Book's clue leads to $25K prize

[davidinalameda]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/06/02/books.treasurehunt.ap/index.html

A Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, man is the first treasure hunter to decipher the clues in the book "A Treasure's Trove: A Fairy Tale About Real Treasure for Parents and Children of All Ages" to redeem a $25,000 prize.

Jake Polterak, 35, found the clue, hidden as a token, on May 22 at the Rickets Glen State Park near Red Rock, Pennsylvania, a 4 1/2-hour drive from his home. The token's prize is an 18-karat gold dragonfly decorated with diamonds and sapphires.

Polterak, a computer consultant, had been reading "A Treasure's Trove" with his 4-year-old daughter, Allie.


this is a great way to get people to buy a book--whatever happened to reading for pleasure rather than profit

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1. no more stupid than a sweepstakes at mcdonald's

whatever happened to eating mickey d's burgers simply because you don't give a monkey's about your health?