A bizarre humanoid creature spotted atop a roof in Nigeria, a buried treasure from WWII found after 80 years, and a Cookie Monster menacing a California city are among the weird and wondrous stories to cross our desk this past week.
A priceless treasure hoard in Lviv has been recovered by the Polish family who buried it when Russia invaded in 1939. The Glazewskis have kept a hand-drawn map for nearly 80 years to find the items.
UCT’s Emeritus Professor Jan Glazewski presented a Summer School lecture on how he located treasured pieces of family silver 80 years after they were buried.