National Post

MAN WHO DIED IN YELLOWSTON­E WAS ON A TREASURE HUNT

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A 53- year- old Illinois man who fell to his death in Yellowston­e National Park last year was looking for a supposed hidden cache of gold and jewels. KULR-TV reports that Jeff Murphy, pictured, of Batavia, Ill., was looking for the treasure that antiquitie­s dealer Forrest Fenn says he stashed somewhere in the Rocky Mountains several years ago. The investigat­ion by Yellowston­e officials into Murphy’s death was kept private, but KULR obtained the informatio­n through a Freedom of Informatio­n Act request. The investigat­ive report reveals Murphy’s wife told park authoritie­s that Murphy was looking for the treasure when she called to report him missing. Murphy’s body was found June 9, 2017. He had fallen about 152 metres down a steep slope. The report ruled the death an accident.

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