bigscoop
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- Jun 4, 2010
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- Older blue Excal with full mods, Equinox 800.
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- All Treasure Hunting
I have deposited in the county of Bedford, about four miles from Buford's, in an excavation or vault, six feet below the surface of the ground, the following articles, belonging jointly to the parties whose names are given in number "3," herewith:
The first deposit consisted of one thousand and fourteen pounds of gold, and three thousand eight hundred and twelve pounds of silver, deposited November, 1819. The second was made December, 1821, and consisted of nineteen hundred and seven pounds of gold, and twelve hundred and eighty-eight pounds of silver; also jewels, obtained in St. Louis in exchange for silver to save transportation, and valued at $13,000.
The above is securely packed in iron pots, with iron covers. The vault is roughly lined with stone, and the vessels rest on solid stone, and are covered with others. Paper number "1" describes the exact locality of the vault so that no difficulty will be had in finding it.
So who is the big fat liar here, the alleged character TJB, or the unknown author? You see, the alleged author of the plain text for C2 makes perfectly clear that the ciphers have been numbered 1,2,3, and yet the unknown author says no such numerical order existed and that it is only by his own tactical genius that he was able to lay them out according to their length and then number them in the correct order, even though length has absolutely zero bearing in determining that correct order. Not only this but how could the author determine how to lay them out correctly, short to long or long to short?
How could the writer of the alleged secret codes know that some completely unknown decoder in the distant future was going to eventually number his ciphers 1,2,3, and in the correct order? Very obviously, he couldn't know that UNLESS he and that unknown author held some other undisclosed close collaboration. This is the only way that the alleged writer of the code and the alleged decoder in the distant future could arrive at the same correct numbering of the ciphers with any certainty. PERIOD!
Now then, where does this leave us? Well no matter how one tries to remedy this true situation it either leaves the writer of the code as being a big fat liar or it leaves the unknown author to be a big fat liar. And in the case of those who determine that Ward made changes to the manuscript, well, then that only paints Ward out to be a big fat liar. So no matter how one determines to remedy the situation it leaves the 1885 tale to be “a published tale that is the product of a big fat liar.” PERIOD!
Now true believers hate to be faced with this harsh reality, they avoid it all cost, but THE COLD HARD TRUTH from which there is no escape will always be staring them squarely in the face. And this “existing factual condition” is just but one such dagger that exist in this fabulous 1885 tale of hidden treasure.
So, who will one choose to be his big fat liar, his escape goat? Or, as most unknowingly do, will they choose them all?
The first deposit consisted of one thousand and fourteen pounds of gold, and three thousand eight hundred and twelve pounds of silver, deposited November, 1819. The second was made December, 1821, and consisted of nineteen hundred and seven pounds of gold, and twelve hundred and eighty-eight pounds of silver; also jewels, obtained in St. Louis in exchange for silver to save transportation, and valued at $13,000.
The above is securely packed in iron pots, with iron covers. The vault is roughly lined with stone, and the vessels rest on solid stone, and are covered with others. Paper number "1" describes the exact locality of the vault so that no difficulty will be had in finding it.
So who is the big fat liar here, the alleged character TJB, or the unknown author? You see, the alleged author of the plain text for C2 makes perfectly clear that the ciphers have been numbered 1,2,3, and yet the unknown author says no such numerical order existed and that it is only by his own tactical genius that he was able to lay them out according to their length and then number them in the correct order, even though length has absolutely zero bearing in determining that correct order. Not only this but how could the author determine how to lay them out correctly, short to long or long to short?
How could the writer of the alleged secret codes know that some completely unknown decoder in the distant future was going to eventually number his ciphers 1,2,3, and in the correct order? Very obviously, he couldn't know that UNLESS he and that unknown author held some other undisclosed close collaboration. This is the only way that the alleged writer of the code and the alleged decoder in the distant future could arrive at the same correct numbering of the ciphers with any certainty. PERIOD!
Now then, where does this leave us? Well no matter how one tries to remedy this true situation it either leaves the writer of the code as being a big fat liar or it leaves the unknown author to be a big fat liar. And in the case of those who determine that Ward made changes to the manuscript, well, then that only paints Ward out to be a big fat liar. So no matter how one determines to remedy the situation it leaves the 1885 tale to be “a published tale that is the product of a big fat liar.” PERIOD!
Now true believers hate to be faced with this harsh reality, they avoid it all cost, but THE COLD HARD TRUTH from which there is no escape will always be staring them squarely in the face. And this “existing factual condition” is just but one such dagger that exist in this fabulous 1885 tale of hidden treasure.
So, who will one choose to be his big fat liar, his escape goat? Or, as most unknowingly do, will they choose them all?
