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  Haha good point.  Yeah didn't mean to say I think there's anything there.
context: Reminds me a bit of the "salting" of gems during the Gold Rush days here in America on otherwise mineral poor areas. >
  
  I can't prove it but that is my bet about what happened at Oak Island. >
  
  Nothing happened at Oak Island, other than a bunch of people talking about something that must have happened at Oak Island. >
  
  Well something must have inspired the first person to start digging. The report is that he saw evidence of a pully, and a flattened area in the woods. Tar pit seems likely. >
  
  
  The report is 
  
  Literally everything is "someone said they saw..."  The "rumor" is that the pirate Captain Kidd (like 400 years ago at this point) stashed treasure there.  A pirate who operated in the Caribbean.  He is also rumored to have stashed treasure in multiple other places, none of which has been found either.
  It is a fun story locals use to fleece tourists. >
  
  To be fair, Blackbeard operated in the Caribbean, and loved to hang out in Beaufort, NC.  Pretty far north from the Caribbean. >
  
  And Oak Island is around 2000 miles north of that.
  The "mystery" has already been solved for anyone that cares about facts anyways, all that is left is dreamers and scammers.