Barbarisi tells the story so well that you should resist any form of peeking ahead and leave the matter in his capable hands.” I’ve read many descriptions of Yellowstone geysers, but none more striking than his evocation of how runoff from the Artemisia Geyser affects the immediate surroundings.
Barbarisi writes with gusto and portrays the eccentrics he encounters with a candor. Over the course of four chaotic years, several searchers would die, endless controversies would erupt, and one hunter would ultimately find the chest.įull of intrigue, danger, and break-neck action, Chasing the Thrill is a riveting tale of desire, obsession, and unbridled adventure. What began as an attempt to capture the inner workings of Fenn's hunt quickly turned into a personal quest that led Barbarisi down a reckless and potentially dangerous path, one that found him embroiled in searcher conspiracies and matching wits with Fenn himself. But he didn't die, and after hiding the treasure in 2010, Fenn instead presided over a decade-long gold rush that saw many thousands of treasure hunters scrambling across the Rocky Mountains in pursuit of his fortune.ĭaniel Barbarisi first learned of Fenn's hunt in 2017, when a friend became consumed with decoding the poem and convinced Barbarisi, a reporter, to document his search.
When Forrest Fenn was given a fatal cancer diagnosis, he came up with a bold plan: He would hide a chest full of jewels and gold in the wilderness, and publish a poem that would serve as a map leading to the treasure's secret location. *If you have nothing to hide, then we should not fear any investigations.īen and Ashley Power (Youtuber Personalities)įrank Beier, JR.“Daniel Barbarisi plunges into an adventure from another era when he goes in search of buried treasure, guided only by a cryptic poem, a mischievous art collector, and the footsteps another pursuer who died on the quest… Every page draws you deeper into this no-man’s-land where fortune-or tragedy-awaits.” -Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run We the community are providing a list of suspected associates and registered corporations involved and ask the Attorney General to validate each member involvement of named persons: In the process they have been active in laundering monies through alleged Charity fundraisers, Youtube Superchats and other various means of raising money through their own private accounts and not through any registered 503C non-profit organization. We the community feel the following Conspirators and Companies have conspired to defraud the solver of the Forrest Fenn Treasure their just reward and work at coordinating their efforts to keep the treasure and solution from ever being known. The searchers for the Forrest Fenn Community would like to petition the Attorney Generals for the following states (New Mexico, Nevada, California, Texas, Oklahoma, Michigan, Illinois, Washington, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Maryland, Washington DC, Massachusetts, Ohio, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania) to investigate the Fraud committed against the treasure hunting community through the ongoing deceptive practices by Forrest Fenn and Associates.