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There might be treasure in your backyard...
Kristina Ok
The Oak Island Mystery: Digging Into the Depths for the
Unknown
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Let me tell you a story…
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about hidden, underground treasure.
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In the summer of 1795,
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a boy named Daniel McGinnis was exploring.
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All of a sudden, he came across a curious circular depression in the ground.
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Daniel came back to the site with two friends and started digging.
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And thus the treasure hunt began.
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But exhausted from their efforts, they left to obtain assistance and didn’t return for eight years.
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In 1803, they finally returned with the Onslow Company.
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They found a layer of oak logs at every 10 foot interval…
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…and other interesting objects like a stone with mysterious writing.
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“Forty Feet Below, Two Million Pounds are Buried.”
At 90 feet deep, water began to fill the pit and would not stop.
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An artificial beach was made to ensure that the pit would be flooded.
It was a booby trap!
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They began to drill, actually drilling into 2 chests guessed to be filled with coins…
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The Truro Company
…but water flooded their attempts again.
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…but caused the bottom of the Money Pit to drop further down.
In 1861 the Oak Island Association attempted…
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In 1861 an island tragedy struck. A man was killed!
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Then a cement vault was discovered…
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…but more water flooded their attempts.
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Bob Restall and his family set their eyes on the treasure.
In 1959
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But this resulted in more deaths!
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In 1976 the Triton Alliance lowered a camera down into the pit…
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…and claimed that they found a severed hand, 3 chests, and a human body.
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In 1976 divers were sent down, but they found nothing.
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More attempts were to be made, but the pit collapsed!
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What could be at the bottom of the Oak Island Money Pit?
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Pirate Treasure?
Nothing?
Jewels?
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So the quest continues…www.flickr.com
Booby trap- hidden trap that is set to act when the object is touched, moved, etc.
Carbon monoxide- colorless, odorless toxic gas
Depression- a landform that is sunken or depressed below the surrounding area
Excavate- to make a hole or channel by digging
Flagstone- sedimentary rock in the form of a flat stone slab
Oak Island- 140 acre island in Lunenburg County on the south shore of Nova Scotia, Canada
Tackle block- a system of ropes and pulleys used to lift heavy objects
Glossary
Works CitedKeyes, B. (n.d.). Treasure: Oak Island: The Story of Oak Island. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
Krystek, L. (1998). The Mystery Pit of Oak Island. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
Morgan, A. (2014, September 12). Oak Island Money Pit. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
Nickell, J. (2000, March 1). The Secretes of Oak island. Retrieved February 19. 2015.
(n.d.). Retrieved March 6, 2015, from https://www.flickr.com.
Oak Island, Money Pit Mystery- Crystalinks. (n.d.). Retrieved February 19, 2015.
Oak Island Money Pit. (n.d.). Retrieved February 19, 2015, from http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/oak-island-money-pit.
Oak Island Treasure- the world’s greatest treasure hunt- Oak Island Treasure. (n.d.). Retrieved February 19, 2015.
Reese, M. (2014, December 8). The Lost Treasure of Oak Island and the Centuries-Old Quest to Find It. Retrieved February 19. 2015.
Strochlic, N. (2014, February 27). Treasure Hunt to Discover Oak Island’s Mysterious Booty. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
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