Danielle Prokop, The Santa Fe New Mexican:

Forrest Fenn, an 89-year-old Santa Fe author and artifacts dealer, said his treasure chest hidden in the Rocky Mountains in 2010 was found last week.

“It’s true,” Fenn told The New Mexican in a phone call Sunday, adding that the finder of his chest located the valuable goods “a few days ago.”

I love a good treasure hunt story. This one spans a decade, starting when Forrest Fenn put out the word that he’d hidden a chest full of loot, said to be worth more than $1 million, somewhere in the Rocky Mountains.

Taking this all with a grain of salt, since we’ll never see video of the treasure, of it being hidden, nor of it being found.

And:

An estimated 350,000 people have hunted for Fenn’s treasure. Some quit their jobs to do so. But it’s had deadly consequences. At least five people have died while searching for the chest.

And:

In December, David Harold Hanson of Colorado Springs, Colo., sued Fenn for $1.5 million, claiming he has deprived him of the treasure through fraudulent statements and misleading clues.

All adds to the fascination.