A Treasure Chest Worth Millions of Dollars is Hiding in the Rocky Mountains, Waiting for You to Find It

The Key to the Treasure

Fenn chose a secret hiding spot in the Rockies and buried (maybe not, but it's assumed that he buried the box) the box. He then published a 24-line poem that read: "So hear me all and listen good,/Your effort will be worth the cold./If you are brave and in the wood/I give you title to the gold." Nobody is sure about the order in which these acts were conducted, and Fenn refuses to give any further information regarding his process.

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The More You Know

  • In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout "Spanko!" before running away.
  • The first pieces of gold at Fort Knox arrived by mail.
  • Clark Kent (Superman in DC Comics) is also a character in the Marvel universe, where he's actually just a mild-mannered reporter and nothing more.
  • John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, was born in 1790. He has a grandson that is alive today.
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