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2003 Marley King Mock Hunt

Submitted by Joe Medallion (not verified) on

Marley's 2003 Mock Hunt, found in Battle Creek by ThoseMedallingKids if we remember correctly.

Hunt Information
Dates
Scheduled Dates
Sunday, May 11, 2003
Find Date
Thursday, May 22, 2003
Finders
Name
ThoseMedallingKids
Hometown
Minneapolis
Prize
Maximum Prize
$500
Awarded Prize
$500
Location
General Location
Battle Creek Park
Pinpointed Location
At a bridge crossing the creek near Highway 61
Concealer
Inside a hockey puck covered with dirt, leaves, and dry grass

44.9358, -93.0278

Clues
Clue 1
Published Date
Saturday, May 10, 2003, 7:00 PM

Every State has one
Around ours you'll do just fine
So to be the Jedi son
You'll have to look for a park sign

The official meaning of the clue.

Easy- It's in a park in St. Paul. Jedi is a "Star Wars" reference, war pointing to Battle. You can also see the park sign from the hiding spot.

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Clue 2
Published Date
Sunday, May 11, 2003, 7:00 PM

People as you glance around
Use your rake, search like a ferret
Cause its right there on the ground
Kelly's treasure you will inherit.

The official meaning of the clue.

The coin was hidden in a hockey puck on the ground covered with dirt, leaves and dry grass, which you would need a rake (or some kind of tool) to search through.

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Clue 3
Published Date
Monday, May 12, 2003, 7:00 PM

Not Eisenhower, but readjusted, a 5 and a 3
O.K. now a 4 and a 2 then 0
Three you should see
Even before you're the hero.

The official meaning of the clue.

Re-adjust 5 and 3 to 35, but not Hwy 35 (the Eisenhower Interstate system), County Rd 35 (Upper Afton Rd). Re-adjust 4 and 2 to 24 then add 0 to get the address 240 on the only mailbox on Battle Creek Entrance Rd , the three you would see before driving into this part of the park. You could also see three picnic tables from the hiding spot. Note- this clue tells you what park, which part of the park, and narrows the hiding spot if you figure it out.

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Clue 4
Published Date
Tuesday, May 13, 2003, 7:00 PM

You say you can't win in a court
And that you don't like hockey
Well think of a new sport
`N stay out of the sand Disc Jockey.

The official meaning of the clue.

Stay away from the tennis court and hockey rink area. The "new sport" and "stay out of the sand" refers to the new golf course on the Maplewood side of the park, and indicates to stay away from it .

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Clue 5
Published Date
Wednesday, May 14, 2003, 7:00 PM

Four, maybe more
Lurking with the name the same
Inside around and through
Plod to find which
Is in the game
Top to a bottom you

The official meaning of the clue.

Four maybe more with the name the same are Battle Creek (creek) Battle Creek School, Battle Creek Lake, Battle Creek Road, and Battle Creek Entrance Road. The Creek and Battle Creek Entrance Road are in the game, you plod from the top to the bottom of one to get to the other, bringing you to the area of the coin.

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Clue 6
Published Date
Thursday, May 15, 2003, 7:00 PM

If you see some trash, throw it away
For Earth Day is Everyday
But don't be rash, it's slow to discover
What lies beneath camo ground cover.

The official meaning of the clue.

"Earth Day is Every Day" is the motto of the Elementary School at Battle Creek. To find it you needed to search thoroughly , the puck was covered with dirt, leaves and dry grass (camo ground cover).

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Clue 7
Published Date
Friday, May 16, 2003, 7:00 PM

Here but a course not in view
Is it a lake or a pond?
Follow the trails south on your pursue
And you too could scream YA MON!

The official meaning of the clue.

This clue refers again to the new golf course, named "The Pond at Battle Creek", and tells you to follow the trails away from it to the southern part of the park.

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Clue 8
Published Date
Saturday, May 17, 2003, 7:00 PM

This one is more than a two-stepper
I do mean this from the heart
So find a man as funny as himself
To get an early smart start.

Our coin has been out there
Since the beginning of time it seems
It's been out there so long
It's haunting my dreams.

The official meaning of the clue.

The coin was hidden a little more than 2 steps away from the heart of the tree. Bill Cosby (B.C.) starred in the comedy "Himself". Smart Start is a cereal made by Kellogg, whose headquarters is in Battle Creek, MI. The beginning of time=B.C.

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Clue 9
Published Date
Sunday, May 18, 2003, 7:00 PM

Before we put you in
Another kind of mental trance
This should help you find your road
Learn phonetics to advance.

Keep in view the running stream
Remember Snow, Wizardry and Magic
Elements to button up it seems
Knowing not this park is tragic .

The official meaning of the clue.

Phonetically spelled Batl Krek in the first letters of each line, also put in trance road at the end of the first few lines to give you Battle Creek Entrance Road. Wizardry Magic and Snow were the themes of winter carnival buttons 3 years (57, 70, 95) it was at Battle Creek.

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Clue 10
Published Date
Monday, May 19, 2003, 7:00 PM

Without trouble think of how
I will ease your mind
Grass, woods and walkways, Pow!
And a hard 1 of a kind.

The official meaning of the clue.

The second line is from the song "A Bridge Over Troubled Water" referring to the bridge near the treasure site, and "troubled water" refers again to "Battle Creek". There is grass woods and walkways in the area. Pow! Was a Batman reference to suggest the caves, and a hard one of a kind is the missing plaque nearby.

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Clue 11
Published Date
Tuesday, May 20, 2003, 7:00 PM

Marleys 1st name and a short comedian
Combined to make a transportation show star
All these you can see from the brown meridian
And from the treasure one near, one far.

From the treasures eye
Seen is water on high
And another that falls
Near holes in the walls.

If zone 1 was evil
And zone 2 was a fake
4 and 5 bring your advil
well its zone 3 for criminey sake!

The official meaning of the clue.

he second line is from the song "A Bridge Over Troubled Water" referring to the bridge near the treasure site, and "troubled water" refers again to "Battle Creek". There is grass woods and walkways in the area. Pow! Was a Batman reference to suggest the caves, and a hard one of a kind is the missing plaque nearby. Steve is Marley's first name, and Martin Short the short comedian, combined to make Steve Martin- star of "Planes Trains and Automobiles". You can see all three from the brown sign on the circular median, and autos and planes from the treasure site. You can see (at least) one water tower in the distance from the treasure site, a small waterfall, sparrow holes, and caves in the cliffs.

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Clue 12

Battle Creek is the park
If you're still in the dark
Go now and you will see.

In the lot park your car
Cross the bridge not too far
By the creek is a lonely tree.

Search down to the right
While keeping in sight
Picnic tables that number three.

Inside a black hockey puck
Our coin is securely stuck
In a hole covered by compost debris.

The official meaning of the clue.

Pinpoints the puck.

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