3 Friends Followed Mysterious Clues to Find $10,000 Worth of Buried Treasure in San Francisco
Three friends in San Francisco followed mysterious clues to find $10,000 worth of buried treasure in a local nature preserve
The clues — which were shared in the form of a rhyming riddle — were posted on Reddit by a team of anonymous treasure enthusiasts
The treasure entailed cash, valuable metal coins and rare baseball cardsThree friends recently followed mysterious clues to $10,000 worth of buried treasure in San Francisco.
Austin Theriault, TJ Lee and Erik Bahri saw a cryptic message posted by an anonymous team of treasure-hunting enthusiasts on Reddit on Tuesday, May 13, per NPR.
'Five weeks ago, we buried a $10,000 treasure chest somewhere in San Francisco,' the Reddit post began. The treasure hunt creators then shared four limerick-like rhyming clues, along with several photos of the treasure, which entailed cash, valuable coins and rare baseball cards.
Theriault told NPR that he and his friends, who all work in tech, discussed the clues all day, and ultimately found the treasure buried under a bush in Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve after about an hour of physically searching.
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"It's validating to be like, 'I know San Francisco well enough' that we were able to find this in the first spot we checked,' he told the outlet.
"The organizers did this as a bit of a love letter to the city," Lee added, while also speaking to NPR. "And so it's gratifying to know, at least for me, that someone who loves the city as much as the organizers was able to find the treasure."
The friends shared photos of the treasure, which was sealed in a metal box, in a comment on the original Reddit post.
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The hunt organizers posted an update on Reddit on Wednesday, May 14, in which they shared that the treasure had been found in 'a mere 11 hours,' which was 'a lot faster than anyone anticipated.'
While the hunt organizers wish to remain anonymous, they did confirm to NPR that they are a team of two people. They added that they were inspired to create the whimsical experience by movies like The Goonies, Raiders of the Lost Ark and a few real-life stories.
They also revealed that they funded the adventure themselves using 'a non-insignificant amount of savings.'
"It comes from a place of really wanting to do this,' one of the hunt creators told NPR. 'And if we could afford a hundred thousand dollars or a million, we would. Ten thousand dollars felt like the bare minimum entry to say: This is treasure. This is compelling. There's really something out there that's worth pursuing."
The hunt creators say they would love to organize another treasure hunt at some point, and encouraged any 'deep-pocketed collaborators' to reach out if interested, per a statement on a website they created dedicated to the hunt.
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