Photo : The golden owl's victory/Michelle Becker
France ended its 31st century battle for treasure. It started when the French artist Michel Becker possessed a small figurine of an owl, made from three kilograms of gold and seven kilograms of diamond chips.
Tips of good luck I, de Zakhovany treasures, were located on the sides of the book “Traces of the Golden Owl” by Max Valentin (pseudonym of the writer Regis Gauser), the writer “Ukrainian Truth”. /p>
Michelle Becker illustrated the book, published in 1993, and then created a sculpture of an owl, asking whoever can figure out the clues first.
In the hunt for his belongings, I inhaled the British best-selling 1979 book by artistKeith Williams nbsp;< /strong>"Masquerade". The book has sold over a million copies of examples of the underground national search for an 18-karat gold hare inlaid with precious stones. For three years they knew him in a park in Bedfordshire.
According to the rules of the French quest, those who know the bronze copy of the owl have the right to exchange it for the original. Its value at the time of the first publication of the book was estimated at 1 million francs, which today is equivalent to about 300 thousand euros.
200% Deposit Bonus up to €3,000 180% First Deposit Bonus up to $20,000The pranksters would like to know the stolen copy of the statue, and also demonstrated Wow, you guessed correctly 11 secret riddles the author of the book by Max Valentin.
The jokes of the golden owl were on 31 rivers. An army of tens of thousands of book fans took their share of the treasure.
On online forums, treasure hunters exchange notes and theories, and also created an online database. Over the course of many years, they reached a consensus before there were a number of mysteries to interpret.
However, no one was able to solve the remaining 12th riddle – composed of different parts of the main 11.
The quest became the cause of several ship calls, one of which was initiated by Becker himself – after the death of Valentin in 2009, the artist took an envelope from the homeland of the writer from the exact place where the birds were taken.
At that time, the sculptor had an owl that was deprived of gold, and in the author’s decline – sealing the envelope with the answers to Valentine's riddles.
It is important to note that the search for treasures in the world is “The Secret Chamber” by Byron Price, published in 1982. Vaughn reports 12 boxes of treasures buried in secret places in the USA and Canada. It was possible to know at least three of them.
Prepared by: Serhiy Daga