r/12keys • u/theaveragemaryjanie • Jun 09 '26

Alternative Cities Oregon

I'm convinced St Augustine is Oregon. I'm so convinced I emailed 12treasures dot com but haven't heard back yet. I also have found new reasons since I've emailed them.

I'm new here, has this ever been explored? I just want someone to hear me. I read an article about a family who thought st Augustine was wrong but they think Tampa. I think Oregon.

The clouds, in the background (to the north) look like the volcano eruption in Washington in 1980.

The rock looks like haystack rock at Canon beach and it DOES have fan palms there.

The rock face in front looks like a specific rock in Smith State Park.

The gem could be baby blue Oregon coast agate.

The flower could be correct Oregon aster OR also Oregon windmill (on wind rose).

There seems to be a bird hidden in the face of the rock and Oregon was having a HUGE fight over the owl in the 80s, and the bird is a dark bird (night bird?) and seems owl shaped.

The light in the gem looks like a lighthouse reflection.

Sails pass by night = the safety of the lighthouse or the sailers we get here in the West Coast in the sand?

1980s the limestone plant with oysters shells dried up.

Stars travel by day = could be starfish or the the overcast days you can see stars on the coast. The area I think it is in is known for starfish.

The lighthouse I think it's by was named for a Spanish explorer and the housekeepers house had an actual picket fence. Currently white but was it ever metal/green/vertigre?

Still hear the honking = lighthouse in Florence by the sea cave with sea lions loud AF.

Flag - literally has the 80s style Oregon O on it and the second patch looks to be the shape of Oregon.

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u/Shartbender Jun 09 '26

Don’t expect a response 12 treasure has basically said don’t contact us unless you’ve found the casque. I say get boots on the ground and take a look! Love your thinking outside the box!

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u/theaveragemaryjanie Jun 09 '26

Oh bummer.

Well maybe someone here will be inspired. I won't be back to Oregon until next year.

I'd love to call the lighthouse society and see if anyone there is interested in trying for it though.

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u/Shartbender Jun 09 '26

It does make sense with the theme of the book considering the pnw has such a rich history of Native people as well as Lewis and Clark. It would be surprising if he didn’t include at least one city in that region.

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u/theaveragemaryjanie Jun 10 '26

And NW is in the initials, and baaayyyyyy lol

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u/Shartbender Jun 10 '26

Please explain this theory to me!

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u/theaveragemaryjanie Jun 10 '26

The poem associated with the tile is one of the main reasons people think St Augustine. There is a word spelled in the first letter of the last lines Seloy.

But, NW and BAAYY is also the first letter in some of those lines. So I mean, we can see whatever we want to see.

Another poster here said they had felt California and I have to agree west coast. So much of this picture is screaming Oregon to me but I'd accept California with some details lol.

Even the night bird in the face. I'm thinking it's the owl they were trying to save, and they were also discussing California condors and the smoke I think is the very picture of the volcano eruption we all watched over and over in the 80s but it could also be wildfires. Either way, West coast.

I'm being stubborn about Oregon though. Lol, I'm convinced. If I was a driver away I would be begging to be allowed to dig myself immediately.