Riddles on the Oregon Coast

Posted by Robert on November 12th, 2009

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Robert sleeps in a bed on the beach during the shark lullaby, on the Oregon coast

Robert sleeps in a bed on the beach during the shark lullaby, on the Oregon coast

I am going to state the obvious here – cameras don’t like water.  Water and electronics hardly ever mix in a good way.  Cameras also don’t like sand.  Sand is very tiny and very good at finding all of the tiny crevices on a camera.  Knowing this, then why on earth did we decide to make a movie on the beach?  Because it looked awesome – that’s  why!

Riddle Solvers Take 7

Riddle Solvers Take 7

We just finished filming for eight days out on the beautiful and rugged Oregon coast.  We chose places with wicked names, like The Devil’s Punchbowl and Heceta Head, which I think translates to “even worse than The Devil’s Punchbowl.”  Every day, we had to know exactly what the tide was doing, because at high tide our filming locations were quite literally underwater…several feet underwater.  We also had to know what the weather was doing, because late October and early November is when Mother Nature turns her weather machine from “good” to “bad.”

Robert chisels a megalodon tooth out of rock

Robert chisels a megalodon tooth out of rock

So after eight days, our crew of ten returned home soggy and sandy and exhausted from hauling our riddle solving stand up and down a flight of 102 stairs.  But it was all worth it to solve a mysterious riddle found inside an ancient shark journal.  Stay tuned for our newest Riddle Solvers episode: The Shark Riddle.