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2009 Allison Wonderland Mock Hunt

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Clue #1 
Just a small stunt to start off our hunt: 
A name from treasure hunt history 
Guides you in St. Paul, to a park after all 
And with a slingshot solves the mystery. 

Clue #2 
Get out and go search high and low 
But keep a little elevation 
The thing most key; that you can see 
A landmark singular sensation. 

Clue #3 
When there is snow down you will go 
Pushing yourself along ever faster 
But the end of the drop it seems has a dead stop 
Where your hunt just might end in disaster 

Clue #4 
A city or two will come into view 
Where you see the sky turn hot vermillion. 
As towers glisten, stop there and listen 
The nearby treasure’s one in a billion. 

Clue #5 
The son of Sam in this exam 
Is not a killer with a gun. 
It’s but a clue to lead you to 
Where no trials are ever won. 

Clue #6 
You don’t need to balk, just go for a walk 
And be ready when the game commences 
You won’t feel dismay if your field of play 
Also includes going for the fences. 

Clue #7 
A couple of dots, a couple of lots 
And with success you shall flirt. 
To get the prize it would be wise 
To keep off the kiddies’ dirt.



 

KITCH

Vermilion is the second single released by metal band Slipknot from their third album, ''''

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermillion_(song)
Wed, 03/04/2009 - 5:07 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

Vermillion (Helix)

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Vermillion

Cover to Vermillion No. 1: Starlight Drive. Art by Al Davison

Publication information

Publisher Helix (DC Comics imprint)

Schedule Monthly

Format Ongoing series

Publication date 1996 - 1997

Number of issues 12

Main character(s) Jonathan Cave

Creative team

Writer(s) Lucius Shepard

Artist(s) Al Davison, John Totleben, Gary Erskine

Inker(s) Angus McKie

Colorist(s) Kim DeMulder

Creator(s) Lucius Shepard

Vermillion is a dark science fantasy comic book series set in an eponymous city located in an imagined far future or alternate reality. The series was conceived and written by multi-award winning author Lucius Shepard as part of the short-lived DC Comics imprint, Helix. The title was cancelled after a one year publication run shortly before the Helix imprint was itself cancelled by DC and its remaining titles shifted across to the Vertigo line.
Wed, 03/04/2009 - 5:12 PM Permalink
KITCH

me think me likes to google "hot vermillion" want to do it at home :wink:
Wed, 03/04/2009 - 5:13 PM Permalink
CerealKiller

You know Now that I think about it!!! I think I should go LOOK!! since I feel Like Crap and since its Right down the Road from me!!
Wed, 03/04/2009 - 5:19 PM Permalink
incrediblemagpie

The Helix Drains of the St Paul underworld? To far fetched. I'm looking west.
Wed, 03/04/2009 - 5:45 PM Permalink
CerealKiller

well imp looks like Great Minds do think Alike!!! lol
Wed, 03/04/2009 - 5:52 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

This clue still fits my BC idea, but I don't like BC.

I wish I knew the history name.
Wed, 03/04/2009 - 5:53 PM Permalink
becksie

I'm still thinking

but not getting very far... :chagrin:
Wed, 03/04/2009 - 7:23 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

landmark singular

could that be a cingular cellphone tower?
Wed, 03/04/2009 - 7:31 PM Permalink
Terry

The more I think about this, the more cornfussed I get.

This very minute, I am thinking Mounds - but that could change in the next few.
Wed, 03/04/2009 - 7:34 PM Permalink
OT

"As towers glisten, stop there and listen" could also refer to cell phone towers.
Wed, 03/04/2009 - 7:51 PM Permalink
ares

vermillion is also the color used by the southern pacific (now union pacific) railway for one of the stripes on their daylight passenger train, and the former chessie system (part of csx transportation now) on their locomotives.
Wed, 03/04/2009 - 7:56 PM Permalink
KC0GRN

I'm going to say Cherokee.

Is Vento nature trail off limits?
Wed, 03/04/2009 - 8:03 PM Permalink
KC0GRN

Actually. it fits well with Boxmeyer's description of almost being caught by a cross country skier while hiding the medallion in Cherokee park..

Though I could be way off base.
Wed, 03/04/2009 - 8:06 PM Permalink
KITCH

last i looked at vento nature trail...not in the county...
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 6:33 AM Permalink
King Boreas aka Ian

Dude, you were looking for the Cathy Hogan cache. AW would never hide anything in that mess.

:sillygrin:
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 7:35 AM Permalink
incrediblemagpie

sh.... that's not the only place I looked
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 8:16 AM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Clue time is approaching. No one has called yet to say they have found it.
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 4:41 PM Permalink
CerealKiller

I will After I get the 100% on my thoughts!!!! I think I got it in hand!! more or less!!!
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 4:45 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Well time will tell...
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 4:45 PM Permalink
Brassmonkey

I would love to look AW.

Same thing last year, our spring vacation wound up being booked right during your hunt. :sad:
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 4:47 PM Permalink
CerealKiller

unless some one can drive faster then me I think I got it!!!

 :eek: :ooh:
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 4:47 PM Permalink
Brassmonkey

Our flight takes off tomorrow morning at 6:25am, good luck to everyone.

I will try to check in once or twice.
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 4:48 PM Permalink
CerealKiller

Be safe Brother!!!! See you when you get back!!!
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 4:49 PM Permalink
Brassmonkey

Hope you find it.
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 4:50 PM Permalink
CerealKiller

Me 2!!!!

I need it!!

To show that I can find one!! lol
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 4:51 PM Permalink
Brassmonkey

Even though I'm leaving and cannot look tonight even if I knew where it was, I still want to see the clue. :grin:
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 4:51 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Clue #5

The son of Sam in this exam

Is not a killer with a gun.

ItÂ’s but a clue to lead you to

Where no trials are ever won.

And the previous clue:

Clue #4

A city or two will come into view

Where you see the sky turn hot vermillion.

As towers glisten, stop there and listen

The nearby treasure's one in a billion.

Clue #3

When there is snow down you will go

Pushing yourself along ever faster

But the end of the drop it seems has a dead stop

Where your hunt just might end in disaster

Clue #2

Get out and go search high and low

But keep a little elevation

The thing most key; that you can see

A landmark singular sensation.

Clue #1

Just a small stunt to start off our hunt:

A name from treasure hunt history

Guides you in St. Paul, to a park after all

And with a slingshot solves the mystery.
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 4:57 PM Permalink
Brassmonkey

Sam Adams is another Sam. The son of Sam could be liberty.
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 5:04 PM Permalink
Brassmonkey

Exam could mean school

Paul & Sheila Wellstone Elementary

Public Magnet - Grades: KG-6

District: St. Paul Public School District

65 E Kellogg Blvd.

     Saint Paul, MN 55101-1103 (map)

     (651) 290-8354
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 5:07 PM Permalink
KITCH

Parents

Father: Leon Wexelstein (a writer for the U.S. Information Agency)

Mother: Minnie Danishevsky
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 5:12 PM Permalink
Brassmonkey

I know, doesn't fit quite right.
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 5:17 PM Permalink
CerealKiller

well I think he put a different clue up to make it go longer!!!
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 5:17 PM Permalink
Brassmonkey

Where are no trials ever won? some sort of riddle.
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 5:18 PM Permalink
Brassmonkey

The biblical figure Samson..
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 5:23 PM Permalink
Brassmonkey

Adios Everyone.
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 5:24 PM Permalink
KITCH

grrrr

trails ...trials....google a mess with misspelling...
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 5:26 PM Permalink
Terry

no trials are ever won anagrams to:

elevations narrower

narrower elevations
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 5:32 PM Permalink
KITCH

samuel h. morgan father was george...
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 5:33 PM Permalink
KITCH

Bruce Vento was born on October 7, 1940 in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Frank and Anne Vento
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 5:35 PM Permalink
KITCH

Police picked up Norman Bertram Coleman Sr. and the woman, Patrizia Marie Schrag,

haha almost forgot about this...
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 5:37 PM Permalink
KITCH

hmmm....this is buggin me...
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 5:38 PM Permalink
OT

The Landmark Center used to be a Federal Courthouse. There aren't any trials won or lost there anymore.

Samson, of Biblical fame, was a judge in Israel.
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 6:48 PM Permalink
barefootguy

Ah, nice clue. Took a little while but I'm pretty sure I have it figured out. I know where I'm looking tomorrow. :wink:
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 7:33 PM Permalink
Terry

I figured out the Samson of biblical fame - but didn't tie that in with Landmark Center - and that makes such good sense.
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 7:51 PM Permalink
CerealKiller

Kool its still out there AW Was in here nice and LATE!!! at 11:00 tonight!! I thought it was GONE!!
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 9:09 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

still catching up reading so not sure if anyone mentioned this yet,...

I was thinking samson at work also.

samson? Goliath? David berkowitz? David and Goliath used slingshot to kill goliath
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 9:52 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

singular sensation song (one) (one) in a billion (won) (singular) again?
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 10:00 PM Permalink
Clue Master

:litesmile:
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 10:18 PM Permalink
brasscat

One??? is the loneliest number that you'll ever do

Two can be as bad as one ...

by 3 Dog Night

That was the first thing that came to mind... :smile:
Fri, 03/06/2009 - 10:35 AM Permalink