THE HINTS- VITAL TO SUCCESS

[monkeyking]

Hello Forrest,

If in 500 years all a person has is the poem, and no back story: they don’t know “in the rocky mountains north of santa fe” or that there are 9 clues etc. Could a person reasonably just use the words in the poem and find your treasure chest?

Thank you ~Nope
Thank you Nope. Nope. f

Again I agree regarding stanza on containing hints. I am not sure that the questions and answer for FF make this premise definitive. For example, if a similar question were asked of the writer of the Twelve Days of Christmas: Without knowing anything other than the words to the song could someone two hundred years in the future figure out the hidden meanings you placed in the verses? The only correct answer is no. At the very least the future person would have to know that there is hidden meaning. They would also need to know who wrote it.... The way the question was asked of FF he could only answer no. If his poem were published 500 years in the future without any back story, meaning that the reader was not told he buried a treasure box, they would not be able to guess because the poem dosen't say it. Even if they thought it did refer to a hidden treasure without reference to the Rocky Mountains etc. it would not be reasonable for the reader to have any chance of figuring out the clues...

So in the end I think the best logic for determining that stanza one contains hints is that without them you can never be certain of WWWH and without that you have nothing....you just can't jump to HOB... If it is solvable with the poem and a good map then the hint that designates WWWH must be in the poem itself.