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Have you ever heard of The Oak Island Mystery? Kayla Hill English 3021 Dr. Claudia Grinnell

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Have you ever heard of The Oak Island Mystery?

Kayla HillEnglish 3021

Dr. Claudia Grinnell

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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 …

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And found a curious circular depression in the ground.

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He then returns home to get friends and investigate

He then

returns home

to get

friends and

return later

to investigate

the hole.

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

digging.

Only to discover…

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A stone with

unknown markings

The next question is…..

Who or what did this?

90 feet below

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The next day the pit was filled with water.

And the search was abandoned for 45 years…

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As it turns out, it was a BOOBY TRAP!

TO KEEP PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE MYSTERIOUS

“TREASURE”

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

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

A CEMENT VAULT!

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But failed to reach the cement vault due to flooding

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TRAGEDY STRIKES

IN 1965 FOUR MEN DROWN

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Tragedy Strikes AGAIN

2 More Lives Were Taken

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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?

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Many celebrities were interested in the Oak Island Mystery

Even President Franklin D. Roosevelt

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And now…

It’s a Tourist Attraction Site

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With a Historical Museum

That Shows Some of the MYSTERIOUS FINDINGS

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This mysterious stone had disappeared….

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And the search continues…

Will anyone EVER discover the mystery?

Or is it all a HOAX?

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Let’s go get a shovel! COME ON!

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