US EditionFrench treasure hunt for buried owl statue ends after 31 years
- A 31-year treasure hunt for a buried golden owl statuette has ended with its discovery in France.
- Participants solved 11 puzzles in the book published by Régis Hauser and Michel Becker to find the token's location.
- The prize was an owl made of 3 kilograms of gold and 7 kilograms of silver, overseen by Becker.
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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…
“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.
The golden owl was unearthed after thirty-one years of research. Is it in the forest around Dabo, as some owls strongly maintained? In the small town of Moselle, the municipality has taken advantage of this tourism but says it is relieved that
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