Investigation

Find articles on a wide variety of Secret related topics. Topics include new discoveries, the validity of popular solution proposals, challenging common misconceptions, and more…

  • Who is “Gift Giver”?

    Gift Giver is an anonymous Facebook account reportedly operated by two individuals who worked with Byron on developing The Secret: A Treasure Hunt in some capacity, the identities of whom are know solely by George Ward, appearing every December on the 12 Treasures sanctioned Secret group page.  Intending to “nudge” the collective Secret investigation in

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  • Deconstructing the Fairmont Solution

    In recent years, the idea of a Fairmont solution has infiltrated the hearts and minds of Secret enthusiasts desperate for resolution, unsatisfied with Golden Gate Park interpretations that by some measures require too much “thinking” for a PUZZLE called THE SECRET. A projected sense of open-mindedness to an alternative possibility ironically paves the way for

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  • Evidence of Illegal Investigation at Milwaukee Casque Site

    It is no “secret” that Milwaukee parks and public property have suffered from the unauthorized digging of over zealous Secret investigators, emotionally convicted concerning proposed “solutions” that in most cases both fail to authentically reflect the source material at the most basic of levels, and distinguish themselves from a garden variety coincidence. Clever ideas numbering

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  • Boston Public Garden

    Debunking the Boston Secret Solution Conspiracy

    The 2019 discovery of Secret casque number three at Langone Park along the Charles River has inspired artificially manufactured controversy and unfounded claims of organized impropriety. For some, unfulfilled expectation carries a nagging, overpowering impulse to reject rational deductions and confirmable facts. Investigative resources are subsequently allocated toward confirmation bias, replacing objective evidence with personal

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    The Five Most Common Misconceptions Regarding The Secret

    Serving as a microcosm of modern society, the online sphere of Secret investigations is populated by a wide range of belief patterns not strictly the result of available information and logical deduction, but rather the pervasive nature of human perception and underlying motivations thereof, persuaded in some cases by the frequency at which a belief

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  • The Reasons Why Lake Park is not a Viable Solution for “The Secret” in Milwaukee

    Lake Park is the most prominent theoretical resting place for the Milwaukee Secret casque.  It has the most followers, the most variations, the most commentary, and the most coverage, but is it deserving of the intense attention it has received?  It appears that a belief in Lake Park, for many, supersedes the desire to uncover

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  • A boy tries to write Japanese characters

    Understanding the Japanese Translation of The Secret

    The Japanese translation or what I abbreviate as the “JT”, is an edition of the Secret book released in 1983 for the Japanese audience that incorporates a translation as footnotes, maintaining the more accurate English version as the primary source for investigation.  In addition, a section of exclusive contextual clues appears as a result of

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    An Unexpected Secret Hidden Within Image 10

    As theoretical interpretations of Secret images go, most cryptic visual devices are applied in a very uninteresting, circumstantial, one for one manner.  Despite the confirmed application of wordplay or word associations, such as the Mill-walk-key rebus of image 10, or the “loop” of image five, investigators typically insist that red balls can only be red

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  • The Bodie Island Light Station in the Outer Banks of North Carolina

    Why Image 3 Does Not Lead to a Casque in Dare County, NC

    Having witnessed the aftermath of multiple online posts involving the same subject, it’s easy to vividly conjure mental impressions of strong aversion to the notion that image 3 does not lead to a casque in Dare County, NC, possibly manifesting as explicit language.  In one such comment it is declared that anyone who assigns an

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    Theoretical Frameworks for Determining Definitive The Secret Solutions

    Regardless of how it is communicated, a common theme amongst passionate online discussions and fervent investigation is determining the basis by which definitive The Secret solutions are vetted and validated.  Some believe that every time we find commonly found things and flippantly assign clue associations, we have solved a puzzle.  As a response to this

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