PAST HUNT ARCHIVE
2018 - Needle Threading At Kellogg Mall
CLUE #01
Summer's history?
Wait, Fall is here.
The end of another renewal!
Knowledge, grit, luck and sweat,
Will you undertake this quest to obtain the jewel?
You'll need a jacket and walking shoes
to find the round, its clear.
Limits to search -- we dare to cite,
Would be proper, and for the best.
Are you ready to beat the odds?
The STATs don't lie, it would appear.
Relax, this little shout out was merely done in jest!
Public land our treasure waits.
On Private, please show some restraint.
These are simple rules to follow
(the last thing we need are complaints).
We ask you, please.. be a Saint!
EXPLANATION: Hidden in St. Paul
CLUE #02
If walking about isn't your thing, there's options, just use your melon. Tired of trying to get it to crank, most likely it's a lemon?
Gone are the days of horse and buggy, hitching is surely a crime.
Scootin' around can be much easier, how about considering a lime?
EXPLANATION: The days of horse and buggy, downtown. Nearby Lime Bike rental.
CLUE #03
The Captain of the field, shouts, "Omaha, 42, 37", and runs it himself. SKOL! as we crack open a cold one, toasting the living for 'good health'. Rejoice as the Vikings take the Jets out 'to the woodshed',
Remember to spill a little on the ground and remember those that are dead.
EXPLANATION: Kellogg cereal for good health. Throwing the rock in the field: rock marker. WPA architecture from 1937 and 1942. The woodshed: 1st church at location.
CLUE #04
Jack and Jill came from the hill, to fetch a couple o' lagers.
Being quite loud and drawing a crowd, including a couple a' robbers.
They ducked into the lantern and Jack thought he avoided a scene.
Poor Jack didn't know that Jill was a moll, and all she could see was green.
EXPLANATION: Alludes to being downtown: green lantern, molls and gangsters.
CLUE #05
From a Knight's challenge, the public answered an open call.
Rewarded with monies to glimpse into the future.
Not a drop was wasted, nothing overlooked at all.
The area in question, may appear as a buffer, but more so a suture.
EXPLANATION: The McKnight Foundation to renovate the park.
CLUE #06
Our treasure we hid, disguised to confound, From East to West, as well as Up and Down.
You'll get my point, like Oblio and Arrow, Stay on the straight and narrow. This place is as easy as 1-2-3, It's not that hard of a case.
I know, I know... you've heard this before,
It's between a rock and a hard place.
EXPLANATION: 1st, 2nd and 3rd street. From maps, the fountain near where the treasure is hidden looks like a compass. Rock and hard place: the boulder marker and the old annex on the other end.
CLUE #07
Are you down and out, ready to cry uncle? Catch your wind, ride the ropes, this one could go 10 rounds.
Even the best pairs eventually split, like Simon and Garfunkel,
Span the horizon, get creative, ascend from the flats to higher grounds.
EXPLANATION: Down and out: Down Town. Catch the wind and ride the sails: shape of the park. Best pair: Robert Smith. Higher ground: court house.
CLUE #08
Can a frame of a house hold a bell, but no walls?
Alongside it, a love letter from Mark to St. Paul.
Shaped like a boat, and a rock for an anchor,
He'd like to put an end to all wars, and sits near the first banker.
EXPLANATION: Sculptures near the fountain and hiding spot.
WHERE IT WAS FOUND: Kellogg Park, in the railing overlooking the river. WHAT IT WAS FOUND IN: A magnetic box.
WHO FOUND IT: Ed Brodie and Jennifer Strahan.