The “Golden Owl” was indeed found on the night of October 2 to 3, its manager said this Sunday.
In a video, he promised a “sequel” and the solutions will be “brought to the screen”.
A mystery soon on the big screen. The “Golden Owl”, found on the night of October 2 to 3 (new window) after a 31-year long treasure hunt, will have a “suite”his manager said this Sunday. This gigantic mystery, which has intrigued several generations, will even be made into a film, he announced.
In a video posted on YouTube (new window)on the page of Éditions de la Chouette d’or, a man introducing himself as Michel Becker, the one who had the solution, is filmed in the darkness. He first confirmed that the replica allowing the owl to be won and initially estimated at one million francs (150,000 euros) had indeed been found by a person or group claiming “absolute anonymity”.
See you in April 2025
It is therefore impossible to congratulate the big winners… or even to observe the coveted owl. “She is now far from France”he says in the video. Let the greatest investigators rest assured, the game is not going to stop yet. The man arranged to meet fans on April 23 and 24, 2025, the date of the game’s 32nd anniversary. “To finalize everything that needs to be finalized, this is the date we are holding back, so that everything is revealed. […] The new Golden Owl will fly from exactly where the first one was buried, on April 24.”
He judges this deadline “enough for the solutions” from the first riddle “can, instead of simply being the subject of the publication of a book, be brought to the screen”. Fans who wish can come forward to testify in this film.
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The creator of the enigma was an author of books on marketing, Régis Hauser, who took the pseudonym Max Valentin and who died in 2009. Michel Becker designed the sculpture, made by a goldsmith. After a long conflict between Becker and Hauser’s heirs, the game was relaunched in 2021, with new clues revealed on the Discord platform.
