First clue posted for Santa Cruz mountains treasure hunt
$1,000 dollars are hidden in a box
$1,000 dollars are hidden in a box
$1,000 dollars are hidden in a box
The first clue for the mysterious box containing $1,000 in was posted to Instagram on Thursday.
Earlier this week an account called "The Official Treasure Hunt" popped up on Instagram, promising to post clues of where the money is hidden. Initially, the only information that was released was that the prize was located on public land somewhere in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Thursday at 11 a.m. the first clue was posted.
"A place for a Queen, Can you smell what he's cooking?" read the posts with dashed lines for a two-word answer, six letters and four letters, respectively.
One thousand dollars isn't exactly chump change, but for these Bay Area natives, getting people outdoors is priceless.
"After COVID kind of relaxed and people were starting to get outdoors again, we wanted to do something to get families outdoors and get them exploring these beautiful parks," Ruh said.
NBC Bay Area contributed to this report.