A decades-long treasure hunt for a golden owl statuette in France finally came ... Becker—who originally did not have any knowledge of the statuette's location—was shown the solution of ...

Hauser, according to the BBC, said in 1996 that if the searchers pooled their knowledge, they would find the owl within two hours ... to the location of the statue, confirmed it was still there ...

Many were after an inside tip, which had helped bring Masquerade, a similar treasure hunt launched in 1979 in Britain, to a close after just three years. Failing that, you had to dig. Plenty did, in ...

Author and hunt creator Max Valentin released his book, 'On the Trail of the Golden Owl,' in 1993 — spawning decades of searching in France A decadeslong treasure hunt that has been fascinating ...

If you've ever seen an owl, you might be drawn to traits like ... "Owls symbolize our own intuition, knowledge and wisdom," Mello says, explaining that they are our "ancestors," representing ...