Readers worldwide were given hundreds of clues to the location of an 18-karat-gold pendant shaped like a hare that was buried by writer Kit Williams in what was billed as one of the greatest publicity gimmicks of all time. The Golden Hare of "Masquerade" has been found-by a man whose dog led him to a stone that held a key clue. I don’t have all the answers–and I’m not going to offer all the answers I have in some cases, so as not to ruin the fun for newbies–but I will share most of what I know, plus I hope to find answers to some of my own questions.A treasure hunt that baffled thousands of people all over the world for nearly three years is over. I am extremely grateful for these contributions, and have tried to give credit to the contributors wherever I could. Since that time, I’ve received a significant amount of detailed information - news articles, puzzle interpretations, rare interviews - and I’ve woven that info into the site as well, both in the analyses of the paintings and the collection of frequently asked questions.
When I went to look for information on the Kit’s books online, I couldn’t find much, so I created this site in 1998. There’s a great (out-of-print) paperback edition of Masquerade that gives the answer, but I was looking for even more detailed information–a complete breakdown of all the puzzles and the paintings’ clues. Kit Williams created another puzzle book, where the challenge was to discover the book’s very title, before returning to his chosen career of painting. To this day, the complexity of the riddle floors me.
I couldn’t, and neither could any of my friends–but it was extraordinary fun trying, and it was a great mental workout. I was sure I would be able to solve the riddle. My father brought the book home one day as a gift and I was hooked. The book, written and illustrated by Kit Williams, could be read as a standard child’s fable about the moon falling in love with the sun, but it was designed as a real-world treasure hunt: Follow the subtle clues dropped throughout the book, and you’d discover the location of a very real hand-made jewel, valued at the time at $5,000. Like a lot of kids who grew up in the late 70’s/early 80’s, I was absolutely enthralled with a picture book called Masquerade.
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