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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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