After A Decade Someone Found The $1 Million Treasure Chest Stashed in The Rockies!
After A Decade Someone Found The $1 Million Treasure Chest Stashed in The Rockies!
For the last decade an estimated 350,000 treasure hunters scoured the Rocky Mountains looking for a treasure chest worth $1 million. The chest was stragetically placed by art and antique collector, Forrest Fenn.
Fenn hid the chest which contained gold, rubies, emeralds and diamonds. In a public announcement on his website, Forrest Fenn stated, “It was under a canopy of stars in the lush, forested vegetation of the Rocky Mountains and had not moved from the spot where I hid it more than 10 years ago. I do not know the person who found it, but the poem in my book led him to the precise spot.”
Fenn left clues to the exact spot of the treasure chest in a 24-line poem published in his 2010 autobiography “The Thrill of the Chase.” Fenn stated that he wanted to inspire people to explore nature and give hope to people affected by the Great Recession. Fenn added that some hunters were so determined to find the chest that they quit their jobs to fully dedicate their lives to the hunt and some even died.
The person who found the chest sent Fenn a photo of the goods as confirmation. Fenn would only divulge that the person was “from back east.” “I congratulate the thousands of people who participated in the search and hope they will continue to be drawn by the promise of other discoveries,” Fenn said on his website. Check out the actual poem below:
As I have gone alone in there
And with my treasures bold,
I can keep my secret where,
And hint of riches new and old.
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.
From there it’s no place for the meek,
The end is ever drawing nigh;
There’ll be no paddle up your creek,
Just heavy loads and water high.
If you’ve been wise and found the blaze,
Look quickly down, your quest to cease,
But tarry scant with marvel gaze,
Just take the chest and go in peace.
So why is it that I must go
And leave my trove for all to seek?
The answers I already know,
I’ve done it tired, and now I’m weak.
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.
