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There was a similar phenomenon in the UK: Masquerade. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-47671776 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bed

There was a similar phenomenon in the UK: Masquerade. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-47671776 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-47671...

tromp 3y ago
And there was Forest Fenn's famous treasure hunt in the U.S. https://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/a43061508/forrest-fenn-treasure-hunt/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/a43061508/forrest...
- hackernewds 3y ago
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- throwawayForMe2 3y ago
  https://old.reddit.com/r/FindingFennsGold/ https://old.reddit.com/r/FindingFennsGold/
LeonB 3y ago
Yes — i thought the same. Here’s a 2015 article that got me into the topic: https://hazlitt.net/feature/goes-all-way-queen-puzzle-book-drove-england-madness https://hazlitt.net/feature/goes-all-way-queen-puzzle-book-d... The human ability to find meaning in anything (to see patterns that aren’t there, etc.) — apophenia - gets cranked up to 11/10 when an incentive — such as the treasure hunt — is added to the mix.
lyso 3y ago
As a footnote to this, can I recommend Stuart Ashen’s talk about Hareraiser, a lacklustre kind-of follow up and contender for “worst video game ever”: https://youtu.be/ouvi-fwrfIY https://youtu.be/ouvi-fwrfIY
- episteme 3y ago
  I didn't expect it to be this Ashens, but now I think about it I totally should have.
hackernewds 3y ago
> To complete it, the puzzler had to draw a line from the eye of each of the animals in the 15 paintings through hand or paw to a letter in the border. This revealed a word or phrase which, put together, formed the crucial clue. would have loved to see this illustrated. sadly the article makes no attempt
- dankent 3y ago
  This article explains the solution in much more detail, including how the instructions for what to do were given in an obscure way in the book: https://dreamsofgerontius.com/2016/10/05/masquerade-by-kit-williams-the-solution/ https://dreamsofgerontius.com/2016/10/05/masquerade-by-kit-w...
lproven 3y ago
There is an illo of the Masquerade hare in the article, to be fair, although it's barely mentioned AFAICS.

There was a similar phenomenon in the UK: Masquerade. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-47671776 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-47671...

tromp 3y ago

And there was Forest Fenn's famous treasure hunt in the U.S. https://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/a43061508/forrest-fenn-treasure-hunt/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/a43061508/forrest...

hackernewds 3y ago
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throwawayForMe2 3y ago
https://old.reddit.com/r/FindingFennsGold/ https://old.reddit.com/r/FindingFennsGold/

LeonB 3y ago

Yes — i thought the same. Here’s a 2015 article that got me into the topic: https://hazlitt.net/feature/goes-all-way-queen-puzzle-book-drove-england-madness https://hazlitt.net/feature/goes-all-way-queen-puzzle-book-d... The human ability to find meaning in anything (to see patterns that aren’t there, etc.) — apophenia - gets cranked up to 11/10 when an incentive — such as the treasure hunt — is added to the mix.

lyso 3y ago

As a footnote to this, can I recommend Stuart Ashen’s talk about Hareraiser, a lacklustre kind-of follow up and contender for “worst video game ever”: https://youtu.be/ouvi-fwrfIY https://youtu.be/ouvi-fwrfIY

episteme 3y ago
I didn't expect it to be this Ashens, but now I think about it I totally should have.

hackernewds 3y ago

> To complete it, the puzzler had to draw a line from the eye of each of the animals in the 15 paintings through hand or paw to a letter in the border. This revealed a word or phrase which, put together, formed the crucial clue. would have loved to see this illustrated. sadly the article makes no attempt

dankent 3y ago
This article explains the solution in much more detail, including how the instructions for what to do were given in an obscure way in the book: https://dreamsofgerontius.com/2016/10/05/masquerade-by-kit-williams-the-solution/ https://dreamsofgerontius.com/2016/10/05/masquerade-by-kit-w...

lproven 3y ago

There is an illo of the Masquerade hare in the article, to be fair, although it's barely mentioned AFAICS.