FullMonte
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Anyone catch this on History Channel? I remember reading about the Oak Island mystery years ago, and was interested in seeing someone try to find the bottom with some modern equipment. I watch this like I watch Bigfoot shows. I think they are misinterpreting some natural phenomena, but what *IF* they do find something?
If you aren't familiar with the legend, here's the basics.
In the late 1700s some kids see some lights on Oak Island. Next day, they go investigate. They find a pulley hanging from a tree, and the ground looks disturbed under it. So, they start digging. They find some flagstones, move them, and keep digging. At 10 feet, they find some timbers. They move them, and keep going. At 20 feet, and 30 feet, they find more timbers. They finally give up at 30 feet, since they don't have the right equipment to keep going.
Over the next 200 years, people have continued to see what is buried there. They continue to find timbers spaced out every 10 feet or so. At around 70 feet, they find a flag stone with some kind of code/language carved into it. Then, the shaft flooded. The theory is that whoever buried something there, booby trapped it with flood tunnels to flood the pit if it isn't unearthed correctly.
If you aren't familiar with the legend, here's the basics.
In the late 1700s some kids see some lights on Oak Island. Next day, they go investigate. They find a pulley hanging from a tree, and the ground looks disturbed under it. So, they start digging. They find some flagstones, move them, and keep digging. At 10 feet, they find some timbers. They move them, and keep going. At 20 feet, and 30 feet, they find more timbers. They finally give up at 30 feet, since they don't have the right equipment to keep going.
Over the next 200 years, people have continued to see what is buried there. They continue to find timbers spaced out every 10 feet or so. At around 70 feet, they find a flag stone with some kind of code/language carved into it. Then, the shaft flooded. The theory is that whoever buried something there, booby trapped it with flood tunnels to flood the pit if it isn't unearthed correctly.