After 31 years of relentless pursuit, the world’s longest treasure hunt seems to have come to an end. “It’s the end of an era,” a participant said after the statuette of a golden owl was finally unearthed three decades after it was buried at a secret location somewhere in France . The On the Trail of the Golden Owl hunt, launched in 1993, was based on a book of riddles penned by author Régis Hauser (under the pseudonym “Max Valentin”) and artist Michel Becker. Curious seekers from across the