The Truth Behind the Oak Island 'Mystery': Explained

The Oak Island Money Pit is said to be hiding a Pirate Treasure, Shakespeare’s lost manuscript, or even the Holy Grail. It has its own hit reality TV treasure hunting show on the History channel, still on the air in 2021. President Roosevelt was involved in the treasure hunt and six people have died so far searching for the treasure. But.... what is really hidden on Oak Island? And is the mystery of Oak Island, one of the world's most famous unresolved mysteries, even real?

Disclaimer: The introduction shows a picture of Theodore Roosevelt, but the financial backer of the Oak Island excavations was Franklin D. Roosevelt. Sorry for that mistake folks!

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[TheMissileHappy]

Just got your channel recommended by the almighty algorithm and I'm so happy I found it. Now I have to binge watch all of your videos.

[Joaocruz]

Once I found out on the beach a bottle with a message. It was a soda bottle with a document inside dated 30 february 1383! And contained the lyrics of song from "The Police": "message in a bottle"!
I was amazed with that find! MY GOD how could it be? It's a complex and disturbing mystery!

[pineappletwoface]

We know Vikings made it to that area long ago. I think it's quite possible that they also thought it was a cool hole, so they wrote some stuff on a stone and chucked it in. If the stone with mysterious markings ever did exist, that seems like a reasonable explanation for it, and it also seems possible that the stone /is/ accounted for, having been found in some Victorian collection or some such, devoid of context of origin, and is now sitting in a museum collection somewhere, lost only because it's now /properly/ identified.

[substance]

I believe that real estate sellers made up the story to sell lots on the island.

[BrinyGale]

YES!! Loving your content - on a binge now and subbed!

[thomasmorano]

They need to keep the show going to recoupe there losses

[PaulTheSkeptic]

This thing is so weird. They're still trying to dig up that thing.

[aaronsanchezz]

Its actually confirmed it was knights Templar used, also the water trap tunnels were found with the dam and removal of water in the bay and confirmed to be man-made.

[JasonKennedy]

Wrong Roosevelt. Should be Franklin, not Teddy in your introduction.

[DougShoeBushcraft]

They did find parts of old books. Because of the purple ink, they would have to be of the church or royalty. They also found centuries old human bones. So if it were a natural sinkhole, it was being used for something. It could possibly be a tomb.

[panqueque]

"People say there's buried pirate treasure and even Shakespeare's lost manuscripts"
I'd love to know who these people are and why they say this. Do they have any proof or leads or are they just making stuff up? Because if that's the case, there's no reason to even mention it.

[DisInfluence]

The biggest mystery of all is the YouTube algorithm. Leave a like and let the YouTube gods know that this video deserves to be promoted!

[Axe_Slinger]

Another possibility is the still missing Royal Jewelry of Marie Antoinette!

[Axe_Slinger]

1:02 You got the wrong President Roosevelt. It was Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR). You showed Theodore Roosevelt (Teddy Roosevelt).

[mikemccrae]

The planks every 10' are the ribs of a viking or other boat that got sucked vertically into the sink hole.

[MrWesley]

Excellent theory, I was quite interested in this mystery, especially how the logs appeared to be man made, but the sinkhole theory sounds like the most likely. Keep making these videos I enjoy how you explain possible explanations which are more grounded in reality.

[scotfarquharson]

Are they gonna show a picture of the actual hole or not? Why am I halfway thru this having to ask this question?

[nancyM]

Looking forward to your video.
I watched on television but just couldn't watch anymore. Wish it could be solved in 2022.
✌🏽out!

[theshenpartei]

They did find a stone road or causeway in the swamp area of the island
I’m one of those people who is both skeptic and believer of the story

[echo]

My cousin found 10 times more in a day on the gulf side coast of key west after hurricane Dennis than the last 6 years of the oak island tv show . 🤷🏻‍♂️