The Project Skydrop treasure hunt for a gold trophy and a massive prize has zeroed in on western Massachusetts.

Project Skydrop is the brainchild of Jason Rohrer, a Dover, N.H., man who has been called “the world’s most interesting video game designer.”

Somewhere in western Massachusetts or at the southern border of Vermont, a real-life treasure hunt is intensifying. Project Skydrop is the creation of New Hampshire-based game designer Jason Rohrer and California-based Tom Bailey.

A treasure hunt is underway in New England featuring clues around Massachusetts that could land you a $26,000 prize.

BOSTON - A $26,000 gold trophy may be hidden in the woods in Massachusetts. It's part of a large treasure orchestrated by two New Hampshire men. Video game developer Jason Rohrer and his cohort Tom Bailey are the creators of Project Skydrop. They are the ones who placed the gold statue in the forest. The two are treasure hunt enthusiasts.

A real-life treasure hunt for a gold object worth more than $25,000, could be hiding in plain sight somewhere in the Western Massachusetts woods, waiting for a clever sleuth to

There's a real-life treasure hunt happening in the New England area, and the prize might be in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont or New Hampshire.

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