In 2010 an eccentric art dealer hid a treasure chest with $2 million in valuables somewhere in the Rocky Mountains and published a poem with clues on where to find it. Hence began the most famous treasure hunt in modern times. This episode is very similar to the series of events surrounding the Fenn Treasure.
Patrick Fischler plays a mystery writer in this episode. On Once Upon a Time he played The Author.
Fire station 118 would not have been sent to respond to a missing hiker in Malibu Creek State Park. Station 118 is located in the heart of LA while Malibu Creek State Park is in Calabasas