Clue #1
Treasure hunters swarming amidst global warming
Make it hard to park our loot.
Look for snow and ice, enough to suffice,
To shorten your winter pursuit.
Treasure hunters swarming amidst global warming
Make it hard to park our loot.
Look for snow and ice, enough to suffice,
To shorten your winter pursuit.
Clue #2
Son of Pear, hometown fare,
The nut of this year’s quest.
Sweetest patty, never a baddie,
Covers the prize at rest.
Son of Pear, hometown fare,
The nut of this year’s quest.
Sweetest patty, never a baddie,
Covers the prize at rest.
Clue #3
Men with a garter should have been smarter
Than to mix drink with their vulcanic activities.
You would be wise to look for the prize
By taking up a child’s proclivities.
Men with a garter should have been smarter
Than to mix drink with their vulcanic activities.
You would be wise to look for the prize
By taking up a child’s proclivities.
Posted on Wed, Jan. 25, 2006
Clue #4
For the brave of heart, it's time to start
Searching hill and glen.
Pitch a tent if that's your bent
But stay within your ken.
Clue #4
For the brave of heart, it's time to start
Searching hill and glen.
Pitch a tent if that's your bent
But stay within your ken.
Posted on Thu, Jan. 26, 2006
Clue #5
If you're aerobic and hardly tree-phobic
You might make your outing pay
Don't be left in a lurch, do your research,
This could be your red-letter day
Clue #5
If you're aerobic and hardly tree-phobic
You might make your outing pay
Don't be left in a lurch, do your research,
This could be your red-letter day
Gotta be in some old snow......OTiS
It's not in a park. -Evil Doer
Buzzing=bees
The letter B? First letter in the park? Battle Creek?-OT
cant be the first clue. It doesnt say st paul park, or ramsey county or anything?????-Payme
Bwaaah. Global warming. That's funny.
In the paper recently Kate Kelly blamed the warm winters lately on global warming.
Back in the late 1890's they cancelled a bunch of stuff because of warm temps.-THX1138
Maybe they are just trying to add a bit of a twist this year to get people pumped up.-OTS
But nearly every year the clues start out by narrowing it down. Either Ramsey County or St. Paul...-MOM
it's definetely A) a new clue writer or old cluewriter trying to be sneaky. -Tim
I've been looking at some past year first clues, and St. Paul park has been mentioned often in Clue #1. Occasionally the reference isn't made until Clue #2-OT
Enuff snow and ice to suffice.
Or is that what ittiz in? Like enuff ice and snow to cover it up, like a snowball, or hunk, or something like that?-Green
I think they did say it was going to be in a park. They said we're making it hard for them "to park" the loot.
Wait. No. So, maybe that means not in a park, since ittiz "hard to park." But somewhere near by where there's lots o'snow?
Where's Scribe when you need her?
Or, piled up snow where parking lot(s) have been plowed? Now, that sounds more like it!
Do they dump snow in McMurry Field?-Green
One year at Cherokee, the medallion was found near a fire hydrant near the curb, in the piles of snow left by the plows-Terry
That's what they're saying, park (as in noun and verb), and snow/suffice = plowed up snow. I betcha.
Okay. That one's aced. Gimme'da next one!-Green
I think "hard to park" is the part that could end up giving us the biggest hint.
Often times people don't like a certain area because there is nowhere to park,-Tim
I don't either, Ter, but I think that noodling really had some merit.
What if because of the swarm of folks out enjoying the nice weather in a in a certain, high volume, popular park the Hiders had a tuff time finding parking to park to get out and park The Puck?
What if the clue is just telling us the strait stuff? Lots o'folks in a park made it hard to park to park the puck? -Green (reply to Terry about the park people not caring about parking.)
Maybe that would mean a downtown park...Downtown Dave would be so disappointed now that he's not downtown any longer.
Or a smaller park/rec center? Marydale? North Dale? Conway?-Terry
BC, dog walking area?
HUH?????
I THINK I GOT SUMPIN'!!!-green
I think green is right that they just had a tough time hiding it because people are out with the warm weather, and it made it tuff to find a place to hide it without being seen. I'd say it's in a ice block in a remote area, away from the more poular parks.-mrmnmikey
Main Entry: hard
Part of Speech: adjective 1
Definition: rocklike
Synonyms: adamantine, callous, compact, compacted, compressed, concentrated, consolidated, dense, firm, hardened, impenetrable, indurate, indurated, inflexible, iron, packed, rigid, rocky, set, solid, stiff, stony, strong, thick, tough, unyielding-Diggin4it
Chair-O-Kee has like no parking lots, does it? Not a one. But what would be plowed there then? -Green
I think this is the what it's in clue.
Packed in snow and ice enough to sufficiently cover the medallion.-Terry
The swarm is hockey right? Ice rink? Are they bringing in snow for the snowcarvings?-mrmnmikey
Or like the "bottom" part of BC -- where the tiny parking lot is hardly ever open in the winter. Off of 61, where you can walk up through the park to Upper Afton along the creek (ice)??? -MOM
the swarm is lacrosse. in short lax. lax, thats the airport in la. I think it's in a piece of luggage.-Tim
Snowcarving is in Roseville this year.
...and they will be next to the Oval skating rink-Diggin4it
Anagram of "hard to park" dark ho trap-OT
rec center at BC, Theres snow to suffice to ski on, and ice enogh to suffice to skate on there.-mrmnmikey
a winter pursuit would be like running in snow? Cross (lacross)country skiing?-mrmnmikey
Swarming is a military strategy in which a military force attacks an enemy from several different directions and then regroups. Important aspects of swarming are mobility, communication, firepower, and unit autonomy. Recently RAND has published several papers suggesting that the United States Military adapt swarming techniques. From PP-I like soup
Global Warming= Vulacans
Snow and Ice= Queen of Ice and King of Snow-from pp-mrx234
I'm guessing in a park and at some place where snow melts slower. So either shady areas, woods, or maybe on the north side of something.PP-Piolots13
Read Soucheray's article in tomorrows paper. "It hasn't been this warm in advance of a carnival since the late 1800's, when an ice castle or two melted due to global warming." So for you nits that don't think he writes the clues, THINK AGAIN.-Jake
Global Warming is keeping the sculpting away, and folks swarm all over Rice, and where's there to park?-green [7d4e9dd9]- Jan 22, 2006 10:50 am
COMO
global warming = greenhouse effect = conservatory.KITCH [2fc0f9b]- Jan 22, 2006 11:33 am (#2676 Total: 2678)
beaver lake, swarm=lacrosse
lacrosse ave-tim_the_hunter [7d4c851b]- Jan 22, 2006 11:36 am (#2677 Total: 2678)
Obviously the puck is tucked inside a Pearson Nut Goodie wrapper.
FPM2K [7d4cbd54]- Jan 22, 2006 9:16 pm (#2812 Total: 2845)
If I remember correctly, isn't the Pearsons place right by Highland? I guess I know where I'll be tomorrow.
Terry [2fc7f47]- Jan 22, 2006 9:15 pm (#2809 Total: 2845)
I hope they wrapped it inside out so the white is showing.
Eric Langness [7d4ead8d]- Jan 22, 2006 10:39 pm (#2830 Total: 2845)
Replying to: Ian (Jan 22, 2006 10:34 pm)
You know it is interesting about that map. Joe Soucheray lives on Upper or Lower (I can not recall) St Dennis. I do realize you have the map location of Pearson's Candy Co.
mom* [7d4cbe2a]- Jan 23, 2006 3:36 am (#2843 Total: 2845)
I was kind of half thinking that clue one was referencing "what it's in" since it really didn't give much for *where*. But clue 2 HAS to be what, so back to figuring out where there's snow and ice to suffice!
mrmnmikey [2fc0f9a]- Jan 23, 2006 4:09 am (#2847 Total: 2847)
I like this clue! I got Highland as my park! It could still be "IN" the snow and ice and Pearson giving away the park.
Terry [2fc7f47]- Jan 23, 2006 4:57 am (#2855 Total: 2856)
I still believe clue one is telling us it's buried in snow and ice enough to cover it and keep it as safe as possible with warm weather predicted.
It could be in the wrapper and then in the middle of a snow/ice ball in a pile of snow somewhere.
I have a new noodle for clue # 1:
I keep going back to "swarming" Makes you think of bees or the letter B. When I look at County Road B in Roseville the only park adjacent to Cty Rd B is Villa Park. (NW of McCarrons Lake)
New Daddy [7d4e68db]- Jan 23, 2006 5:37 am (#2869 Total: 2974)
I agree Terry no mention of capital city yet, so could be anywhere in county.
Ice could refer to it being buried in the deeper crusty, icy layer of snow. But with today's clue so specific to what it is in I think yesterdays deals more with ice in the park.
me2 [2fc0fac]- Jan 23, 2006 7:48 am (#2879 Total: 2974)
just drove through highland and linwood
no snow cover on south side of park
no parking at Highland at all along 7th or windy hill.
KITCH [2fc0f9b]- Jan 23, 2006 7:50 am (#2880 Total: 2974)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/CIAshackley.htm
OK>..I know I'm going to go diggin' deep into this clue...
but thinkin' we nailed the clue in about 20 secs. has me worried....
so...
this is "son of pear" per the CIA
KITCH [2fc0f9b]- Jan 23, 2006 8:14 am (#2891 Total: 2974)
This might be the first ever clue that I can't twist to make it fit something else....
but I might try
KITCH [2fc0f9b]- Jan 23, 2006 10:33 am (#2920 Total: 2975)
hmmm...zephy's clue?? zephy's hunt???
zephyrus [2fca81a]- Jan 23, 2006 10:35 am (#2921 Total: 2975)
I am all for that.... Boxmeyer said I was gonna love it...
It must be at Hidden Falls, in a hole in a tree, which would keep the snow and ice intact... in eyeshot of the parking lot.... oops, I said too much
Terry [2fc7f47]- Jan 23, 2006 11:09 am (#2932 Total: 2975)
I also think we have a medallion wrapped in the candy wrapper and then encased in some combination of ice and snow.
ares [2fc0faa]- Jan 23, 2006 11:12 am (#2938 Total: 2980)
Replying to: Terry (Jan 23, 2006 11:09 am)
I also think we have a medallion wrapped in the candy wrapper and then encased in some combination of ice...
or possibly a double-hid thing, such as the iron man sock and dove box in clue 5 of como '01. and if they're only giving us the inner half of the clue, we're no better off than we were on saturday afternoon.
OT [2fc7da6]- Jan 23, 2006 11:18 am (#2945 Total: 2980)
I have a gut feeling we're missing a second clue in #2
ThoseMedallingKids [2fc0fb0]- Jan 23, 2006 11:23 am (#2947 Total: 2980)
Clue 2 could be easy for a few reasons. Those that are intimidated by us, or feel like they're not that good at hunting, get an easy clue to figure out in the beginning to get them feeling good and wanting to get out or follow more. Plus the writer could know that since it's the second clue, we'd tear the thing apart trying to find the hidden subliminal messages, when there isn't any. We'd go crazy on a wild goose chase.
New Daddy [7d4e68db]- Jan 23, 2006 11:23 am (#2948 Total: 2980)
my stretches of the day...
"Global warming" - a green house, domes at como,
warming house at skate rink...
"at rest" a park by a cemetery, or in a park by a memorial plaque.
where was the founder of person's buried?
sorry for the stretches, only got 2 clues to work with.
KITCH [2fc0f9b]- Jan 23, 2006 11:25 am (#2949 Total: 2980)
did the city ever do peppermint patty statues???
yep...the gold one right near rice ...
Wicked Nick [2fc0f9f]- Jan 23, 2006 11:31 am (#2951 Total: 2980)
Replying to: KITCH (Jan 23, 2006 11:26 am)
yep...the gold one right near rice ...
heh...
rice patty
for some reason, thats the first thing I thought of last night, when I saw the word "patty" in the clue...
but then I talked myself out of it, with all the nut-goodieisms being tossed around....
KITCH [2fc0f9b]- Jan 23, 2006 11:41 am (#2954 Total: 2980)
Pic of Pearson's Mint Patties
New Daddy [7d4e68db]- Jan 23, 2006 11:49 am (#2958 Total: 2980)
over the past 4 years(since boxmeyer retired as clue writer) there have been on average 3.2 hints by the 2nd clue.
clue #1
2005 1 hint
2004 1 hint
2003 2 "its parked among us" as in a park, among leaves, and "Faith be anew" by churches
2002 1
Clue #2
2005 3 hints. park name, water, and path in park.
2004 3 what it was hidden in"evil green donut", street name , and a landmark in park Island
2003 1
2002 1
So there should be at least 2 hints in one of the clues so far.
K T [7d4c8bdb]- Jan 23, 2006 12:18 pm (#2968 Total: 2980)
I'm going to have to believe the PP are not idiot enough to have kept the candy in the wrapper. Even if it's packed in snow or ice, critters have amazing noses, and would find it.
I'm just sayin'.
Diggin'4_it [7d4c9ccd]- Jan 23, 2006 12:39 pm (#2972 Total: 2980)
Just a noodle .... what if "hard to park" means NOT in a park? What if 'fare' relates to Ramsey County Fairgrounds.
Yes, I know that the fairgrounds are in Maplewood - but they are not owned by Maplewood - they would be Ramsey County?
noodle .... noodle....
Maybe the clue is saying that you'd be smarter if you didn't mix drinking with treasure hunting, and that it's in a park that doesn't allow alcohol. I know Cluemaster is going to hate that noodle
leelabell [7d4ca521]- Jan 24, 2006 7:40 am (#3400 Total: 3454)
By taking up...
At first I was thinking that you would have to do what the kids do to find the prize, but that doesn't really make sense. Unless like Vino said, one crawls around.
However, you could think of the phrase "by taking up" as lifting. Maybe it is under something that kids use.
Brassmonkey [7d4e86bd]- Jan 24, 2006 7:42 am (#3401 Total: 3454)
Taking up could mean UP=high=Highland
tim_the_hunter [7d4c851b]- Jan 24, 2006 7:44 am (#3403 Total: 3454)
Main Entry: pro·cliv·i·ty
Pronunciation: prO-'kli-v&-tE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ties
Etymology: Latin proclivitas, from proclivis sloping, prone, from pro- forward + clivus slope -- more at PRO-, DECLIVITY
: an inclination or predisposition toward something; especially : a strong inherent inclination toward something objectionable
synonym see LEANING
Not a lot of thought has been spent on the merriem-webster defintion that proclivities are especially something objectionable. It would seem to jive with the first half of the clue... DONT do what the vulcs did that was wrong, DO do what kids do that is wrong.
Scribe [7d4c8539]- Jan 24, 2006 7:47 am (#3405 Total: 3454)
Rex=Recs
KITCH [2fc0f9b]- Jan 24, 2006 7:50 am (#3406 Total: 3454)
summit = drink
queenmalley [7d4ead42]- Jan 24, 2006 8:13 am (#3415 Total: 3454)
Of course,a "child's proclivities" could be going to school; as in, is there a school in the area?
tim_the_hunter [7d4c851b]- Jan 24, 2006 8:17 am (#3416 Total: 3454)
or "should have been smarter" implies there should be a school perhaps.
Ian [2fc74ae]- Jan 24, 2006 8:42 am (#3427 Total: 3454)
edgecombe road
like knowledge come ??
toomuch [7d4e3117]- Jan 24, 2006 8:41 am (#3426 Total: 3454)
Replying to: Shovelmaster (Jan 24, 2006 12:52 am)
proclivity is not just to play...its a motivation or drive to do something.
driving range @ HIGHLAND
toomuch [7d4e3117]- Jan 24, 2006 8:49 am (#3431 Total: 3454)
Replying to: queenmalley (Jan 24, 2006 8:13 am)
Of course,a "child's proclivities" could be going to school; as in, is there a school in the area?
Yes acroos the street from Highland their is a school
queenmalley [7d4ead42]- Jan 24, 2006 9:21 am (#3434 Total: 3467)
Great job on the map, Kitch!
Also, Otto Hummer Drive in Highland, which has the STAR swim program in summer with a large pool area for kids. Global warming-swimming in summer? Hummer Drive (swarming bees hum). Who knows who this otto hummer is anyway. Maybe nothing
Diggin'4_it [7d4c9ccd]- Jan 24, 2006 9:22 am (#3435 Total: 3467)
Marydale Park was officially established in 1974 after several years of efforts by North End community citizens to reclaim the area around Loeb Lake. According to reports at the time of the park opening, the lake and area around it had been used as a dumping ground for at least a half century.
LOEB LAKE
Loeb Lake is currently designated as a children's fishing pond by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
mrmnmikey [2fc0f9a]- Jan 24, 2006 10:56 am (#3473 Total: 3474)
I was thinking on the way home from school about a childs proclivity.
I was thinking kids play. play=recreation
then I saw scribes post with rex-rec
might be some thing here imho
mrmnmikey [2fc0f9a]- Jan 24, 2006 10:59 am (#3478 Total: 3478)
nice noodles this morning. I'm still thinking highland might be to obvious
I like BC rec with sking (snow) Ice (rink) and kids sliding hill
Replying to: julie w (Jan 24, 2006 10:57 am)
any truth to Pearson's being owned by Trudeau?
I think Pearson bought the compay from Trudeau in 1951
Love4Vino [7d4c8bbe]- Jan 24, 2006 11:18 am (#3493 Total: 3549)
Pearson Candy Company is pleased to announce the 2004 introduction of Flurries as a new bagged goods item. Try Pearson's Flurries . . . chocolate mint fudge center covered in a creamy white coating!
Hidden in a flurrie? the package would certainly be larger than a nut roll or a goodie pack - and white - easier to camoflage in some frozen ice??
wolfpac [7d4cc27b]- Jan 24, 2006 11:20 am (#3494 Total: 3549)
Snow flurries and ice, that should suffice!
queenmalley [7d4ead42]- Jan 24, 2006 11:39 am (#3505 Total: 3549)
"Dudley P. Nutt" Offical mascot of pearson candy company. Strange!
Love4Vino [7d4c8bbe]- Jan 24, 2006 12:21 pm (#3525 Total: 3551)
Ok - so I was thinking about Son of Pear (and yes, I still think it's Pearson) but I have to do something with my idle mind right now.
SO I've been researching the geneology (sp?) of
Pears
They are part of the Rose Family.
Pears would be son of a rose...
Love4Vino [7d4c8bbe]- Jan 24, 2006 12:23 pm (#3529 Total: 3551)
I was thinking Roseville = Acorn Park (nut)
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It makes me think (pitching) Kent Hrbek
mrbud1 [7d4eb5a5]- Jan 24, 2006 10:36 pm (#3863 Total: 3864)
hi, just got off work. I think glenridge and hillsdale ave run into battle creek. Can anyone confirm my thoughts or like the idea of battle creek.
Tom [7d4d8a10]- Jan 24, 2006 10:39 pm (#3866 Total: 3870)
Hey I just got a click on Cherokee park for Clue 3. There use to be a brewery there, but I asked my self why would the PP tell us about the past, and go off onto a child's proclivities. Below the park are the caves the "teens" which are still kids go into, which is also about the past.
lilslim [7d4dd9d3]- Jan 24, 2006 10:46 pm (#3871 Total: 3873)
glen
"narrow valley," 1489, from Scottish, from Gaelic gleann "mountain valley" (cf. Welsh glyn). Common in place names, cf. Glenlivet (1822), a kind of whiskey, named for the place it was first made (lit. "the glen of the Livet," a tributary of the Avon); and Glengarry (1841) a kind of man's cap, of Highland origin.
zephyrus [2fca81a]- Jan 24, 2006 10:39 pm (#3867 Total: 3873)
Mot sure if this was posted yet or not... My biggest impression of the word is where it is originated from, more so than what portion of the definition you use, although I would use :inclination
BENT
1 Pronunciation (bnt)
v.
Past tense and past participle of bend1.
adj.
1. Altered from an originally straight or even condition: pieces of bent wire.
2. Determined to take a course of action: I was bent on going to the theater.
3. Chiefly British Corrupt; venal.
n.
1. A tendency, disposition, or inclination: "The natural bent of my mind was to science" Thomas Paine.
2. A transverse structural member or framework used for strengthening a bridge or trestle.
bent 2 Pronunciation (bnt)
n.
1. Bent grass.
2. The stiff stalk of various grasses.
3. An area of grassland unbounded by hedges or fences.
[Middle English, from Old English beonet (attested only in place names).]
Love4Vino [7d4c8bbe]- Jan 24, 2006 10:49 pm (#3875 Total: 3876)
I think its pointing at highland (the tent / circus) and to stay within your Ken.
Dig within your knowledge (I.e. NOT the golf course, NOT the pools, NOT the police station, NOT the parkinglot of the candy company.)
There is a lot of friggin woods on the south side of this park.
lilslim [7d4dd9d3]- Jan 24, 2006 10:53 pm (#3878 Total: 3878)
ha! Within your ken anagrams to "the rink you win"
I won.
Anyone got an ice pick?
mrmnmikey [2fc0f9a]- Jan 24, 2006 10:56 pm (#3880 Total: 3880)
There is no ice at the "ice rink" at BC Rec. I was there today, and it's all melted. Not enough to suffice.
=========================================
From PP
From: Dondo 12:36 am
Just a thought, probably means nothing, but Captain Ken's is the official chili of the Winter Carnival
============================================
FPM2K [7d4cbd54]- Jan 24, 2006 11:01 pm (#3881 Total: 3884)
Everything about clue four seems to be coming up with a Scotland tie to it, which leads me to think Highland. Also, look at the current show that Circus Juventas is putting on:
"Dyrnwych takes you to a land far away, in a time long ago, beneath the lush canopy of an enchanted forest deep in the Highlands of Scotland,
Love4Vino [7d4c8bbe]- Jan 24, 2006 11:03 pm (#3883 Total: 3884)
In the circus you happen to have flexible people.
"if that's your bent"
The other thing I'm feeling is that the 2nd part of the clue is saying nothing more than to settle in on your one park ("go on -- stay there 24/7 if you want - pitch a tent) but stay within the areas that are pertinent....which I think will be revealed in future clues.
K T [7d4c8bdb]- Jan 25, 2006 4:27 am (#3902 Total: 3902)
There is construction at Highland kind of by the disc golf area on Antonio. It's a smallish, fenced off area. They're building a new pump house, and an indoor toilet facility. The construction area has a big plastic tent over it, so they can work in incliment weather
From: wickedjuggla 12:57 am
I'm with you guys...Mounds was my first instinct. Check out the definition of hill
Main Entry: 1hill
Pronunciation: 'hil
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hyll; akin to Latin collis hill, culmen top
1 : a usually rounded natural elevation of land lower than a mountain
2 : an artificial heap or mound (as of earth)
3 : several seeds or plants planted in a group rather than a row
4 : SLOPE, INCLINE
#2 an artificial heap or mound! Come on! They are pointing to Highland in the obvious sense of the clues, but they really mean the Mounds!
Plus you have the "glen" down below and pitch a tent is a reference to the Native American tee-pees and "brave of heart" = Indian brave!
You can't neglect clue #3 - Childs Rd. is right there
Proclivities are a slope or incline
Let's go to the mounds, y'all!
From: Awilly Jan-24 10:47 pm
Battle Creek does seem to be referenced in clue number one with the swarming one thought is the battle reference, could also be the yellow and black striped tower?? Battle Creek is up an incline (proclivity=inclination) from Childs Rd.
Search "high and low" (hill and glen)
Pitch a tent if you want, but stay in that line of sight. (Pitch could also be horseshoes.)
so heres my idea, there's a child's slide at highland. it's actually a elephant and fairly new looking. well at the top there's a little pair of binoculars. (look for it using a child's proclivities). You can go and look through them, and see that area of the park. If it's there, I think it will be in that part. And right below that (west) area of the park, you can see Pearson's on 7th. So pitch a tent there.. and search the area you can see with those binoculars. There's crap ton of snow and ice. As well as mounds of plowed snow.
If it's Highland-- I like that fit.
Brassmonkey [7d4e86bd]- Jan 25, 2006 7:05 am (#3925 Total: 3936)
Does anyone give merit that Hillsdale & Glenridge run right into Battle Creek. Also if you were Brave of Heart would you go to Battle. There also is the Rec center at BC plenty for kids to do there.???????
Brassmonkey [7d4e86bd]- Jan 25, 2006 7:23 am (#3934 Total: 3939)
Brave of Heart could mean you are a Knight? McKnight Ave in BC
queenmalley [7d4ead42]- Jan 25, 2006 7:41 am (#3944 Total: 3945)
"The golf course features bent/poa greens, tees and fairways"
in reference to styles of golf course grass. Is it for a golf course nearby?
mrmnmikey [2fc0f9a]- Jan 25, 2006 7:56 am (#3954 Total: 3954)
Heres some stuff from medallion central website.
Each of the clues has made reference to something along 7th street. The Swarm plays at the X located on the corner of 7th and Kellogg. PearsonÂ’s Candy is on 7th. AlaryÂ’s Bar is on 7th and the ChildrenÂ’s museum is located on 7th. I also believe there is potentially a theme regarding Bears. The newest attraction at the ChildrenÂ’s Museum is the Berenstain BEARS. AlaryÂ’s bar where the VulcanÂ’s got into trouble is also a Chicago BEARS bar on Sundays. The ad campaign for the Pearson Mint Pattie features a Polar BEAR
as long as the medallion ends up at Highland or BC, I am going to have to say this could be the best clue we have seen in a long time!
I'm suprised no one (atleast that I saw) said anything about the obvious, albeit silly word play combining the 2 words "hill" and "and"...
hilland=highland?
Red letter day could just be a holiday.
Holiday Inn North of Battle Creek &
Holiday Gas Station South of park.
Tree phobic = hunter afraid to look in mapleWOOD
Evildoer [7d4e9053]- Jan 26, 2006 6:34 am (#4486 Total: 4506)
Holiday ("red letter day") Station is at McNight and Lower Afton at the border of Maplewood and St Paul. "Not left in a lurch" could mean not to the left (west) in St Paul, but in Maplewood.
ares [2fc0faa]- Jan 26, 2006 7:03 am (#4497 Total: 4506)
Replying to: KITCH (Jan 26, 2006 6:59 am)
I know I can't mix clues 2gethor...but grrr..
well, if the hunt is supposed to have us scratching our heads, why not? wouldn't be the first time its happened. battle creek 1995 for instance where the first letter of each clue stanza created a "clue within a clue" according to boxmeyer.
tatergirl [7d4cbbd2]- Jan 26, 2006 8:23 am (#4508 Total: 4509)
I'm just throwing this out there - I know it's a stretch, but my husband noodled this.
Red letter - there is a red letter K on every box of Kelloggs cereal. And Kellogg cereal is based in Battle Creek, Michigan
Tom [7d4d8a10]- Jan 26, 2006 8:26 am (#4509 Total: 4509)
Replying to: tatergirl (Jan 26, 2006 8:23 am)
I'm just throwing this out there - I know it's a stretch, but my husband noodled this. Red letter -...
You know this could also solve the childs prolocctives clue. I don't know of a kid that does not look foward to its box of Kellogs in the morning
anagram.... left in a lurch = turn face hill
TREASURE WAS FOUND AT 9:36 AM AT BC REC SLIDING HILL