cactusjumper said:Randy,
Really surprised to see you posting here. What will your friends think?
Joe
Real de Tayopa said:
cactusjumper said:Jose,
Your riddle should have included a question about the color of a bear that ambles by.
Cubfan,
Your question is a bit more sophisticated, as it requires knowledge of the Jesuit Alphabet Code. The question you asked was often used by the Jesuits in mapping the directions to their buried treasures.
The number of pieces of wood that a woodchuck could chuck was the key in determining how far the treasure was buried from the last known marker. One letter which was never revealed in this code, was "G". That omission was not by chance. For those in the know, "G" was equal to 7 which obviously represents the "seven caves".
It seems obvious, at this time, that bowman and your questions all have one answer.....670. That would be the number of paces that are required to walk, on the trail, from the First Water Trailhead. That would be where bowman found his caves.....etc.
While some believe that bowman never got farther than the sign where his picture was taken, the 670 paces would seem to be part of his overall experience. That picture was not destroyed by the "magnetic field" around the caves, because it was taken before the camera would be completely destroyed.
The Jesuit "code" is child's play to decipher as it was based on the best code that the Spanish
(of the time) could develop. That was also "child's play".
Take care,
Joe
