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I just can't see where there is a greed angle to the monolith events.
Self promotion and advertising to sell copies https://www.themostfamousartist.com/maas/edition-of-3
At least Forrest Fenn's treasure has actual value, apparently (I would join with the naysayers if it did not.)
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It's a horrible story. Some rich idiot put a treasure box on public lands, resulting in significant amounts of damage to national parks and monuments and several deaths. It was ruined from the beginning and it's a damn shame Fenn is no longer around to be prosecuted for it.
Out of hundreds of thousands of treasure-hunters, over a decade, four or five people are said to have died while looking. On average, 38 skiers and snowboarders die in the US each year ... 1600 go missing in wilderness areas ... 5000 die riding motorcycles. Treasure-hunting looks pretty safe. Feel free to hide in your home.
Out of a few hundred "treasure hunters", 6 died. Several dozen were seriously injured. "Treasure hunting" was by far the most dangerous activity of the ones you listed, even compared to motorcycle riding. And that doesn't include the damage to private or public lands caused by these idiots in their search.
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It's a horrible story. Some rich idiot put a treasure box on public lands, resulting in significant amounts of damage to national parks and monuments and several deaths. It was ruined from the beginning and it's a damn shame Fenn is no longer around to be prosecuted for it.
Wild lands like national parks or public wilderness are places where a person can still experience risk from the natural world. That is a significant part of the whole point of having them. That’s what makes an outing an adventure and not just a pleasant stroll. People don’t need a $1 million treasure to get themselves into trouble in the wild. It happens regularly for reasons as trivial as selfies or even just for t…
My issue is with the idiot who left the treasure on public lands and with the idiots that vandalized public and private property to try to find it.
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It's a horrible story. Some rich idiot put a treasure box on public lands, resulting in significant amounts of damage to national parks and monuments and several deaths. It was ruined from the beginning and it's a damn shame Fenn is no longer around to be prosecuted for it.
Prosecuted for... littering?
The other idiots? For vandalism. National parks, national forests, national monuments, and private lands were vandalized during this search.