Video Game Developers Create Elaborate Real World Mystery Hunt

by locksmith | Jun 12, 2015 | puzzles, real-life adventure, secrets, treasure hunt

Here's something juicy: video game developer Redlynx, creators of the Trials series, embedded clues in their 2012 game Trials Evolution that launched a hunt which spilled out into the real world and broadened to an epic scale. This Tweet perfectly frames the Kotaku.au...

Man Wins the Rose Festival Medallion with Only 6 Clues

by locksmith | Jun 1, 2015 | treasure hunt

The Oregonian reports that a Portland-area man has discovered the Rose Festival Medallion, a scavenger hunt prize that comes with $1000 cash, using only 6 out of 14 total clues, surprising the event organizers. "I told my wife this morning, 'If they're going to put it...

Vaulter Bandit Vaults into the Vault

by locksmith | May 15, 2015 | crime, real-life adventure, treasure hunt

CP24 reports that the York and Peel Regional Police have pooled their pennies to offer a $100k reward for the capture of the Vaulter Bandit, who has been connected to 19 bank heists over the past 5 years. The Vaulter Bandit is so-called for the way he leaps over the...

Man Finds Cache of Cash in Dresser Stash

by locksmith | May 14, 2015 | treasure hunt

The Blaze has a report about a Texas man named Emil Knodell who made an amazing find after purchasing a fancy chest of drawers from an estate sale. As Knodell and others were loading the dresser into his vehicle, they heard a noise coming from inside. “It sounded like...

Forrest for the Tease

by locksmith | Apr 29, 2015 | treasure hunt

Here's a video interview with Forrest Fenn who we mentioned a while back. Fenn buried a fabulous box of treasure somewhere in the Southwest US: He's got a 9 stanza poem cluing people to its whereabouts, and not once does he rhyme with "Nantucket" or "Venus." Is he a...

You Put Yer [Whatever] In There

by locksmith | Mar 27, 2015 | crime, secrets, treasure hunt

Serial killer Dexter Morgan kept his in the air return duct. Chemistry teacher-turned-drug-kingpin Walter White kept his in the crawlspace under the house. FTC dodger George Bluth Sr. kept his in the banana stand. If you haven't thought of a good place to store your...