Forrest Fenn Treasure Finally Found In Rocky Mountains | TODAY

BUT THERE IS NO DOUBT IN HIS MIND THAT HIS TREASURE HAS BEEN FOUND. SOMEWHERE DEEP IN THE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF SANTA FE, AN 11th CENTURY TREASURE BOX FILLED WITH MILLIONS WORTH OF GOLD AND ANTIQUITIES HAS BEEN FOUND. ONLINE A COMMUNITY IS GOING WILD. FORREST FENN IS AN 89-YEAR-OLD ART COLLECTOR WHO STASHED THE TREASURE TEN YEARS AGO IN AN EFFORT TO GET PEOPLE OFF THEIR COUCHES INTO THE GREAT OUTDOORS. NOW TELLING ME BY PHONE A MAN FROM BACK EAST DECIPHERED THE CLUES. >> THE END IS EVER DRAWING NEAR. >> Reporter: BUT SO FAR FORREST HAS BEEN MUM ON THE IDENTITY SAYING IT’S OVER WHEN THE PICTURE WAS SENT TO HIM OF THE TREASURE. AND IT WAS UNDER A CANOPY OF STARS IN THE LUSH FOREST OF THE VEGETATION OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. IT COMES AFTER YEARS OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TRYING TO FIND THE CHEST. WHICH FOR ME STARTED IN SANTA FE AS ONE OF THE FIRST TO COVER THE MODERN DAY TREASURE HUNT. SINCE THEN, THOUSANDS HAVE SHARED THEIR OWN QUESTS LIKE RAY AND CHLOE HARP WHO SAY IT’S BROUGHT THEM CLOSER AS A FAMILY. >> IT’S BROUGHT US TOGETHER OUT IN NATURE, OUT IN SUNSHINE. I THINK THAT’S WHAT FORREST WANTED. IT GAVE US A PERSPECTIVE OF THE WORLD THAT OUR CHILDREN WILL NEVER FORGET. >> Reporter: TODAY HEARING THE NEWS IS BITTERSWEET. >> IT FEELS LIKE THE LAST PAGE OF OUR FAVORITE BOOK. >> Reporter: BUT THE STORY HASN’T BEEN WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT DANGER. THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTLESS RESCUES AND AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE HAVE DIED WHILE SEARCHING IN TREACHEROUS TERRAIN. AUTHORITIES LONG EARLY MORNING FENN TO CALL OFF THE SEARCH DESPITE FENN’S INSISTENCE THAT IT WAS IN A SPOT A 70-YEAR-OLD MAN COULD REACH. BUT TODAY THAT EXACT LOCATION STILL A MYSTERY. THE FINDER HAS WISHED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS. I GOT TO TELL YOU, THIS WHOLE TREASURE HUNT WAS VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART. IN TEN YEARS I SPENT A LOT OF TIME LOOKING FROM NEW MEXICO TO YELLOWSTONE. I WAS CONVINCED IT WOULD BE OUT THERE FOR CENTURIES EVEN THOUGH ONE TIME FORREST TOLD ME I CAME WITHIN A COUPLE MILES OF THE BOX. I THOUGHT I COULD TAKE MY GRAND KIDS OUT THERE. BUT NOW THE MYSTERY HAS SHIFTED TO WHO FOUND IT AND HOW THEY SOLVED ALL THOSE CLUES. SAVANNAH? >> GADI, I’M SORRY YOU DIDN’T GET YOUR POT OF GOLD. BUT ON THE PLUS SIDE, WE GET TO

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Length: 2min 45sec (165 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 08 2020