Collected Works Bookstore&Coffeehouse in Santa Fe, has 4000 books on back-order), were given by Forrest Fenn, a famous Santa Fe art dealer, and the chase began, right away!
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| Collected Works Bookstore&Coffeehouse, a Santa Fe treasure |
Now, with close to 3,000 likes on his Facebook page -The-Hunt-for-the-Fenn-Treasure- New Mexico is experiencing a huge increase in visitors.
As stated in TODAY Feb.27 issue, Fenn came up with this unprecedented idea to invite people to explore the outdoors. See? He is helping New Mexico True, the current tourism campaign!
It reminds me of the gold rush when Americans were facing horrible ordeals in order to get to a gold or silver mine or straight to California. Is this a special American thing? To be in line with the tradition, the hunt began with a woman lost who had to be rescued.
Fenn loves mysteries, people say. Seriously? Or does he like playing tricks? We shall see!
Next step for me: create a tour to the sights where people got lost or something happened to them during the hunt! :-)
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