http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2012/nov/02/carrier-pigeon-coded-message-video
David Martin tells how he discovered the skeleton of a carrier pigeon carrying a coded message in his chimney of his home near Reigate, Surrey. Martin was renovating his fireplace when he came across the bird's remains, with a red message-barrel still attached to its leg. War experts are now trying to decipher the message
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AOAKN HVPKD FNFJU YIDDC
RQXSR DJHFP GOVFN MIAPX
PABUZ WYYNP CMPNW HJRZH
NLXKG NENKK ONOIB AKEEQ
UAGTA RBQRH DJOFM TPZEH
LKXGH RGGHT JRZCQ FNKTQ
KLDTS GQIRU AOAKN 27 1525/6.
NURP 40TW 194
NURP 37DK 76