![]() The men used her knowledge to correctly guess the location of the hare. Unfortunately, the sender, "Ken Thomas", was actually a man named Dugald Thompson who was friends with a man whose then-girlfriend had once lived with Kit Williams. Then, in March 1982, Williams received a drawing that correctly identified the location of the hare. ![]() The book set off a searching frenzy in Great Britain, with searchers descending on Haresfield Beacon, Sudbury Hall in Derbyshire and Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. The Isaac Newton illustration, Source: Kit Williams/Wikimedia Commons Williams buried the hare's casket on easily accessible public property, and to give readers outside the UK a fair chance, he accepted solutions by mail. RELATED: 10 OF THE MOST VALUABLE TREASURE TROVES EVER FOUND Inscribed on the casket were the words, "I am the keeper of the jewel of Masquerade, which lies waiting safe inside me for you or eternity." ![]() Williams created an actual 18-carat gold hare, adorned with jewels and placed it inside a ceramic, hare-shaped casket that would foil would-be treasure hunters with metal detectors. Golden hare, Source: Hareraiser/Wikimedia Commons The clues were in the form of text and 15 illustrations that described the journey of a hare named Jack Hare who was carrying a treasure from the Moon to her lover, the Sun. Masquerade provided clues to the location of a bejeweled, golden hare that Williams had hidden somewhere in Britain. Masquerade, Source: Kit Williams/Wikimedia Commons During the early 1980s, the book sold over a million copies and was translated into eight languages. In August 1979, English author, artist and illustrator Kit Williams, created the book that started what are known as "armchair treasure hunts," Masquerade. ![]() Over the years, there have been two of note. If you've been sitting at home staring at the same four walls for well over a week now due to COVID-19, you might be in the mood for a good treasure hunt. ![]()
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