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There is an island
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in the North Atlantic
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where people have been looking
for an incredible treasure
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for more than 200 years.
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Hold back!
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Oh!
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SHATNER:
To date,
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six men have died
trying to solve the mystery.
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- And according to legend...
- [explosion]
- Whoa!
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- SHATNER: ...one more
will have to die...
- [crow caws]
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...before the treasure
can be found.
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Treasure?
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Curses?
[chuckles]
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Sounds like the stuff that would
ignite the imagination
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of your average teenage boy.
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And that's exactly what happened
more than a half a century ago,
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when two brothers--
Rick and Marty Lagina--
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read an article
in Reader's Digest magazine
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that changed their lives forever.
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But is there really a vast
and incredible treasure
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buried somewhere on Oak Island?
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And could that treasure
really be guarded
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by a deadly curse?
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Well, that is...
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what we'll try and find out.
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โช
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SHATNER:
On this small island
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just off the coast
of Mahone Bay,
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the Lagina brothers--
Rick and Marty--
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along with their partners,
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have invested thousands of hours
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and millions of dollars
to find a treasure,
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and in doing so,
solve a centuries-old mystery.
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MARTY:
We hope to find the treasure.
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Either find
some fabled treasure,
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or figure out
what happened here.
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Either one of those
is a success.
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That's what we're hoping for.
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RICK:
Mine is, find the one thing
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that opens the door on the first
page of this wonderful story.
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Find the one thing.
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SHATNER:
But believe it or not,
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even with all the heavy
equipment they've brought in,
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and despite finding a number
of compelling clues,
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and even several
intriguing artifacts,
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not one piece
of genuine treasure
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has ever been found
on Oak Island.
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Even after centuries
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of digging and drilling,
and after the loss
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of no fewer than six lives,
there has never been any proof
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that a treasure
was ever buried there.
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So then, why do the Laginas
and their partners keep at it?
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According to legend,
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the story began one night
in 1795,
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when 18-year-old Daniel McGinnis
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noticed strange lights
coming from nearby Oak Island.
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Deciding to row across
the frigid waters of Mahone Bay
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to investigate,
he brings with him two friends--
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Anthony Vaughan and John Smith.
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After reaching the island,
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the three young men race
toward the source
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of the strange lights.
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But what they find
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when they get there
is equally mysterious--
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a ship's block and tackle
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hanging from the limb
of an oak tree,
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and just beneath it,
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a large, circular depression
in the ground,
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as if something was recently
buried and then covered up.
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PAUL TROUTMAN:
Daniel McGinnis
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had known about the folklore
of pirates being in the area,
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so he was suspicious that maybe
there was a treasure here.
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They came back the next day
and started digging.
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They started digging down,
and they found a row of logs.
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And every ten feet,
they kept digging,
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and they went down
to as far as 30 feet.
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And they found putty
and charcoal,
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and figured that there was
something to this mystery.
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SHATNER:
Convinced that no one would go
to the trouble
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of constructing such
an elaborate underground pit
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unless it was to bury something
of tremendous value,
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for the next nine years,
they dug deeper and deeper,
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until, in 1804, when they had
reached a depth of 90 feet,
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they made
a remarkable discovery.
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One that seemed
to confirm their belief
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that they were on the brink of
finding something extraordinary.
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There,
embedded in the wooden platform,
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was a large,
rectangular slab of granite
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on which was carved
a number of strange symbols,
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almost like
Egyptian hieroglyphs.
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But when
they pulled the stone up,
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they were met
with another surprise.
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The hole they dug quickly
flooded with seawater,
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as if by removing the stone,
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they had sprung an
ingeniously-designed booby trap.
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The event thwarted
all subsequent attempts
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to dig in the area,
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which was now known
as "the Money Pit."
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DAVID WHITEHEAD:
For the next 200 years,
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flooding would hamper
any attempt
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to uncover
buried treasure there.
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Until the flooding problem
is solved,
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there is very little likelihood
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that any treasure
will be found there.
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SHATNER:
When the symbols on the stone
slab were later translated,
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it was believed to read,
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"Forty feet below
two million pounds lie buried."
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But many Oak Island theorists
weren't so certain
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this translation was accurate.
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After all, who said it was meant
to be translated into English?
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French, Spanish,
Portuguese pirates were known
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to frequent these islands
ever since the 1600s.
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Some believed the translation
offered instructions
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on how
to shut off the booby traps,
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while others insisted
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the symbols were placed there
as a deadly curse,
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daring anyone who continued
the search for the treasure
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to proceed
at the risk of their life.
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D'ARCY O'CONNOR:
There's been stories
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of the curse of Oak Island
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going way back,
even before 1795.
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People believe
this island is cursed,
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that if you get
a little too close to the truth,
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to the treasure,
your life was in danger.
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We don't know how curses work
or if they work.
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Is there some kind
of metaphysical power?
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Or is it the power
of suggestion?
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Perhaps it's self-fulfilling.
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Somebody hears about the curse,
and so, it has effect.
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Maybe you're not
a superstitious person,
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you don't believe in curses,
but just,
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it's not unusual
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that even if you think
something's impossible,
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still a lot of emotions
are just driven
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through unconscious processes.
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And knowing
that you're in a place
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that is cursed might make you
feel bad and uneasy.
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So when we talk
about a curse on Oak Island,
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is the curse manifested in some
sort of supernatural element,
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or do people just feel
that their luck isn't there?
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DOUG CROWELL:
The island has a long history
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of something happening
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just when you're on the cusp
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of retrieving the treasure
or getting the answers.
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SHATNER:
But were the stories
of curses justified?
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After all, what good is a curse
without a victim?
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That question
was brutally answered
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on a hot summer's day in 1861.
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TROUTMAN:
There was a man that was working
at the Money Pit
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with a steam boiler.
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[steam hissing,
rhythmic whooshing]
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The boiler overpressurized
and exploded...
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[loud explosion]
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...and apparently,
scalded him to death and injured
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a few others.
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Unfortunately,
we don't know his name
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because the death records
weren't kept
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until 1864 in the province.
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SHATNER:
On March 26, 1897,
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tragedy struck again,
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when 47-year-old
Maynard Kaiser,
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while working for the island's
new owner, Frederick Blair,
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became Oak Island's
second human casualty.
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They had a pit nearby
the Money Pit
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that they were using
for fresh water.
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And they would put the buckets
down there and bring them up.
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And one of the buckets
had become disconnected,
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so Maynard Kaiser went down
on the rope
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to reconnect the bucket.
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And as they were coming back up,
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the weight of the water in the
bucket and the additional weight
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from Maynard caused the rope
to unspool.
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- [man screaming]
- And he fell to his death,
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some 80 feet down.
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The aftermath
of this unfortunate incident
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is that many of the workers,
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being quite superstitious,
it is said,
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refused to go back down
in the pits.
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In fact, they quit their jobs,
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and work came to a standstill
on the island.
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SHATNER:
Maynard Kaiser's body
was never recovered,
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as if devoured
by the Money Pit itself.
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Oak Island now had a curse,
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and its second taste
of human blood.
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But was there a treasure?
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And, if so, who buried it there?
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What group of people had
the kind of skills
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needed to booby-trap
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something buried at least
ten stories underground?
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For many,
the answer was simple...
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pirates.
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SHATNER:
On a humid summer day in 1969,
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Oak Island land owner and
treasure hunter, Fred Nolan,
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makes a remarkable discovery.
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While investigating the island's
triangle-shaped swamp,
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he unearths compelling evidence
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that a large ship might have
been buried there.
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Fred actually retrieved
ship artifacts from the swamp.
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There's was a ship's mast,
there was ship's scuppers.
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Did he suspect there was a ship?
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The answer would almost
certainly have to be "yes."
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SHATNER:
The find serves to confirm
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what Fred Nolan has believed
for some time:
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that the Oak Island swamp
is man-made,
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and that it was created
to hide a large sailing ship.
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But why?
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Well, the main thing
that supports the idea
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that Oak Island was two islands
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is that one end of the island
is made of granite,
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and the other is sandstone,
limestone, crumbly rocks.
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They're two completely
different compositions
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on one end of the island
and the other.
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So it-it almost seems
like they're two...
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two separate... islands.
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Fred's theory
that somebody sailed a boat
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into the waters, you know,
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between these two
very close islands and sunk it
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with a treasure on it was, like,
it was one more outlandish idea,
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until people started pulling
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pieces of an old Spanish ship
out of the swamp.
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[chuckles]: So... it looks
like a ship was sunk there.
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[crow cawing]
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SHATNER:
Fred Nolan's discovery
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also seemed
to validate the theory,
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held by Daniel McGinnis
back in 1795,
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that not only was
an incredible treasure buried
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somewhere on Oak Island
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but that it was put there
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sometime
before the 18th century...
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by pirates.
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SULLIVAN: It was a time
when pirate treasures
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or caches of gold coins
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were being discovered
all over Nova Scotia.
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A lot of them buried by pirates.
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And so people
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were actually digging up
treasures occasionally.
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Naturally, that's what people
would imagine first
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about Oak Island, because
it was the only known theory
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of people laying in treasure,
uh, and it persisted
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because nobody came up
with any alternatives.
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CROWELL: I think one
of the reasons it's so easy
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to associate pirate lore
with Oak Island
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is that Mahone Bay
was unpopulated at that time.
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So, I mean, this was
a very secluded bay,
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a perfect haven for pirates
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that wanted to be out of the way
of prying eyes.
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TROUTMAN: Several pirates
have been credited
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with possibly depositing
the treasure here on Oak Island,
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including Peter Easton...
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Blackbeard...
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and William Kidd.
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In the early accounts
of the Oak Island mystery,
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it was often told that...
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a dying man
in the New England states
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said he was a member
of Captain Kidd's crew
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and that he had a treasure map
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to where Kidd's treasure
was buried.
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Many historians will tell you
that Captain Kidd
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never visited Nova Scotia,
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that he never got further north
than Boston.
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There is a lot of local lore
here in Nova Scotia, though,
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that he did.
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MARTY: My favorite pirate
of all time is, uh,
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is Peter Easton,
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who was based up here
in Newfoundland,
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and he had a fleet of something
like 14 or 17 ships.
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They called him
the Pirate Admiral.
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CROWELL:
He often...
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stuck close to Newfoundland
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and preyed on the trade routes
from there.
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Once a year,
the Spanish galleons would come
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from South America
back to Spain.
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He would prey on them.
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He amassed quite a fortune.
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I've heard it said
that Peter Easton amassed
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two million pounds.
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That is really interesting
when you consider
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what the solution to the cipher
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that was
on the 90 Foot Stone said,
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which was: "Forty feet below
two million pounds are buried."
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Edward Teach,
known as Blackbeard,
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had said, before he was hung,
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that he had buried
his treasure somewhere
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where "none but myself
and the devil can find it."
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He claimed to have hidden
the treasure somewhere
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in the New World,
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so people made the connection
between Teach and Oak Island.
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SHATNER:
The Pirate Admiral,
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Captain Kidd
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and Blackbeard.
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Did these infamous buccaneers
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really bury their stolen
treasures on Oak Island?
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And even if they did,
where did they get
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the incredible
engineering skills
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that would have enabled them to
bury a treasure so ingeniously,
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complete with booby traps?
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You know, when I was first asked
whether it was possible
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pirates could've constructed
the Money Pit, I scoffed.
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You know, I mean,
because pirates would,
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what would they do
with their booty?
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They'd dig a hole ten feet deep,
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bury it and come back
for it when they were ready.
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But I didn't know then about the
works that pirates had created
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at, uh, Port Royal in Jamaica
and on Tortuga,
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which are incredibly elaborate
systems of tunnels and vaults
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that more than match in scope
what's been done on Oak Island.
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So there clearly were
pirate engineers,
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and I couldn't be as dismissive
of the pirate theory after that.
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SHATNER:
But even if pirates did hide
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an incredible treasure
on Oak Island,
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is it really possible that
it would bear a deadly curse?
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There are some Oak Island
historians who are convinced
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that the answer
is a disturbing yes.
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In pirate folklore,
it's a common thing
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that they would bury somebody
that was alive
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to guard the treasure
as a spirit
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so it would be cursed
and haunted,
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so nobody would be able
to get access to the treasure.
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That seems to play
into a lot of the myths
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regarding the-the curse
on the island.
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One of the stories
is that pirates may have buried
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their treasure on the island
in treasure tunnels.
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And they had slaves
digging for them.
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And in the process,
they left them there to die.
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[screams]
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And as they knew
they were dying,
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those slaves cursed
those pirates
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and cursed that treasure, and
by extension, the whole island.
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[wailing, chains rattling]
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Sometimes those near the tunnels
late at night
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could hear the rattling
of chains.
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Perhaps that's the energy
we're dealing with today.
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It is like a time bomb,
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something that goes down
through the ages.
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The idea that Oak Island
might be haunted by the souls
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of those who dug the treasure
tunnels had a chilling effect
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on pretty much
everyone who came there.
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So far, two men
had died horribly.
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But Oak Island's reputation as
cursed didn't really take hold
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until a man came to the island
claiming that he and he alone
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could solve the mystery.
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It was a notion that would
ultimately cost him
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and three other men,
including his son, their lives.
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SHATNER: An article appears
in Coronet magazine
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called "The Buried Treasure
of Oak Island."
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It attracts the attention
of a former motorcycle daredevil
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named Robert Restall.
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Having professionally toured
Europe and North America
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with his wife Mildred
throughout the 1930s and '40s,
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Robert was now a man
who struggled to find work
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that earned him enough
to provide for his family.
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But now, after reading about the
possibility of a vast treasure
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buried deep beneath the surface
of a small Canadian island,
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Robert became convinced that he
had both the engineering skills
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and the determination
to solve the Oak Island mystery.
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Robert Restall
got involved in Oak Island
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like so many others have,
by reading a magazine article.
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So when he read
about Oak Island,
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he got every single available
document, book, you name it,
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maps, charts,
and studied Oak Island.
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It was his passion.
He would stay up at night
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reading, like,
the survey maps of Oak Island
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and looking for clues
and codes and things.
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SHATNER:
After making a deal with the
owner of the island Mel Chappell
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on October 15, 1959,
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Robert Restall moves
his family onto the island
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and takes up the search.
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RICK RESTALL:
I was just a nine year old boy.
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It was, uh, it was like
leaving the city
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and arriving in some paradise.
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It was just full
of life, color, nature,
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and, uh, I couldn't
have been happier.
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For almost two or three years,
I think,
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I was the luckiest kid
in the world.
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Many people talk about
the treasure of Oak Island,
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but the treasure to my dad
was not so much the money,
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but it was being the one
who was able to unravel
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the mystery of the island.
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RICK: The men were
always busy digging...
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...or writing letters
to investors
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or working
on a piece of machinery
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that was becoming problematic.
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Or as Bobby did, uh,
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making maps and drawings
of the work that was ongoing.
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LAMB:
My dad was totally innovative.
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And he knew what
the others had done
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and where they had fallen short.
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Up to that point,
people didn't really trust
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the work of the person
ahead of them.
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But Dad wasn't gonna
make that mistake.
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He was going to take everything
just the one step further.
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That's all he had to do.
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It wasn't a big deal.
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And he really believed he could
do it in about three months.
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SHATNER:
Unfortunately
for Robert Restall,
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three months eventually became
five long years,
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during which his family endured
the harshest of conditions.
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Bitter cold in the winter,
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sweltering heat
during the summer.
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For Robert Restall,
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determination eventually
turned into desperation.
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And desperation into obsession.
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If you're trying
to understand the mindset
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of a treasure hunter,
it's actually very useful
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to try to understand
the psychology behind gambling.
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Sometimes gamblers will spend
many, many hours
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at the same slot machine,
and in a sense, you could say
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that's like a microcosm
of what's happening
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with very obsessed
treasure hunters.
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In the case of either
treasure hunting or gambling,
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if the person is failing
after many repeated attempts
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and not getting any reward,
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most often, people will
eventually give out.
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But that's what separates
these obsessive personalities
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from the ones
that will just quit.
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And they will keep
on chasing that rush
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and building up
that anticipation
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until they get rewards.
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I think obsession
is the salient characteristic
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of what happens on this island.
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I really, really do.
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And knowing
that that condition exists here,
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I think
it's something to be wary of.
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I think it's easy
to become obsessed with this.
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I feel that the treasure is here
and that we can get it,
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and we're going to stay here
until we do.
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SHATNER:
By 1965, Robert Restall
had poured everything he had
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into Oak Island.
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He couldn't leave empty-handed.
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And then, on August 17, 1965,
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Robert Restall,
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his eldest son Bobby,
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and two of his coworkers
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would become part
of Oak Island history.
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But not in the way
they had hoped.
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That afternoon,
Robert had intended to travel
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to the mainland
to visit the bank.
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But he took one last walk
to take another look
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at their current work.
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And while he was looking
in the shaft,
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he tumbled in.
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โช
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His son Bobby saw his father
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tumble into the shaft,
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and quickly went to his aid.
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00:22:48,034 --> 00:22:50,586
Carl Graeser
was very close behind,
447
00:22:50,689 --> 00:22:52,862
Cyril Hiltz, Andrew DeMont
448
00:22:52,965 --> 00:22:54,896
and Leonard Kaizer
449
00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,482
also followed them down
into the shaft.
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Of all the individuals
that entered the shaft,
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only two were saved.
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They all seemed
to have been overcome
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by some gas in the shaft.
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SHATNER:
By the end of that tragic day,
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Oak Island's deadly curse
had added the names of four men
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to its list of victims:
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Robert Restall,
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his son Bobby,
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Cyril Hiltz
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and Carl Graeser.
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And in a morbid twist
on an already sad tale,
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a rumor was being spread
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that not only was
the Oak Island curse real
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but that one more
would have to die
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in pursuit of the treasure
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before the Oak Island mystery
could be solved.
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The idea of seven people dying
seems to have come
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from a 1967 article
in True magazine.
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It was attributing this
to a local legend
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that said seven men have to die
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before the treasure
will be found.
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SHATNER:
But is the notion of an
Oak Island curse simply made-up,
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the product
of a pulp writer's fantasy?
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Or is it real?
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There are many who insist
that not only is it real
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but that its origins
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stretch back
long before the days of pirates,
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all the way back
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to the days
of the Knights Templar.
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โช
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SHATNER: Smith's Cove,
October, 2017.
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I mean, this is
an ideal situation, Rick,
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because, obviously,
it's low tide.
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- RICK: Mm-hmm.
- We got these rock pools.
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RICK:
So, you're thinking between
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the beach
and the old cofferdams.
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- This is a perfect spot?
- Yeah.
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So, let's see
if we can find something.
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SHATNER:
While searching
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along a stretch
of Oak Island's shoreline,
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Rick Lagina and metal detection
expert Gary Drayton
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make a shocking discovery...
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[beeping]
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That's worth digging, Rick.
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SHATNER: ...one that would
ultimately shed light
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on the Oak Island curse.
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00:25:17,275 --> 00:25:19,310
Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
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What?
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00:25:20,931 --> 00:25:22,482
- I don't see anything.
- I see something.
500
00:25:22,586 --> 00:25:25,000
[beeping]
501
00:25:29,344 --> 00:25:30,482
Holy...
502
00:25:30,586 --> 00:25:33,482
Holy schmoly, all right.
503
00:25:33,586 --> 00:25:35,965
- RICK: It's a cross.
- That's a cross.
504
00:25:37,448 --> 00:25:39,000
There's a square hole.
505
00:25:39,103 --> 00:25:40,931
Yeah, right there.
506
00:25:41,034 --> 00:25:42,448
It's heavy, too.
507
00:25:42,551 --> 00:25:43,793
Oh, my gosh. I mean,
508
00:25:43,896 --> 00:25:46,758
that is an old, old cross.
509
00:25:47,655 --> 00:25:48,862
I didn't really know
510
00:25:48,965 --> 00:25:51,586
what it was until I pick it up
511
00:25:51,689 --> 00:25:53,344
and I can see
512
00:25:53,448 --> 00:25:56,241
this is a religious artifact.
513
00:25:56,344 --> 00:25:58,896
I could tell straightaway
514
00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:03,517
that this cross is
probably hundreds of years old.
515
00:26:03,620 --> 00:26:06,137
This isn't a modern design.
516
00:26:06,241 --> 00:26:07,758
I got to be honest,
when I first saw it,
517
00:26:07,862 --> 00:26:09,517
I'm thinking medieval.
518
00:26:09,620 --> 00:26:12,379
Sweet!
519
00:26:12,482 --> 00:26:14,034
Gary was extremely excited.
520
00:26:14,137 --> 00:26:16,689
More excited than anything
he's ever found on the island.
521
00:26:16,793 --> 00:26:20,241
GARY:
This is the type of thing
I'd expect to find in Europe.
522
00:26:20,344 --> 00:26:25,758
I would say that is somewhere
between 1200 and 1600.
523
00:26:27,551 --> 00:26:28,586
RICK:
It's really that old?
524
00:26:28,689 --> 00:26:29,758
Yeah, that is old.
525
00:26:29,862 --> 00:26:31,896
That is really old.
526
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:33,862
I've seen that shape before.
527
00:26:33,965 --> 00:26:35,620
I swear, that'll tell the tale
how old it is.
528
00:26:35,724 --> 00:26:37,137
- That shape.
- Yeah.
529
00:26:37,241 --> 00:26:39,620
Where do you think
you've seen it before?
530
00:26:39,724 --> 00:26:41,758
You know,
when I was in France,
531
00:26:41,862 --> 00:26:44,448
I swear
I saw a carving like that
532
00:26:44,551 --> 00:26:47,517
in the Templar prison in Domme.
533
00:26:47,620 --> 00:26:50,482
โช
534
00:26:50,586 --> 00:26:52,758
SHATNER:
Incredibly, it was while
on a research trip to France
535
00:26:52,862 --> 00:26:54,793
one month earlier
536
00:26:54,896 --> 00:26:57,931
that Rick Lagina was shown
a virtually identical carving
537
00:26:58,034 --> 00:27:02,344
etched into the wall
of Domme Prison,
538
00:27:02,448 --> 00:27:04,862
a 13th-century fortress
539
00:27:04,965 --> 00:27:07,517
where 70 members of the Knights
Templar were imprisoned
540
00:27:07,620 --> 00:27:09,000
and tortured
541
00:27:09,103 --> 00:27:12,827
- prior to execution.
- [distorted shouting]
542
00:27:12,931 --> 00:27:15,793
But could the striking
similarity between the cross
543
00:27:15,896 --> 00:27:18,241
found by Rick Lagina
at Smith's Cove
544
00:27:18,344 --> 00:27:21,448
and the carving on the wall
at Domme Prison suggest
545
00:27:21,551 --> 00:27:24,000
that some members of the Knights
Templar actually made
546
00:27:24,103 --> 00:27:26,448
their way across the Atlantic
to North America
547
00:27:26,551 --> 00:27:30,310
centuries before Christopher
Columbus' historic voyage
548
00:27:30,413 --> 00:27:33,896
in 1492?
549
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:37,034
The Knights Templar were founded
in the 12th century,
550
00:27:37,137 --> 00:27:40,000
and they were
the world's first combination
551
00:27:40,103 --> 00:27:42,862
of warrior and monk,
a security force
552
00:27:42,965 --> 00:27:44,793
of a sort
that would assist pilgrims
553
00:27:44,896 --> 00:27:47,827
on their journey
to the Holy Land.
554
00:27:47,931 --> 00:27:49,517
And one of the services
they provided
555
00:27:49,620 --> 00:27:52,724
was they would hold on to
and-and give safekeeping to any
556
00:27:52,827 --> 00:27:54,689
of the relics that pilgrims
would have gathered
557
00:27:54,793 --> 00:27:56,482
on their journey.
558
00:27:56,586 --> 00:27:59,551
They were the guardians
of a lot of the treasures
559
00:27:59,655 --> 00:28:02,275
of various kings
and popes and monarchs.
560
00:28:02,379 --> 00:28:04,965
And because
of their amazing reputation,
561
00:28:05,068 --> 00:28:08,931
they became known as the world's
first international bankers.
562
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,310
YOUNG:
The French crown
563
00:28:12,413 --> 00:28:15,034
had borrowed a great deal
of money from the organization,
564
00:28:15,137 --> 00:28:20,137
and so to get out
of paying back the order,
565
00:28:20,241 --> 00:28:22,758
the king of France decides
they are Satanists,
566
00:28:22,862 --> 00:28:26,620
and they're defiling the church.
567
00:28:26,724 --> 00:28:29,862
SANFORD HOLST:
The king of France then leaned
on the pope to back him up
568
00:28:29,965 --> 00:28:32,517
and press charges
against the Knights Templar.
569
00:28:32,620 --> 00:28:35,724
And here, the pope was siding
with the king of France,
570
00:28:35,827 --> 00:28:37,862
turning all of his people over
to be imprisoned
571
00:28:37,965 --> 00:28:41,034
and burned at the stake,
and they felt horribly betrayed.
572
00:28:43,517 --> 00:28:48,103
SHATNER:
On Friday 13, 1307,
573
00:28:48,206 --> 00:28:50,655
Pope Clement V
ordered the imprisonment
574
00:28:50,758 --> 00:28:52,344
of the Knights Templar,
575
00:28:52,448 --> 00:28:57,034
including their grandmaster
Jacques de Molay.
576
00:28:57,137 --> 00:28:59,413
Of the Templars
who were able to evade capture,
577
00:28:59,517 --> 00:29:01,413
many fled to Scotland,
578
00:29:01,517 --> 00:29:05,103
and as far as some
Templar scholars are concerned,
579
00:29:05,206 --> 00:29:06,896
successfully made their way
across the Atlantic
580
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:08,448
to North America.
581
00:29:08,551 --> 00:29:12,586
But if such an audacious theory
is correct,
582
00:29:12,689 --> 00:29:14,793
is it also possible that
the Templars brought with them
583
00:29:14,896 --> 00:29:17,310
many of their riches
and religious artifacts
584
00:29:17,413 --> 00:29:20,413
that they rescued
from the Holy Land?
585
00:29:20,517 --> 00:29:24,931
The Knights Templar were formed
during the first Crusades,
586
00:29:25,034 --> 00:29:28,586
after the Christian knights
had come to the Holy Land
587
00:29:28,689 --> 00:29:29,896
and captured Jerusalem.
588
00:29:31,517 --> 00:29:34,758
And it's believed that possibly
they found the Holy Grail.
589
00:29:34,862 --> 00:29:37,000
They may have found
the Ark of the Covenant.
590
00:29:38,896 --> 00:29:41,586
COPPENS:
The Ark of the Covenant holds
591
00:29:41,689 --> 00:29:45,517
the covenant from God to man--
and that is, physically,
592
00:29:45,620 --> 00:29:49,241
the two tablets representing
the Ten Commandments.
593
00:29:50,793 --> 00:29:54,655
If the Templars were carrying
this extraordinary treasure
594
00:29:54,758 --> 00:29:56,586
to a place where
they wanted to be safe
595
00:29:56,689 --> 00:30:00,551
and create a New Jerusalem,
Oak Island makes sense.
596
00:30:01,827 --> 00:30:04,241
SHATNER:
The Ark of the Covenant.
597
00:30:04,344 --> 00:30:07,793
Is it possible that this most
sacred of all religious objects
598
00:30:07,896 --> 00:30:09,965
was brought to Oak Island
and buried,
599
00:30:10,068 --> 00:30:12,793
along with other
Templar treasures,
600
00:30:12,896 --> 00:30:15,896
in a booby-trapped vault
deep beneath the ground?
601
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:19,655
It may sound
like a far-fetched notion,
602
00:30:19,758 --> 00:30:24,034
but according to both Oak Island
and Knights Templar researchers,
603
00:30:24,137 --> 00:30:27,137
the best proof of this theory
may be something
604
00:30:27,241 --> 00:30:30,896
that both the island
and the Templars have in common:
605
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:35,137
a deadly curse.
606
00:30:35,241 --> 00:30:38,965
COPPENS:
When Jacques de Molay,
was brought to the stake,
607
00:30:39,068 --> 00:30:42,172
he gave a very powerful
and impassioned speech
608
00:30:42,275 --> 00:30:45,551
about his innocence and the
innocence of his entire order.
609
00:30:45,655 --> 00:30:48,068
It was a very dramatic speech
that to this day
610
00:30:48,172 --> 00:30:52,034
is talked about in France
and elsewhere.
611
00:30:52,137 --> 00:30:55,827
As Jacques de Molay stood
at the funeral pyre
612
00:30:55,931 --> 00:30:57,896
waiting for the flames
to consume him,
613
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:02,068
he cursed the king
and he cursed the pope.
614
00:31:02,172 --> 00:31:05,034
And he said that both of them
would be called before God
615
00:31:05,137 --> 00:31:07,517
before the end of a year
and a day.
616
00:31:07,620 --> 00:31:13,517
Within a year, the pope dies
of a prolonged illness.
617
00:31:13,620 --> 00:31:16,965
Within a year,
the king dies of a stroke
618
00:31:17,068 --> 00:31:18,965
on his way to go hunting.
619
00:31:19,068 --> 00:31:21,137
But it doesn't end there.
620
00:31:21,241 --> 00:31:24,724
Over the course
of the next 14 years,
621
00:31:24,827 --> 00:31:29,103
the king of France's line,
his three sons and his grandson,
622
00:31:29,206 --> 00:31:32,689
all die in somewhat
mysterious circumstances.
623
00:31:32,793 --> 00:31:36,103
YOUNG:
There is the kind
of curse that carries over,
624
00:31:36,206 --> 00:31:39,000
that has long-lasting
implications.
625
00:31:39,103 --> 00:31:42,482
When de Molay was killed
by the French crown,
626
00:31:42,586 --> 00:31:45,482
there was a curse-- perhaps on
France, perhaps on the materials
627
00:31:45,586 --> 00:31:49,034
or the wealth of the Templars--
that goes down through time.
628
00:31:49,137 --> 00:31:53,068
And anybody who recovers this
or has some interest
629
00:31:53,172 --> 00:31:56,206
might be hurt by them.
630
00:31:56,310 --> 00:31:59,689
Is it possible that the curse
somehow carried over
631
00:31:59,793 --> 00:32:01,758
and is protecting
whatever is buried
632
00:32:01,862 --> 00:32:04,586
in the Money Pit on Oak Island,
which some researchers
633
00:32:04,689 --> 00:32:06,827
have speculated is actually
the resting place
634
00:32:06,931 --> 00:32:08,689
of the Ark of the Covenant?
635
00:32:13,172 --> 00:32:15,965
Could the fabled riches
of the Knights Templar
636
00:32:16,068 --> 00:32:17,862
really lie buried
637
00:32:17,965 --> 00:32:22,000
in an elaborately constructed
treasure vault on Oak Island?
638
00:32:22,103 --> 00:32:24,034
There are many
who believe the answer
639
00:32:24,137 --> 00:32:26,206
is a profound yes
640
00:32:26,310 --> 00:32:28,896
and that these riches
are still being protected
641
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,551
by Jacques de Molay's
deadly curse,
642
00:32:32,655 --> 00:32:35,793
one that was designed
to keep the treasure hidden
643
00:32:35,896 --> 00:32:38,241
at all costs.
644
00:32:46,620 --> 00:32:48,689
SHATNER: Shortly after
performing the ancient practice
645
00:32:48,793 --> 00:32:51,586
known as dowsing,
which entails using metal rods
646
00:32:51,689 --> 00:32:54,448
to detect underground voids,
647
00:32:54,551 --> 00:32:57,000
treasure hunter Dan Henskee
648
00:32:57,103 --> 00:32:59,310
is suddenly overcome
with a strange
649
00:32:59,413 --> 00:33:01,896
and disturbing sensation.
650
00:33:03,344 --> 00:33:05,655
I don't actually know
if what's happened to me
651
00:33:05,758 --> 00:33:08,137
on Oak Island
was real or imaginary.
652
00:33:08,241 --> 00:33:10,896
It was quite strange.
653
00:33:13,655 --> 00:33:16,551
It involved
what appeared to be possession
654
00:33:16,655 --> 00:33:19,620
by a spirit
of someone long dead.
655
00:33:19,724 --> 00:33:23,241
I thought that the spirit
of a dead priest
656
00:33:23,344 --> 00:33:24,793
had entered my body
657
00:33:24,896 --> 00:33:26,655
and that the priest
had his throat cut.
658
00:33:26,758 --> 00:33:28,620
[man screams]
659
00:33:28,724 --> 00:33:32,137
- [heart beating]
- I do remember falling down,
660
00:33:32,241 --> 00:33:35,172
feeling that I was
experiencing the death
661
00:33:35,275 --> 00:33:37,827
of this person.
662
00:33:37,931 --> 00:33:41,172
SHATNER:
After Dan was able
to regain control of himself,
663
00:33:41,275 --> 00:33:44,068
he was left
with a daunting question:
664
00:33:44,172 --> 00:33:46,793
Was his experience
just a trick of his mind?
665
00:33:46,896 --> 00:33:50,482
Or could it
have really happened?
666
00:33:50,586 --> 00:33:52,620
Now, what makes this
really interesting
667
00:33:52,724 --> 00:33:54,793
is the fact
that he was able to determine
668
00:33:54,896 --> 00:33:56,655
that the entity possessing him
669
00:33:56,758 --> 00:33:59,379
was that
of an allegedly murdered priest.
670
00:33:59,482 --> 00:34:01,448
[man screams]
671
00:34:01,551 --> 00:34:03,000
Now, you might be wondering,
672
00:34:03,103 --> 00:34:06,206
how did he come by
this information?
673
00:34:06,310 --> 00:34:07,793
It's entirely possible
674
00:34:07,896 --> 00:34:10,344
that whatever
had been interacting with him
675
00:34:10,448 --> 00:34:13,620
literally just told him
that this is who I am
676
00:34:13,724 --> 00:34:15,517
and this is what happened to me.
677
00:34:16,620 --> 00:34:18,586
SHATNER:
While many think
678
00:34:18,689 --> 00:34:20,586
that Dan's story
is too bizarre to believe,
679
00:34:20,689 --> 00:34:23,620
it's not an isolated event.
680
00:34:23,724 --> 00:34:25,862
Throughout Oak Island's history,
681
00:34:25,965 --> 00:34:29,448
tales of frightening,
mystical phenomena
682
00:34:29,551 --> 00:34:31,482
are as numerous as the theories
683
00:34:31,586 --> 00:34:33,896
concerning
the legendary treasure.
684
00:34:35,275 --> 00:34:37,689
One of the more interesting
extreme reports
685
00:34:37,793 --> 00:34:39,379
comes from a man
named Fred Nolan.
686
00:34:39,482 --> 00:34:42,172
He was convinced
687
00:34:42,275 --> 00:34:44,620
that the ravens on the island
were possessed
688
00:34:44,724 --> 00:34:46,862
by the souls of former slaves
689
00:34:46,965 --> 00:34:49,965
who had helped in digging
the pits and the flood tunnels.
690
00:34:50,068 --> 00:34:52,206
[squawks]
691
00:34:53,137 --> 00:34:54,586
There have been
all kinds of stories
692
00:34:54,689 --> 00:34:58,310
about a dog with fiery eyes.
693
00:34:58,413 --> 00:34:59,689
[growling]
694
00:34:59,793 --> 00:35:02,862
People have told me
695
00:35:02,965 --> 00:35:06,379
stories of their father
or their grandfather
696
00:35:06,482 --> 00:35:09,827
wandering across the island
and seeing this dog.
697
00:35:10,827 --> 00:35:13,655
Red glowing eyes
have also been reported,
698
00:35:13,758 --> 00:35:16,344
uh, in another story.
699
00:35:16,448 --> 00:35:19,137
After the Restall Tragedy,
700
00:35:19,241 --> 00:35:21,724
one of the people that worked
for them, Jim Kaizer...
701
00:35:21,827 --> 00:35:24,172
He often worked
as a night watchman.
702
00:35:24,275 --> 00:35:27,517
One night, he was staying
in the Restalls' cabin,
703
00:35:27,620 --> 00:35:30,586
and he woke up to a feeling
704
00:35:30,689 --> 00:35:32,517
of a great weight on his chest.
705
00:35:32,620 --> 00:35:35,965
He had these two red eyes
staring at him in the dark,
706
00:35:36,068 --> 00:35:37,965
and he heard a voice tell him
to leave the island
707
00:35:38,068 --> 00:35:40,551
- and never come back.
- [indistinct whispering]
708
00:35:40,655 --> 00:35:42,896
And in the morning,
when he woke up,
709
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:44,931
he had bruises all over him.
710
00:35:45,034 --> 00:35:47,620
Jimmy Kaizer
was a real stand-up guy,
711
00:35:47,724 --> 00:35:49,655
an unshakeable sort,
712
00:35:49,758 --> 00:35:51,862
and this particular event,
I think,
713
00:35:51,965 --> 00:35:54,827
from all accounts,
really affected him
714
00:35:54,931 --> 00:35:57,068
for the rest of his life.
715
00:35:58,965 --> 00:36:00,724
SHATNER:
Although most would agree
716
00:36:00,827 --> 00:36:03,724
that Oak Island
is an unusual place,
717
00:36:03,827 --> 00:36:06,931
could any physical evidence
exist to support the notion
718
00:36:07,034 --> 00:36:09,827
that there really is
a supernatural presence
719
00:36:09,931 --> 00:36:11,344
on the island?
720
00:36:11,448 --> 00:36:13,689
[squawks]
721
00:36:13,793 --> 00:36:15,758
For many, the evidence lies
722
00:36:15,862 --> 00:36:18,620
in the unusual
electrical activity
723
00:36:18,724 --> 00:36:20,724
that regularly happens there.
724
00:36:20,827 --> 00:36:22,310
One of the first things
725
00:36:22,413 --> 00:36:25,000
is people here will have
brand-new cell phones,
726
00:36:25,103 --> 00:36:27,275
and the batteries
will constantly drain out.
727
00:36:27,379 --> 00:36:31,000
There is a Bermuda Triangle
for Oak Island
728
00:36:31,103 --> 00:36:33,724
that occurs between Apple Island
and Frog Island
729
00:36:33,827 --> 00:36:35,620
coming up to Oak Island.
730
00:36:35,724 --> 00:36:37,689
[engine whirring]
731
00:36:37,793 --> 00:36:40,965
Everything will go dead, you
will lose power in your boat.
732
00:36:41,068 --> 00:36:44,551
It's happened to several people
in this particular spot.
733
00:36:44,655 --> 00:36:47,827
There's no explanation for it
or the reasons why.
734
00:36:47,931 --> 00:36:50,689
SHATNER:
But are strange
electrical anomalies
735
00:36:50,793 --> 00:36:53,000
really evidence of a curse?
736
00:36:53,103 --> 00:36:55,482
Isn't it more likely
that the bizarre occurrences
737
00:36:55,586 --> 00:37:00,379
experienced on the island have a
perfectly rational explanation?
738
00:37:00,482 --> 00:37:03,103
Perhaps.
739
00:37:03,206 --> 00:37:05,896
But as far as two of the
islands' owners are concerned,
740
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:09,482
the notion that dark forces
might be at work
741
00:37:09,586 --> 00:37:12,586
is not so easy to dismiss.
742
00:37:12,689 --> 00:37:16,137
You know, I'm a skeptic
about paranormal stuff,
743
00:37:16,241 --> 00:37:18,413
[laughs]: but I spent,
but I spent one night--
744
00:37:18,517 --> 00:37:20,448
I said, "I'm gonna go
check this out myself."
745
00:37:22,896 --> 00:37:24,896
So we drive out,
it's dark as can be,
746
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,965
and it gets, um,
sort of, like, misty.
747
00:37:29,413 --> 00:37:31,413
A lot of fog and stuff,
you know.
748
00:37:31,517 --> 00:37:34,862
It's a spooky--
It is a spooky place at night.
749
00:37:34,965 --> 00:37:37,551
Rick walked off,
and I'm kind of sitting there
750
00:37:37,655 --> 00:37:39,000
thinking, "Well, this is silly."
751
00:37:39,103 --> 00:37:40,655
And I got out of the car,
and I'm kind of leaning
752
00:37:40,758 --> 00:37:42,896
against the car-- it's pitch
black-- and all of a sudden,
753
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:46,241
I heard the nastiest scream
you've ever heard in your life.
754
00:37:46,344 --> 00:37:48,413
I mean, a bloodcurdling scream.
755
00:37:49,896 --> 00:37:52,758
[laughs]:
Scared the bejibbers out of me.
756
00:37:52,862 --> 00:37:54,000
I jumped back in the car
and I took off.
757
00:37:54,103 --> 00:37:56,413
And-and I almost ran him over.
758
00:37:58,724 --> 00:38:02,206
So, uh, intellectually, I don't
believe that sort of thing,
759
00:38:02,310 --> 00:38:06,103
but you know, emotionally,
it seems to happen.
760
00:38:06,206 --> 00:38:07,586
And there have been
plenty of instances
761
00:38:07,689 --> 00:38:10,586
where that exact thing
has done-- has happened.
762
00:38:10,689 --> 00:38:13,517
And there's no logic
to why they happen.
763
00:38:13,620 --> 00:38:16,517
That's what's... strange.
764
00:38:24,413 --> 00:38:26,379
โช
765
00:38:28,034 --> 00:38:32,000
SHATNER: Is there really
an Oak Island curse?
766
00:38:33,724 --> 00:38:35,551
There are many who believe
the answer's yes,
767
00:38:35,655 --> 00:38:38,655
but they'll also tell you
that it isn't a curse
768
00:38:38,758 --> 00:38:43,068
that involves dark forces
or threats of death.
769
00:38:44,758 --> 00:38:48,896
They believe it's the one
that takes root in the mind
770
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:52,103
of every would-be
treasure hunter.
771
00:38:58,551 --> 00:39:01,275
There are many psychological
processes that could explain
772
00:39:01,379 --> 00:39:05,275
why a person actually spends
years searching for something,
773
00:39:05,379 --> 00:39:08,310
doesn't find it and keeps
doing it for even more years.
774
00:39:08,413 --> 00:39:12,206
So, one explanation
is this sunken cost fallacy,
775
00:39:12,310 --> 00:39:14,827
and the idea there
is that if you think
776
00:39:14,931 --> 00:39:17,517
you've already invested
a lot in finding something
777
00:39:17,620 --> 00:39:19,758
or pursuing something,
778
00:39:19,862 --> 00:39:24,241
then you don't want that
investment to go to waste,
779
00:39:24,344 --> 00:39:26,448
so you're willing to put in
more investment
780
00:39:26,551 --> 00:39:29,206
into the pursuit of the thing
that you still didn't find.
781
00:39:29,310 --> 00:39:32,137
And additionally,
they're often very worried
782
00:39:32,241 --> 00:39:34,241
that if they leave
this treasure hunt site,
783
00:39:34,344 --> 00:39:37,034
someone else might come
and swoop in right after them
784
00:39:37,137 --> 00:39:39,206
and benefit from all of the work
785
00:39:39,310 --> 00:39:42,206
they have been doing all this
time and get the big rewards.
786
00:39:43,793 --> 00:39:47,206
I don't know what it is
about the island
787
00:39:47,310 --> 00:39:49,655
that so captivates people.
788
00:39:49,758 --> 00:39:54,068
But I do know
that it really does.
789
00:39:54,172 --> 00:39:57,068
It really does,
and it goes beyond reason.
790
00:39:59,862 --> 00:40:01,724
RICK:
I can see the fascination.
791
00:40:01,827 --> 00:40:04,724
If the accident
hadn't happened when it did,
792
00:40:04,827 --> 00:40:07,172
and I had come
to the age of 16 or so,
793
00:40:07,275 --> 00:40:10,862
I can see myself
taking shovel in hand
794
00:40:10,965 --> 00:40:15,689
and becoming so upset with
the cursedness of this mystery
795
00:40:15,793 --> 00:40:18,137
and going after
the answer myself.
796
00:40:19,793 --> 00:40:23,103
CANO:
Perhaps the legend of a curse,
797
00:40:23,206 --> 00:40:26,965
the reason for it existing
is to hide something.
798
00:40:27,068 --> 00:40:29,758
And the fact that people
are searching,
799
00:40:29,862 --> 00:40:32,551
people are actively saying,
"I'm gonna go against this
800
00:40:32,655 --> 00:40:35,103
and I'm gonna
look for it anyway,"
801
00:40:35,206 --> 00:40:39,551
that inherently gives the curse
a reason for being.
802
00:40:39,655 --> 00:40:42,724
There is a definite presence
on Oak Island,
803
00:40:42,827 --> 00:40:46,103
and I don't know
if this feeds into the curse,
804
00:40:46,206 --> 00:40:48,241
or if this is something
completely different.
805
00:40:48,344 --> 00:40:52,137
Or manifested because
of the general knowledge
806
00:40:52,241 --> 00:40:55,275
that there may be
a curse on the island.
807
00:40:57,827 --> 00:40:59,413
I think the island is cursed
or there at least
808
00:40:59,517 --> 00:41:02,724
is some negative energy around
the multiple layers of history.
809
00:41:02,827 --> 00:41:06,068
I think the curse
shows up in many forms,
810
00:41:06,172 --> 00:41:10,206
whether it's greed, obsession
or financial difficulty.
811
00:41:10,310 --> 00:41:15,172
And I think something is still
unresolved and unsettled.
812
00:41:15,275 --> 00:41:18,586
The curse is the way Oak Island
swallows people's lives.
813
00:41:18,689 --> 00:41:21,103
It consumes their fortunes,
814
00:41:21,206 --> 00:41:24,827
and in many cases,
destroys their sanity.
815
00:41:24,931 --> 00:41:27,551
The curse of Oak Island
is that once you get in,
816
00:41:27,655 --> 00:41:29,344
it's really hard to get out.
817
00:41:32,896 --> 00:41:35,827
Brothers Rick and Marty Lagina
and the other members
818
00:41:35,931 --> 00:41:38,172
of the Oak Island team
are risking
819
00:41:38,275 --> 00:41:40,793
an incredible amount
of time and money
820
00:41:40,896 --> 00:41:44,034
looking for a fabled treasure
on Oak Island.
821
00:41:44,137 --> 00:41:48,758
But are they also risking
their lives?
822
00:41:48,862 --> 00:41:52,482
See, one thing is certain:
so far, six men have died
823
00:41:52,586 --> 00:41:54,034
searching for the answer.
824
00:41:54,137 --> 00:41:58,689
And according to legend,
one more will have to die
825
00:41:58,793 --> 00:42:01,172
before what lies buried there
can be found
826
00:42:01,275 --> 00:42:05,758
and the Oak Island mystery
will no longer be among
827
00:42:05,862 --> 00:42:09,137
The UnXplained.
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