"We didn't really care who found the treasure, we just wanted to solve the puzzle." - Brian Zinn It wasn't until the following year that a casque was actually recovered by three teenagers in Chicago's Grant Park. Within months, 700 people wrote to Preiss claiming to know the location of the bins. While The Secret never sold as many copies as Masquerade, it did achieve a cult-like status among a dedicated group of puzzle solvers. The challenge remained a popular mystery until it was solved in March 1982, less than 90 days after the release of The Secret,and helped spawn a literary genre known as " armchair treasure hunts." The contest was inspired by a similar book- Masquerade by Kit Williams, published in 1979-which offered a golden rabbit figurine to any reader who could decipher its location from clues in the text.
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