Where in the world did Volvo sink its treasure? That's
today's hottest mystery of the deep as tens of thousands of online treasure
hunters across the globe vie to find a chest filled with $50,000 in gold
doubloons and a key to a new Volvo XC90, at volvocars.us/thehunt. To inspire,
entertain – and possibly even distract – all would-be pirates on their quest
for the treasure, Volvo Car Corporation offers up some other great watery
mysteries from over the ages.
“Okay, okay. Maybe it is a stretch to call The Hunt one of the greatest
mysteries of the deep, but it certainly has got a lot of people
flummoxed,” said Linda Gangeri, national advertising manager for Volvo
Cars of North America. “We thought some of our more prodigious
participants might enjoy pitting their wit and skill against some age-old
mysteries…but even if they solve them, the only way to get your hands on
Volvo's treasure is by joining our Hunt!”
* The Experiment in Suruga Bay – There's something in the water in
In the past few years alone, there have been sightings of giant squid, giant
eel and most recently, a prehistoric frill shark. The primordial soup that is
a mythical sea monster akin to Loch Ness and the fictional sludge monster
portrayed in 1971's Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster.
* The Mary Celeste – The archetypal “ghost ship,” the Mary Celeste
carried a crew of 10 and a cargo of industrial alcohol when it set sail in
1872. A month later, the ship was found drifting in the
with no one aboard and nine barrels missing. While many theories have been
introduced, none have yet been proven. However, one very important maxim comes
to mind: “Don't drink and drive.”
* The Bermuda Triangle – An imaginary area in the
Atlantic
disappearance of ships and vessels. A persuasive (yet scientifically unproven)
account of the phenomenon was made in the 1978 Scooby Doo episode “A
Creepy Tangle in the Bermuda Triangle.” The age-old culprit behind the
mystery? Ghost pirates, of course.
* The Sirens' Song – In ancient Greek lore, the Sirens lured sailors to their
doom from a craggy island perch with a haunting melody. Perhaps more mythology
than mystery (it's all Greek to us), was the music so distractingly beautiful
or awful?
* Waterworld – The 1995 post-apocalyptic epic is widely considered to be one of
the greatest enigmas in film history. It remains a mystery of the cinematic age
how and why such an expensive and convoluted film became an international box
office success.
* The Blair Cuspids & The
rock formation on the surface of the Moon's
casting remarkably long shadows confounded scientists and continues to do so to
this day.
* The
Experiment – An alleged government-sponsored experiment said to have taken
place in late 1943, The Philadelphia Experiment purportedly used
electromagnetic radiation and gravity to make a naval ship temporarily
disappear off the Atlantic coast.
* Billy Ocean's “Mystery Lady” – This smooth classic cracked the
R&B Top 10 back in 1985 and scores of Billy Ocean fans far and wide still
wonder if the singer ever, in fact, managed to “get something
started” with this unidentified temptress.
* The Great Face on the Pacific Ocean Floor – Some have argued that, when taken
together, the topographical images of the vast ocean floor form the face of
God. This supposition has met with resistance from similarly zealous believers
who already are committed to the image of the Virgin Mary in a potato chip.
The Hunt, volvocars.us/thehunt, part of Volvo's official promotion of Disney's
upcoming film Pirates of the
World's End, is a challenging and engaging series of online clues and puzzles,
that ultimately will result in one finalist going to the “burial”
location to retrieve $50,000 in gold doubloons and a key to a new Volvo. The
Hunt is open to participants age 18 and over through May 29.
In addition to the
Kong
The Hunt.
Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End opens in
May 25.
