monkey said:
...Broom, I am fascinated by the mention of a subterranean complex on Nova Scotia. I have never heard of that. Tell me more, it sounds very interesting...
I can't tell you any more than the links, really. Here's still another one:
Oak Island Money Pit
I first learned about when I was preoccupied with pirate treasure. It caught my eye since my ancestors lived in that very part of Nova Scotia for eight generations. Mahonne Bay.
It is a complete mystery. No one can tell who constructed it, what it was for, or why. Most archaeological mysteries at least you have a clue as who did it and maybe why. This is a booby-trapped shaft that appears to be very old and very sophistocated. It has oaken timbers, coconut husks (in Canada!), steel and concrete as part of its building materials.
Aaron observes the first website hasn't been updated since 1995. Nothing has happened since (that anyone knows about other than Woods Hole Oceanographic did some research there). The Triton Consortium seems to be deadlocked somehow. It is either being mishandled or supremely well handled.
I'm a fan of Ockham's Razor and I think there must be a simpler answer to all this and people are over speculating. Trouble is, no one can even think of an easy answer. The powder magazine one is about the only alternative I've heard and it doesn't really hold much weight. Must be the same people that make those crop circles.
The flooding and counterflooding would make for a great Indiana Jones booby-trapped entrance sequence, but I guess the Mummy Returns beat him to it.
[Edited by Broomhandle Davis on 08-31-2002 at 08:50 pm]