The Mystery of Kit Williams

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Kit received over 30,000 letters in just the course of two and a half years from people trying to guess the proper solution. One letter read, I am 10. Your puzzle is easy. The treasure is on the North Hill in an old grave. It is a moldy old grave. No one can get it. You need to go digging around by yourself. P.S. I hope you'll write another book and let me hide the hair. I think I could do better than you."

The story of a cryptic children’s book, a real-life treasure hunt, and its very mysterious winner: “He refused to be on camera. It’s just his voice. His wife even asks that they disguise his voice, but she asks too late. The interview is already happening. And she faints.”

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