# The Mystery of Oak Island

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-oak-island/295>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [November 11, 1999, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-oak-island/295 "1999-11-11T19:23:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Lucy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47774/32.png) [@Lucy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucy)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-oak-island/295/1 "1999-11-12T06:53:00Z")

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I am very interested in the Oak Island mystery, and have been since I was a boy. My father introduced the story as a scary ghost story about pirates and the Holy Grail. What I am wondering is, how many people out there have the same interest in this subject? There is a posted question in Cecil’s archives, but there is so much more to this twisted and unexplained tail.

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**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 1999, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-oak-island/295/2 "1999-11-11T19:23:00Z")

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I’ve been interested in the Oak Island mystery for a while now. Unfortunately, there’s not alot published about it. I’m currently wondering if that Triton Aliiance ever found anything.

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“I had a feeling that in Hell there would be mushrooms.” -The Secret of Monkey Island

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 1999, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-oak-island/295/3 "1999-11-11T20:53:00Z")

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The classic column being discussed:  
[What’s the scoop on the mysterious buried treasure at Oak Island?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_441.html)

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I’ve edited Jill’s message so the link works.–CKDH

[Note: This message has been edited by CKDextHavn]

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**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-oak-island/295/4 "1999-11-12T13:47:00Z")

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Yahoo has eleven Oak Island sites registered at [http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/Canada/Provinces\_and\_Territories/Nova\_Scotia/Counties\_and\_Regions/Lunenburg/Islands/Oak\_Island/Community/History/Money\_Pit/](http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/Canada/Provinces_and_Territories/Nova_Scotia/Counties_and_Regions/Lunenburg/Islands/Oak_Island/Community/History/Money_Pit/) .

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John W. Kennedy  
“Compact is becoming contract; man only earns and pays.”  
– Charles Williams