the solutions soon to be revealed in a film before the launch of a new treasure hunt

“On the night of October 2 to 3, 2024, the Golden Owl was discovered.” On YouTube, the co-creator of the treasure hunt “La Chouette d’or” Michel Becker confirmed this Sunday, October 13 that the treasure had indeed been found and that the solutions to the enigma will be revealed in a film planned in next April, on the 32nd anniversary of the game’s launch.

«Sought after by hundreds of thousands of players around the world for more than 31 years, its flight provokes a wave of intense emotion among all those who have made it their passion», he explains in a ten-minute video where he appears in a dark setting, without us being able to distinguish him. The solution “is strictly accurate» and points exactly “cache location», he continues, before announcing a new treasure hunt to come from the “April 24». «The new Golden Owl will fly from exactly where the first one was buried», he adds.

A mysterious winner

Concerning the identity of the winner, no details were given by Michel Becker. The latter in fact required “absolute anonymity» et «the owl is now far from France”, without saying more. On the other hand, he is more verbose on the call for the big winner. “At 10:58 p.m., my phone received a first call from an unknown numberhe says, specifying that he was sleeping. At 11:03 p.m., I received a second call from the same number.»

If he doesn’t pick up, he listens to the message on his answering machine. “I hear the breathlessness, the excitement, the password buried with the owl and the very fresh, incredulous emotion, which has not yet integrated the scope of the incredible event.enthuses the co-creator of the enigma. At 11:22 p.m. and 20 seconds, the solution was recorded in the database and of the 22,531 solutions submitted, the one that was validated is the only one that is accurate.» The solution is still unknown to the general public.