Does anyone watch, "The Curse of Oak Island....?" I've really got hooked on it, but I don't know why. It's one of those programs that after you watch it for an hour, they don't find or accomplish anything...
Never heard of it myself
It started off as an article in Readers Digest in (I think) 1964. It was always rumored that the island had buried treasure from pirates on it. In the late 1890's, some kids we're looking and found a wooden beam that they thought was hidding treasure, so they started digging. Ten foot down, they found a floor made of wooden beams. Others started digging and they have found a wooden floor made of timbers every ten foot down. At 90 foot they found a floor plus a stone tablet with strange text on it. When they dug further, they tripped a booby trap that flooded the hole, and I believe killed some one. So since 1890, there's been a bunch of treasure hunters out there searching for the treasure. They drilled a core sample, and at (I think) 175 foot, they brought up cement with wooden beams. They believe theirs a hidden vault, but no one can get past the booby traps to get to it. Six people have been killed so far trying to find it, and the curse says 7 people will have to die before the treasure will be revealed.
