Byars, Oklahoma. Byars is a town in McClain County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 255 at the 2010 census.
The man behind the treasure is Forrest Fenn, an 85-year-old millionaire, former Vietnam fighter pilot, self-taught archaeologist, and successful art dealer in Santa Fe, N.M. No one knows where that treasure chest is but me, Fenn says. If I die tomorrow, the knowledge of that location goes in the coffin with me..
(Picture: Paramount Pictures) Michael Conner Humphreys, the child actor who played young Forrest Gump, has grown up to be just as brave as his loveable on-screen character. Just like Gump, he decided to join the US Army in 2004 and spent 18 months on a tour of duty in Iraq.