bigscoop
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So let's get down to the real witty-gritty of the Beale paper mystery. Over the years there have been all manner of theories and proposed solutions developed around this mystery but the simple truth to the situation is that we only have one source to begin our research from and that is the original source of the tale, this being the 1885 Beale Pamphlet publication.
Like everyone else when I first started researching the possibilities I did so taking for granted that the story might be true and so my research was likewise focused on possible solutions to the ciphers and a possible solution to the presented mystery. This, I would discover later, was a HUGE and inexperienced mistake.
What I discovered later is that the very first thing that has to be researched is the source itself because if the source isn't accurate or/and honest then one will only spend his time trying to chase down details and events that never existed. Unfortunately, because so many folks want to believe in the narration, there isn't very much accurate and honest information being presented and proposed today. And to add to these inaccuracies, believe it or not many folks simply don't want to hear the truth about the narration because the truth pretty much renders a great deal of the narration as being impossible and simple author fabrications. Obviously the vast majority of these folks simply want to live a mystery and adventure even if that mystery and adventure isn't real. This is why there's so much misinformation and romance surrounding the mystery today.
Having said all of the above it is paramount in any mystery that the details within that mystery become the first priority. The truth can never be found when one is willing to blindly accept that whatever they are told is the gospel truth. Unfortunately people lie and mislead and deceive for a multitude of reasons and everyone is fully aware that treasure stories represent an industry leader in this sort of thing. So why take the narration in the Beale pamphlet for granted as it is a product of this same industry. In fact, the Beasle papers may represent one of the best and most misleading and deceptive treasure tales ever penned because it certainly contains all of the above.
In short, over the years I've discovered that one needs to pick treasure stories apart piece by piece until they have sorted out all of the facts from the fiction, only then can they begin to pursue potential accurate solutions to the mystery. All else is just the blind pursuit of mystery and adventure that can't possibly be accurate, honest, or real. But it is, if nothing else, living the dream.
Like everyone else when I first started researching the possibilities I did so taking for granted that the story might be true and so my research was likewise focused on possible solutions to the ciphers and a possible solution to the presented mystery. This, I would discover later, was a HUGE and inexperienced mistake.
What I discovered later is that the very first thing that has to be researched is the source itself because if the source isn't accurate or/and honest then one will only spend his time trying to chase down details and events that never existed. Unfortunately, because so many folks want to believe in the narration, there isn't very much accurate and honest information being presented and proposed today. And to add to these inaccuracies, believe it or not many folks simply don't want to hear the truth about the narration because the truth pretty much renders a great deal of the narration as being impossible and simple author fabrications. Obviously the vast majority of these folks simply want to live a mystery and adventure even if that mystery and adventure isn't real. This is why there's so much misinformation and romance surrounding the mystery today.
Having said all of the above it is paramount in any mystery that the details within that mystery become the first priority. The truth can never be found when one is willing to blindly accept that whatever they are told is the gospel truth. Unfortunately people lie and mislead and deceive for a multitude of reasons and everyone is fully aware that treasure stories represent an industry leader in this sort of thing. So why take the narration in the Beale pamphlet for granted as it is a product of this same industry. In fact, the Beasle papers may represent one of the best and most misleading and deceptive treasure tales ever penned because it certainly contains all of the above.
In short, over the years I've discovered that one needs to pick treasure stories apart piece by piece until they have sorted out all of the facts from the fiction, only then can they begin to pursue potential accurate solutions to the mystery. All else is just the blind pursuit of mystery and adventure that can't possibly be accurate, honest, or real. But it is, if nothing else, living the dream.
