There might be treasure in your backyard...

Kristina Ok

The Oak Island Mystery: Digging Into the Depths for the

Unknown

www.flickr.com

Let me tell you a story…

www.flickr.com

about hidden, underground treasure.

www.flickr.com

In the summer of 1795,

www.flickr.com

a boy named Daniel McGinnis was exploring.

www.flickr.com

All of a sudden, he came across a curious circular depression in the ground.

www.flickr.com

Daniel came back to the site with two friends and started digging.

www.flickr.com

And thus the treasure hunt began.

www.flickr.com

But exhausted from their efforts, they left to obtain assistance and didn’t return for eight years.

www.oakislandmoneypit.com

In 1803, they finally returned with the Onslow Company.

http://www.oakislandtreasure.co.uk/

They found a layer of oak logs at every 10 foot interval…

www.flickr.com

…and other interesting objects like a stone with mysterious writing.

http://www.oakislandtreasure.co.uk/

“Forty Feet Below, Two Million Pounds are Buried.”

At 90 feet deep, water began to fill the pit and would not stop.

www.flickr.com

An artificial beach was made to ensure that the pit would be flooded.

It was a booby trap!

www.flickr.com

They began to drill, actually drilling into 2 chests guessed to be filled with coins…

www.flickr.com

The Truro Company

…but water flooded their attempts again.

www.flickr.com

…but caused the bottom of the Money Pit to drop further down.

In 1861 the Oak Island Association attempted…

http://www.atlasobscura.com

In 1861 an island tragedy struck. A man was killed!

www.flickr.com

Then a cement vault was discovered…

www.flickr.com

…but more water flooded their attempts.

www.flickr.com

Bob Restall and his family set their eyes on the treasure.

In 1959

http://www.oakislandtreasure.co.uk/

But this resulted in more deaths!

www.flickr.com

In 1976 the Triton Alliance lowered a camera down into the pit…

www.flickr.com

…and claimed that they found a severed hand, 3 chests, and a human body.

http://www.oakislandtreasure.co.uk/

In 1976 divers were sent down, but they found nothing.

www.flickr.com

More attempts were to be made, but the pit collapsed!

www.crystalinks.com

What could be at the bottom of the Oak Island Money Pit?

www.flickr.com

Pirate Treasure?

Nothing?

Jewels?

www.flickr.com

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.

http://www.oakislandtreasure.co.uk/