The Feather Heist: The True Story of a Bizarre and Audacious Crime and Where Are They Now...
- The Fly Box LLC
- Mar 14, 2025
- 4 min read
Introduction
In June 2009, a quiet English museum became the unlikely setting for one of the strangest heists in modern history. An American music student named Edwin Rist broke into the Natural History Museum at Tring, making off with nearly 300 rare bird skins—some collected by famed naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. His motive? Not money in the traditional sense, but something even more niche: fly-tying.
