World War II carrier pigeon code might never be deciphered.

The code attached to the leg of a long-dead carrier pigeon discovered in a Bletchingly, Surry, England, fireplace might never be deciphered, according to officials. 

A spokesperson from the Government Communications Headquarters--Britain's main intelligence gathering agency--claims books used to decipher such codes from World War II have long been destroyed, and without those source books modern-day code-breakers will be unable to decipher the bird's message.

Or, you know, give the message to illegal computer hackers who go by one word monikers, like Thrash or Isis*, and they'll crack the code in a couple of minutes.



*Not real computer hacker names. I think?


photo: BBC