Brit Finds Secret Message on Dead World War II Carrier Pigeon

[therandombear]

Looks like...

*puts on sunglasses*

They stopped the Pigeon.

Spoiler

OT: So, any idea what it says atm? We need an update on this, could be vital to winning the war!

 

[Gilhelmi]

Say, is anyone else here tempted too try and break the code before the Brits?

 

[Evil Smurf]

It is probably mentioning the probability of all the future war-games about WW2 we have now.

 

[Skeleon]

Construction workers still regularly find relics from that time, like undetonated bombs, but for some reason they don't think of those as being "like Christmas". Odd.

 

[PinkiePyro]

this is pretty cool I hope its real and not someone trolling

 

[WhiteTigerShiro]

Construction workers still regularly find relics from that time, like undetonated bombs, but for some reason they don't think of those as being "like Christmas". Odd.

Because they're just doing their job, and probably don't give two craps about the war. I'm amazed at how many people are getting so worked-up about the wife's "it was like Christmas" comment. Heaven forbid someone be excited about finding a World War 2 relic in their own home.

 

[FalloutJack]

The secret message:

Spoiler

"Hitler only has one ball."

Well, it IS Britain.

 

[Strazdas]

So i guess a christmans was intercepted by a messadge pigeon.

 

[Signa]

Perhaps it was the worlds funniest joke? It would explain a lot. Too bad the code they used was pigeon language.

 

[TKretts3]

"A secret message? From our soldiers in Germany?! Maybe this is finally the last clue we need to turn this war around! It's like Christmas!". That's the only explanation I could think of for her saying that it's like Christmas. Unless, of course, she has some weird pigeon-bone-with-secret-message-wrapped-around-it's-leg fetish.

 

[Paradoxrifts]

They should the bird AT&T
I guess this is what happens when you try to send a message during beak hours.

I bet the cryptographers are homing in on the exact method to crack the code.

 

[Thaluikhain]

If it's in code (not a cypher), it might never be cracked. Any cypher from the pre-computer days can easily be cracked nowdays (if the message is long enough), if it's just a series of code words you need a codebook or someone who has memorised one.

 

[John the Gamer]

It's probably just a shopping list.

"Dear Mum,

I'm doing fine.
Please send me a pound of cheddar and an ounce of ham.

Love,
William"

 

[Kuratius]

Here are a few shots of the message:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2226203/Skeleton-hero-World-War-II-carrier-pigeon-chimney-secret-coded-message-attached-leg.html

 

[Hexenwolf]

"It was like Christmas," his wife said.

Pigeon bones! Everywhere! They just fall from the sky all December and we decorate our Christmas tree with them! Infact, I don't even know why we call it Christmas! It's just that time of year where we get a massive influx of Pigeon bones instead of fat men in red suits!

Happy Bone-mas! Pigeon Bones for everyone!

This made me laugh WAY more than it should've xD

 

[Scrythe]

This looks like a message that's to be decrypted using a one-time [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-time_pad] pad.

I wonder if this has any relation to any of the UK-based "numbers stations [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station]".

 

[Al-Bundy-da-G]

Dead World War II carrier pigeon?

As opposed to a living World War II carrier pigeon? ;D


OT: I wonder what the message says...

I bet it's just a shopping list, encrypted for poops and giggles.

They translated it. It says "Suck it Churchill!"

 

[likalaruku]

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot: Santa Edition.