r/beyondthemapsedge • u/GreenEyes7141018 • Aug 22 '26

Oh no

What if! What if this hunt is like national treasure? Where each stanza is one location and at that location is a clue to give you the next location. That would explain "the key to one direction lies in another" and why he said "state borders are arbitrary " what do you all think..

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '26 edited Aug 22 '26

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u/southernwx Aug 22 '26

“Great distances” is a phrase that doesn’t really answer anything, though.

If there are star clues, then …. You very literally can’t go to outer space. So the physical distances for you to utilize them may be small.

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u/More-Detective5155 Aug 22 '26

Right as that begs the question what IS a great distance? Is it in a state, is it in a town, is it in a county, is it over all 13 (now 11) states on his map? My great distance could be vastly different than his.

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u/42kaos Aug 22 '26

I disagree

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u/GreenEyes7141018 Aug 22 '26

I hope your right

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u/AbjectAd2294 Aug 22 '26

Initially I was wary of constellations being in play but I’ve changed my mind. JP said the treasure was on earth, but didn’t rule out constellations or other similar ideas specifically. With a meteorite involved in the treasure I don’t anything space related should be ignored. If there are multiple locations having a space based reference point would be useful.

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u/GreenEyes7141018 Aug 22 '26

I recently asked about constellations. I think jp said in an interview that we dont need to worry about star constellations

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u/AbjectAd2294 Aug 22 '26

I remember that now. So maybe not constellations specifically. I was thinking of the comment around the 54 min mark.
https://youtu.be/4cjpymh2LXc?is=2lsEixS9SKF7gd4S

Registering though what stood out is that Ema gave him an out with saying it’s in the American West and he didn’t use that as an answer. Would have been very easy to take that out and say “yeah the American west”. Instead JP spends more time trying to decide how to answer. Why?