RohanSince 220 years, this Oak Island Mystery has been a center of attraction for a plethora of explorers. This wild hunt of island’s hidden treasure has resulted in many tragic incidents, causing the loss of lives, fortunes, and families. This island had many intriguing stories and theories. One of them even says that the island will expose up the treasure for sure but for that to happen seven deaths are required. However, this saying didn’t hamper the determination of Lagina Brothers of deciphering the island’s secret.
Life Changing “Reader’s Digest”
In 1965, Rick Lagina, who was 11 years old then was reading a copy of “Reader’s Digest” and one of the articles changed his life forever. He was flipping the magazine pages when he came across an article which was pertaining to a 220-year-old mysterious Oak Island, which was located in Nova Scotia, Canada. The article said that there was a treasure hidden in the island. A lot of people had tried to find it out but their efforts went in vain. Rick started to explore the information about the treasure and dreamt of finding it one day.
A Natural Explorer
However, Rick Lagina had gone for his first ever treasure hunt just a year before. He was an innate explorer. He began his journey as an explorer from his hometown of Kingsford, Michigan. His first discovery was of a huge granite rock, which he was determined to move and find out what was hidden beneath that. He with the help of 9 other people, that included his brother Marty, moved the heavy rock. They didn’t find something historic or important but it paved the way for him, for his future endeavors as an explorer. With the course of time, the Oak Island Treasure hunt became their only aim.
Onslow Company and its discoveries
The Onslow Company decided to investigate Oak Island in 1804. Eight years ago, Daniel McGinnis discovered a weird circular depression in the surface of the island, which intrigued the Onslow Company. During their investigation, the team of explorers found layers of oak logs, charcoal, and putty. They also discovered a stone tablet with an inscription on it. Many researchers tried to decode that inscription, but no one was successful. But, in 1866, a professor at Halifax University deciphered that inscription. Its translation revealed a direful message.
Cursed Treasure
The professor decoded the stone to read: “Forty feet below, two million pounds lie buried.” The translated message did not expose much about the treasure though. Moreover, the whole mystery centered around a strange curse which says that the island demands the death of seven people before it could give up the treasure. Until now there have been six deaths. One more death and the mysterious island will push up its treasure to the surface?? This case is outlandish than fiction.
Different Theories
There are a lot of theories related to the treasure. One theory says that during the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette ordered her maid to flee Paris. The theory further suggests that later she fled to London and after that, she landed in Nova Scotia where French Navy helped her to build a pit to hide the treasure. The second theory suggests that Francis Bacon was the actual author of Shakespeare’s plays and he hid the manuscripts which exposed Bacon as the author of his plays. There are many more theories related to this mysterious island but the next one seemed to have grabbed the eyeballs of many.
The Hidden clues and rumors
There are said to be myriad Masonic markings on Oak Island which gives the impression that the mysterious treasure relates to particular initiation rites which involves a hidden vault and sacred treasure. Some researchers like Daniel Ronnstam and Petter Amundsen revealed that there are many hidden clues in Shakespeare’s plays as well.