After seven months of waiting, the long -awaited response has finally fallen. The location of the golden owl, in the center of a treasure hunt launched 31 years ago, was revealed this Friday in the film “The discovery of the golden owl”. The gold, silver and diamond statuette, estimated at 1 million francs from the time (around 150,000 euros), was hidden in the town of Dabo (Moselle).
“It’s Dabo”, loose during the film Michel Becker, master of the game. The so much sought-after treasure was in the forest about 6 meters from a place called the Saint-Martin terminal, towards the Saint-Léon chapel. The Owl (The name given to those launched in this treasure hunt) At the origin of the discovery explained that he had a click after a sentence from Michel Becker in a YouTube video a few months ago, which led him to the solution.
The big winner, who worked in pairs with another owl, had started hunting in 2020. He wishes to keep his identity secret and declares in the film to have hidden the precious owl in a trunk at the bank, without talking to anyone, “neither my wife, nor my children”. “But she will not stay in a trunk at the bank,” he promised.
The city of Dabo had already been cited several times by those who call themselves the owners. Some believed her in the Jura, the Doubs or the Creuse, but the theory of a hidden treasure in Dabo (Moselle) was the most widespread.
A second treasure hunt launched
The location of the precious statuette was to be found using twelve puzzles, imagined by Max Valentin, his real name Régis Hauser, who died in 2009. His acolyte Michel Becker was the only one since he had to hold the keys to the mystery. Before tonight.
He had confirmed the discovery of the golden owl in early October, without revealing the name of the winner, but promising to deliver the solutions to the players. He had finally announced that they would be presented in a film in the coming months. Frustrated, some owners had strongly criticized this choice, denouncing a mercantile objective of Michel Becker, also criticized by part of the community.
This did not prevent the master of the game from announcing a second edition of the golden owl. The “Golden 2 2” will fly away “exactly where the first was buried,” promised Michel Becker. To see if it will remain hidden as long as the original.
