Golden owl: these old Breton players are “disgusted and bitter” [Vidéo]

For Finistère Pierre Blouch, the quest for the Grail in the shape of an owl began, like the game, in 1993. In 31 years of treasure hunting, the former engineer has never lost his taste for this enigma, which led to spending hours on road maps and traveling around France. When the announcement of the end of the game came, on Thursday October 3, the retiree, like most historical owls, only had one idea in mind: “To be able to confront the official result of the hunt, know the winner and especially the place where the countermark was finally dug up.

“Move around, there’s nothing more to see!” »

Like everyone else, he had to wait a long week, until the double communication at the weekend. Co-creator of the game and designer of the famous owl-shaped trophy, Michel Becker finally intervened in two stages, this Sunday, October 13: a vocal exchange via the Discord network, then a long Youtube video, where he speaks in shadow Chinese woman in front of a projection of the famous Golden Owl.

This Monday, Pierre Blouch, aka piblo29, still can’t believe it. “Absolute anonymity of the winner(s). Publication of solutions postponed until the Greek calendars. No media interviews. Michel Becker has everything locked down. He tells us to move on, there is nothing more to see! Worse: he suggests that the A2CO association (association of gold miners), of which I am a member, is manipulating the “haters” who have attacked him. I am deeply disappointed and even angry with this way of doing things.”

“There is too much vagueness in this intervention. Michel Becker even claims that the owl is abroad. We don’t understand anything, it’s simply surreal”

Like the many signatories of two petitions

freshly launched and demanding more information, the player now doubts the veracity of the result. “There is too much vagueness in this intervention. Michel Becker even claims that the owl is abroad. But is it the original statue or the countermark? Why not show it? It seems that a patron offered €300,000 for it. To whom? We don’t understand anything, this intervention is simply surreal.”

“I’m stunned”

In Fouesnant, the other former player Christine Garin (aka Tina Delly), although supportive of Michel Becker’s idea of ​​relaunching the hunt on Discord in 2021, thinks no less. “I am stunned, disappointed and bitter. The community of owls was already very torn, but this way of prolonging the pleasure ends up tearing it to pieces. I don’t understand where Michel Becker is really going with this. His message simply does not live up to the 31 years of this beautiful quest.”

For her, as for Pierre Blouch, treasure hunts are really over. “There would be a film and a new game announced for April 24, 2025. “It will be without us,” they both say. We don’t want it anymore.”