Former Skier’s Bizarre Butterfly Thefts Lead to International Museum Hunt
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – In the late 1940s, the story of ex-champion skier Colin Wyatt took a bizarre turn. With his marriage falling apart and suspicions of his wife’s infidelity looming, Wyatt turned to an unusual coping mechanism – stealing rare butterflies. What followed was a peculiar saga that spanned museums across Australia and involved the disappearance of thousands of valuable butterfly specimens. It all began when over 800 rare Australian butterflies vanished from the George …