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Found by a mysterious man from the east who doesn’t want to be identified?

Sounds like Forrest Fenn’s bullshit will never end.

Why do you assume that he's lying? Given the amount of land to cover, 10 years seems like a short amount of time to have found the treasure.

>10 years seems like a short amount of time to have found the treasure

Yes, that seems like a good reason to doubt the claim.

It’d be nice to even see a photo of the treasure.

Maybe, though not because you'd know whether it was genuine..

Yep. Still not one single photo of the non existent treasure, neither by the bullshit artist or the fictional person who found it. Why does the media give this guy attention?

In a blog post, he promises photographs and more information. https://dalneitzel.com/2020/06/06/important-advice-2/

Let's see whether he lives up to that promise.

Fwiw that has been a popular blog and that post is submitted by Forrest, but that is not his blog.

Thanks! I've edited my comment accordingly.

Publishing his name makes the treasure easier to find for all these obsessives - it's wherever that guy lives

Exactly; likely to stir the pot or stop people -- four of whom died -- from trying to find the treasure.

He's a total bullshitter. I guarantee he'll never say where exactly the "treasure" was placed because somebody can prove they looked there. There never was any treasure. Forrest Fenn is full of crap.

Is found gold bullion taxable? Trying to avoid the IRS?

No luck there; the parasites always come for their "fair share": https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2014/02/26/couple-fi...

It would be a bit too easy a workaround if your boss could just "bury treasure" instead of handing you a cheque every two weeks.

If you found the treasure, would the savings on taxes be enough to forgo the lucrative and ego stroking talk show circuit, and inevitable reality show?

Indeed. Sounds like there was never any treasure to find.

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