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2003 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt - The Blair Witch Hunt

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Discuss the 2003 Pioneer Press Medallion Here.

lilslim

Hey Reg, what's up???

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:00 PM Permalink
Medallionhound

I don't think they will narrow it down to a specific spot like they have done in the past. They are going to continue to mess with us!

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:03 PM Permalink
lilslim

I was down there last night!

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:04 PM Permalink
Medallionhound

In the past, yes. This year have been different all along and I expect it to continue.

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:04 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

I think they'll say where it is, but they'll phrase it in such a way as to make you think it's actually somewhere else.

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:05 PM Permalink
lilslim

nope, I didn't. I would've talked to you, silly!

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:05 PM Permalink
Medallionhound

I agree AW, that's my point!

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:06 PM Permalink
lilslim

I FINALLY GOT MY MAP BOOK LAST NIGHT!!! EVERYONE CHEER FOR LILSLIM!

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:07 PM Permalink
'mom'

Well, FINALLY home from work. I swear -- one of these years, I'm going to remember to book vacation days for the hunt. Every year I put it off and then forget until it's too late. I *did* get the okay to come in later tomorrow, so I am digging tonight!

Gonna go check out THE park, see if I can find the spot that feels right. See y'all out there!

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:11 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

No point in lurking tonight really.

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:14 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Just a few more minutes I believe and this hunt will have lasted longer than the Conway hunt.

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:15 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Well we'll have to see what the clue explanations were. Maybe we would have. Or maybe they didn't care if it was really hard to solve the clues any earlier. Perhaps a long hunt with bad clues is better than a short hunt with good clues.

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:17 PM Permalink
Med2k


Looks like we might even make it to the length of Harriet

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:18 PM Permalink
Terry

Or maybe even the 1984 Newell.

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:19 PM Permalink
Terry

Went long enough for the paper to release a 13th clue - though the medallion was actually found before that clue was actually out. We used to have a copy of that clue though from an early edition of the paper.

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:22 PM Permalink
Terry

I should point out the reason given for releasing a 13th clue was because of the deep snow cover that year. They figured people just needed more time and more exact location.

I doubt that would happen this year.

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:23 PM Permalink
lilslim

Has the medallion ever been turned in by more than one person (like a team of two or more?) if so, how do they split up the prize? is it for the team to decide?

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:24 PM Permalink
Terry

Reg - It will be at Como - probably in the picnic area. It's always in the park where the Medallion is found.

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:24 PM Permalink
Map Guy

Whooah. What a hunt!

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:25 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

1897 Como Zoo is founded when the City of St. Paul receives a gift of three deer. A pasture is fenced for them in Como Park.

Other accounts claim it was 2 deer I believe, though I haven't found one yet that says that for sure. But I believe that's all Clue #5 was trying to give us was the zoo.

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:25 PM Permalink
Terry

The clue comes out at midnight online.

The medallion has been turned in by groups more than once.

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:25 PM Permalink
Terry

Hey Map Guy. Who woulda thunk, heh?

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:26 PM Permalink
lilslim

Hey Map Guy! You are the coolest of the cooler crew in my book...

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:27 PM Permalink
Map Guy

Quite a trickster, that cluewriter.

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:27 PM Permalink
Map Guy

Thanks, LSlim.

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:28 PM Permalink
Terry

Sethmon - I think we met up with you for a bit at Conway one night. Right?

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:28 PM Permalink
Medallionator88

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:28 PM Permalink
Map Guy

Jake who?

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:29 PM Permalink
Terry

My guess is that someone already has and doesn't know it.

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:30 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Cant believe it Jakes still at Harriet

I heard he was in the frog pond sticking his head up somewhere that the sun don't shine.

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:30 PM Permalink
Terry

I heard he was in the frog pond sticking his head up somewhere that the sun don't shine.

LOLROTFPMP!!!!!!!!!!!

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:31 PM Permalink
Medallionator88

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:33 PM Permalink
KT

AW, Where did you find that info about the deer?

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:33 PM Permalink
Med2k


I wonder when people will start showing up at Ma Press...

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:34 PM Permalink
lilslim

So, I got one part of my ? answered. If a team doesfind it, does PP split the prizes down the middle, or does the team decide?

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:36 PM Permalink
Terry

I would think that's a team decision. That information isn't released.

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:36 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

I just did a Yahoo search for "Como Zoo" and deer. The story is one I remembered reading somewhere.

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:37 PM Permalink
King Boreas aka Ian

My son Kris will be on tonight, in an attempt to get the clue for us. If you see him on, after the clue is out, could you please egram it to him? Thanks

He is either Kris or Kris S

I can't remember how he's registered.

Wed, 01/29/2003 - 4:38 PM Permalink