Excerpts from the tens of thousands of posts on the Official Treasure Hunt Discussion Boards:
THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT SEARCHING FOR THE MEDALLION
You won’t find it if you don’t go out and look for it.
No amount of GoogleMaps, internet searches, discussion boards, treasure hunt guides, history books, or Wikipedia can compare with being familiar with the parks by having visited them. So many clues pertain to things you can only see or know by having been in the park itself. The other things are great resources, but until you’ve been in that park, it’s a different ballgame. I can’t believe how many times I saw “but Swede Hollow is so small!” this year. If these people actually went to Swede Hollow, they’d see that it’s bigger than they might think… certainly bigger than the size of it on their computer screens.
— Pigs Eye Paul
THINGS PEOPLE FOUND WHILE SEARCHING
- A flask with Alcohol still in it
- A frozen pigeon
- A frozen squirrel
- A frozen crow wing
- Mosquito netting
- A crack pipe
- Men’s underwear
- A baseball hat
- One glove (oh so many of these)
LIPS PLUS COLD FLASHLIGHT = OUCH!
So there I was walking along at Swede Hollow an hour ago in the dark……When all of a sudden I thought it would be a neat idea to crab a Clif Bar from my pocket…….Well needless to say I did the old tongue to the frozen flag pole manuever with my lips to my maglite and some tongue…..One effortless yank later the skin was on the Maglite and my lips in a lot of PAIN!!! Youch-Domething money can’t buy….For everything else theirs a frozen Maglite;-(
–SwimBikeRunFun
SHE GETS BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM…
I just have to give a shout out to my friend, she every year is deticated to going out at least once and dragging me with her! She never wants to give up! I am very proud of her patience and enthusiasm!! Will get it next year!!
–ALynnWhite2003
WOULD IT HELP YOU DECIPHER THE CLUES?
Do you think the Clue Writer is a man or a woman?
–SnowPrinsS
Who cares?
–WormsLeechesMinnows
THIS IS THE THNN…
As a CNN political analyst, news is my game. i’ve built my career on it, and take it very seriously. in an effort to persuade the local correspondents that this business of bringing the happenings to the people is of the utmost importance, i encourage all hunters at SH to gather around, and chant:
da-vid ger-gen
clap clap clapclapclap
da-vid ger-gen
clap clap clapclapclap
— “DavidGergen”
THANKS FOR A FUN HUNT, AND A MEMORIAL FOR BOX
This year’s hunt has been more fun than any I can ever remember. The clues are everything that I have ever hoped a hunt would be. If I never hunt again (hope this isn’t the last, though,), I will go to my grave happy that I had this opportunity to do this hunt.
Thank you for all the hard work you put into making this the most satisfying hunt of all time. I have learned so much about St. Paul, gangsters, Harriet, Swede Hollow, Irvine Park, Como and more. I love St. Paul!
It is obvious you put your all into this, and it’s been amazing. Thank you..thank you…thank you. We all miss Box…he left us too early. This hunt has been a great parting gift to him more than anything. You must have cared about him dearly.
How about a memorial for him at Swede Hollow. I’ll be the first to donate.
–SnowPrint
PROPS TO THE CLUE WRITER
Let’s admit us the clues beat us……and wait for the “Go pick it up now, dummy” clue.
–DressWarm
ALTERNATIVE PURSUIT SUGGESTION
(Screw) it. Lets go bowling
— VG
Compiled by Chris Clonts
Copyright 2009 Pioneer Press.