Offbeat | Search resumes for Nazi gold train that might not even exist

Explorers in Poland have resumed searching for a legendary Nazi train laden with treasure and armaments, dissuaded by decades of fruitless searches and a scientific determination that no train is even there.
The new dig that started in southeastern Poland yesterday attests to the power of a local legend claiming a Nazi “gold” train disappeared in a mountain tunnel as the Germans escaped the advancing Soviet army at the end of World War II.
Two explorers claimed last year to have located the elusive train hidden in a secret tunnel in the town of Walbrzych, sparking the latest gold rush.
A government official initially said he was “99 percent sure” the train was there, but geological experts using magnetic equipment found no train on the spot.