French treasure hunt for buried owl statue ends after 31 years

One of the world's longest-running treasure hunts is finally over after 31 years

The golden owl has been discovered (Picture: AP) A 31-year-long treasure hunt in France appears to have come to an end after official social media accounts announced the token needed to claim the grand prize has been found. The hunt, On The Trail Of The Golden Owl, was based on a book of riddles published in 1993. Participants had to solve 11 puzzles in the book – and a 12th one that was hidden – to find the exact location of the token. ‘Don’t g…

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Hunters have been looking for the elusive golden treasure for more than 30 years.

“On the Trail of the Golden Owl” is a treasure hunt. But it's not just any search: it began in 1993 with the publication of a book with 11 practically indecipherable riddles to find the treasure and ended this week, more than three decades later, when someone managed to dig up a bronze replica of a small owl in flight in France. “A potentially winning solution is being verified,” said a message on the game's official website on Thursday at 6.11 …

France treasure hunt finally comes to an end after 31 years as hidden gold statue uncovered

One of the world’s longest-running treasure hunts appears to have finally come to an end after a buried owl statue has been found.The French quest was organised by writer Michel Becker, who illustrated Sur la Trace de la Chouette d’Or (On the Trail of the Golden Owl), a picture book published in 1993.Becker sculpted the gold-and-silver owl and vowed to hand it over to whoever could solve the clues hidden in his book.Under the rules, the lucky pe…

It is material for a feature film: How a treasure hunt captivated France – for 31 years.

In 1993, an author hid a golden owl somewhere in France and left eleven clues in a book. The mystery has occupied generations of treasure hunters, and now it has been solved.