The Oak Island Mystery

Have you ever heard of The Oak Island Mystery?

Kayla HillEnglish 3021

Dr. Claudia Grinnell

A teenage boy, Daniel McGinnis, was wandering around Oak Island off the coast of Nova Scotia.

It all started in 1775, on one summer day …

And found a curious circular depression in the ground.

He then returns home to get friends and investigate

He then

returns home

to get

friends and

return later

to investigate

the hole.

8 years later, Daniel and his friends returned and they began

digging.

Only to discover…

A stone with

unknown markings

The next question is…..

Who or what did this?

90 feet below

The next day the pit was filled with water.

And the search was abandoned for 45 years…

As it turns out, it was a BOOBY TRAP!

TO KEEP PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE MYSTERIOUS

“TREASURE”

 As quickly as the water could be pumped out it was refilled by the sea.

After many attempts of digging, in 1897, The Oak Island Treasure Company discovered…

A CEMENT VAULT!

But failed to reach the cement vault due to flooding

TRAGEDY STRIKES

IN 1965 FOUR MEN DROWN

Tragedy Strikes AGAIN

2 More Lives Were Taken

What exactly do people think is hidden on Oak Island?

Shakespeare's True Identity?

Hidden Naval Riches?

Pirate's Hidden Treasure Chest?Jewels?

Or Locating the Holy Grail?

Many celebrities were interested in the Oak Island Mystery

Even President Franklin D. Roosevelt

And now…

It’s a Tourist Attraction Site

With a Historical Museum

That Shows Some of the MYSTERIOUS FINDINGS

This mysterious stone had disappeared….

And the search continues…

Will anyone EVER discover the mystery?

Or is it all a HOAX?

Let’s go get a shovel! COME ON!

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