Diagnosed with Cancer
It seemed like nothing could go wrong for the Fenns. While catering to Hollywood and political celebrities, they became incredibly popular themselves. But in 1988, disaster struck in the Fenn household when they learned that Forrest had cancer. Right then, his life flashed before his very eyes. He knew he’d have to give up every collectible he had gotten his hands on over the last decade or so.
In his collection of rare artifacts, there were several pieces of antique jewelry, large nuggets of solid gold, an assortment of precious stones, and an unpublished copy of his memoirs. He planned on taking everything he had and hiding it inside of a chest at the top of the Rocky Mountains.