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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3127485, member: 10461"]Yes, this is - as previously announced - a heavily embellished (fictionalized) tale.  But like many Hollywood blockbusters, it does come prefaced with a "based on actual events" clause. Well, sort of.  It is based on the bare bones of a story that was represented as true when told to me, and like I said earlier, I found the original tale both tantalizing and plausible. This retelling has to rely heavily on fiction, since the original story as told to me in 1994 was very sparse on details.  There is good reason for that.  The discovery of the Orangeburg Hoard - if it existed - and its subsequent purchase, resale, and dispersal - were cloaked in secrecy.  More on that later, perhaps. So I've had to fill in the gaps in the story with some imagination.  But I've tried to imagine it realistically, if you know what I mean. You're indeed reading a work of short fiction, but hopefully it's entertaining, and remember - it is entirely possible that something similar to this did happen in or around Orangeburg, SC in 1989, in the wake of Hurricane Hugo. I'm not sure we'll ever know the true story, so I'm making one up to fulfill my need to know. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]