Treasure hunters all over the world know about the mysteries of a small island off the coast of Nova Scotia. Oak Island, as recently popularized by The History Channel’s treasure hunting show The Curse of Oak Island, is home of the Money Pit legend. This legend dates back to centuries ago when a young boy came upon the location and discovered what seemed like an invisible “X” marked on a spot. Since then, people have been digging and to this day, no treasure is yet to be found. The clues that have accumulated over the many years of digging have kept the interest of many and also kept the theories coming. Here are five theories about the legend that seem to make the most sense.
1. The Mysteries of Nova Scotia
Perhaps Oak Island and its treasure is just a part of a larger operation that’s yet to be discovered. Over the years, John Coleman has discovered a geometric pattern that marks curious locations and monuments all over Nova Scotia. All the points and locations within this pattern seem to have some connection and Oak Island is a part of a larger mystery.
2. Captain’s Treasure
Many claim that Oak Island is where Captain William Kidd, the Scottish pirate, buried his treasure back in the 1600s. Just as many critics are dismissing this claim, saying that Kidd was too young to have accumulated such a fortune and that he didn’t spend enough time in the area to even create something so elaborate. But no one truly knows what happened back then, and as one of Kidd’s sailors confessed, there’s a treasure to be found, but where it could be is to anyone’s guess.
3. Freemason Mystery
Some say there’s an inscription that exists somewhere in the Money Pit that depicts a sun with flaming rays. There are also foreign letters in this inscription that looks more like hieroglyphs in some sense. All of these point to the speculation that the Freemasons were the ones who actually constructed the site. Whether they did this to hide some of their riches or not, it may very well be possible because of their association with the island as well.
4. A Natural Phenomenon
Some claim that the money pit is actually nothing more than a sinkhole that have served as a dumping ground for many years. Dumping can account for the few artifacts that have been found in the digging over the years. This can also explain how the Money Pit can be so deep that even to this day and after so many efforts in digging, the bottom has yet to be found.
5. Another Pirate Adventure
While it may seem that Nova Scotia was frequented by many pirates back then, no one could have amassed a fortune as much as infamous pirate Blackbeard could have. Blackbeard also happened to have been connected to the island, and history knows he boasted of a treasure buried deep underground. If Blackbeard did bury some treasure there, only further digging could prove it to be true.
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