Life's greatest mystery...WTF is at the bottom of the Money Pit in Canada? aliens.jpg

[KJacko90]

If i win the lottery I'll fund an expedition brahs dont worry. Will document of the misc aswell.

[alienGenetics]

probably just the ark of the covenant, which is probably some kind of alien technology weapon

[gsharpp]

there will be another money pit inside

[WhatsaGime]

I suspect the persons or things that dug that hole, didn't get out. So the only way to find out what's down there is to take a one way trip.

[TurdMuffin]

so why dont scientists send some unmanned hover with a camera down there and check what sh!t is kept down. i mean we send spaceships to mars.this should be a piece of cake

sure they could just jam a giant drill down it and then send a robot down, but they don't want to phuck anything up w/ the drill, plus drilling would probably make it so murky you wouldn't be able to see anything

[w00tasaurus]

While I love mysteries, I must admit I side with the natural sinkhole theory on this one. BRB, first people to find it see this sinkhole, think it must be manmade and try to get to the bottom, build platforms, leave stuff behind. BRB, next group of people sees the stuff they left, even more convinced to get to the bottom. BRB, leave more stuff behind.

That said, someone should start a misc mystery megathread.

[KraftDanner]

BRB reinforce the tunnels bit by bit with diving gear
BRB swim threw the tunnels
BRB grab life changing treasure of peace

OR

BRB seal the water tunels
BRB pump the water out from the main pit with hyoooooge water pumps
BRB grab life changing treasure of peace which is a machine to massively increase penis size

In b4 way more misc penis threads

[sknot1454]

http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4129

The geology of Oak Island and its surrounding area gives us some more clues. The region is primarily limestone and anhydrite, the conditions in which natural caves are usually formed. In 1878, a farmer was plowing Oak Island just 120 yards away from the Money Pit when suddenly her oxen actually broke through the ground, into a 12 foot deep sinkhole above a small natural limestone cavern. 75 years later, just across the bay, workers digging a well encountered a layer of flagstone at two feet, and as they dug to a depth of 85 feet, they encountered occasional layers of spruce and oak logs. Excitement raged that a second Money Pit had been found, but experts concluded that it was merely a natural sinkhole. Over the centuries sinkholes occasionally open up, trees fall in, and storms fill them with debris like logs or coconuts traveling the ocean currents. These events, coupled with the underground cavern at the bottom of the Money Pit discovered in 1971 and the discoveries of numerous additional sinkholes in the surrounding area, tell us that Oak Island is naturally honeycombed with subterranean limestone caverns and tunnels. The geological fact is that no Royal Corps of Engineers is needed to explain how a tunnel open to the sea would flood a 90 foot deep shaft on Oak Island, booby trap style.

One such element is the stone tablet. There's a link to a drawing of it made by investigator Joe Nickell in the online transcript of this episode. No photographs exist of the stone, nor any documentation of where it might ever have physically been.

The stone tablet made its appearance in the Onslow Company's records, coincidentally, about the same time they were running out of money and their pit flooded

Most researchers have concluded that the stone tablet was probably a hoax by the Onslow Company to attract additional investment to continue their operation. The same can be said of the other two significant artifacts, the links of gold chain and the parchment. Accompanying his map, Joe Nickell said "The artifacts are not properly documented archaeologically, and most would appear to derive from historical activity on the island or from subsequent excavation or hoaxing by workmen.

The contemporary newspaper accounts of Daniel McGinnis and his two friends make no mention of a tackle block or of regularly spaced log platforms, only that logs were found in the pit, and that the tree branch showed evidence of a block and tackle having been used.

[holysht]

Whenever there's something strange or difficult to explain, I always going "skeptoid ________". Even if they don't have the answer, it's almost always an interesting and well sourced read.

http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4129

^ guy above is a wizard

[niceusername]

I'm sure if we put our heads together we can figure it out, misc.

It's the entrance to your moms Angus

[RadSalty]

I hate that skeptoid *******, always ruining great mysteries with his condescending voice and tone.

Personally I think the misc should start a kickstarter for this, that would be sweet!

[Hexagonal Spice]

I think we all know who we need to send in...

[Flareon]

For my 4,000 post, I shall explain the mystery. I do not call myself a genius, but I do imply it.

Alright, you clearly don't understand how this system works, I watched the video, and I can tell you the people attempting to reach the bottom are idiots.

Here's a diagram of the system:



Basically, the extended trap is triggered by oak movement. Oak movement is caused by increased rates of CO2, which causes the oaks to slightly expand, and thus they trigger slight switches, which end up triggering the extended trap.
(not srs made that up, figure out the reason behind the oak expanding yourself you lazy fukwit.)

The extended trap is made of pure metallic substances, which is durable, and can't rust.
These traps cause the movement of the pressure gauges. The pressure gauges are not digital, you slack ass *******, they're made with precise accuracy, with gold, like scales.

When these pressure gauges slightly move, the air, in the tunnels beside the gauges, lessen, ( because the trapped air flows out) and this causes a mass suction of water Like a vacuum. This water fills up the trap.

This water eventually stops flooding, due to equilibrium, in return the gauges move back to position due to the water pushing the extended traps down.
The underground sea level you see, this is precisely measured out to fill the trap. When the trap is filled, the tunnels beside the pressure gauges fill with air, and the pressure gauges move back to position due to water weight. The water flows back out through the ground, as nothing is holding it up.

The Ancient treasure however, cannot be accessed, because the trap is indestructible.
If anyone tries to dig, the sea will be released upon them, this is why the people who made it are genius.

[stone_free10]

brb in this day and age we can't figure out a way to get down there.

ok.

this. as if! gimme a fukin break!

yeah cured cancer with HIV and cant access some pit. umm ok...

[truthhurts]

seems like bullchit, if we truly wanted to get in to such a place we definatly could. Granted it MAY cost a lot but well with mdoern tech and...hell even just blowing the chit out of it to get in

[bongowongo]

You'll find Zyzz and Elvis

[CementPizza]

It's the body of King Arthur.





He died trying to pull a BBC out of OP's ass.

[Ying2012]

For my 4,000 post, I shall explain the mystery. I do not call myself a genius, but I do imply it.

Alright, you clearly don't understand how this system works, I watched the video, and I can tell you the people attempting to reach the bottom are idiots.

Here's a diagram of the system:


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Exxactly what i had in mind. reped

[nn586]

For my 4,000 post, I shall explain the mystery. I do not call myself a genius, but I do imply it.

Alright, you clearly don't understand how this system works, I watched the video, and I can tell you the people attempting to reach the bottom are idiots.

Here's a diagram of the system:



Basically, the extended trap is triggered by oak movement. Oak movement is caused by increased rates of CO2, which causes the oaks to slightly expand, and thus they trigger slight switches, which end up triggering the extended trap.
(not srs made that up, figure out the reason behind the oak expanding yourself you lazy fukwit.)

The extended trap is made of pure metallic substances, which is durable, and can't rust.
These traps cause the movement of the pressure gauges. The pressure gauges are not digital, you slack ass *******, they're made with precise accuracy, with gold, like scales.

When these pressure gauges slightly move, the air, in the tunnels beside the gauges, lessen, ( because the trapped air flows out) and this causes a mass suction of water Like a vacuum. This water fills up the trap.

This water eventually stops flooding, due to equilibrium, in return the gauges move back to position due to the water pushing the extended traps down.
The underground sea level you see, this is precisely measured out to fill the trap. When the trap is filled, the tunnels beside the pressure gauges fill with air, and the pressure gauges move back to position due to water weight. The water flows back out through the ground, as nothing is holding it up.

The Ancient treasure however, cannot be accessed, because the trap is indestructible.
If anyone tries to dig, the sea will be released upon them, this is why the people who made it are genius.

go underwater, block the 3 holes so it cant flood anymore, suck up the remaining water with a long tube from the entry way, then proceed to smash all the traps til dat der treasure

[holysht]

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I was following you up until you mentioned something retarded like ancient treasure... Come on brah, I've updated your image to a more plausible version.



Only a black hole would be able to reach the bottom.

[CitizenZERO]

A legit picture of proudmanlets cawk

[WPIITB]

90% of that stuff isn't true

People found a hole and just kept adding onto the legend... sorry

[HiddenMozart]

go underwater, block the 3 holes so it cant flood anymore, suck up the remaining water with a long tube from the entry way, then proceed to smash all the traps til dat der treasure

Is my intellectual ability low than what I've quoted? clearly this seems like the more plausible solution to this trap.

[BongoBanger]

theres probably a 2nd way to get there,

what if who ever made the tunnel wants to get it? theyre ****ed too.

[RICHSTRONG]

IN to check back later and see if Misc has solved hundreds of year old mystery.

[nn586]

Is my intellectual ability low than what I've quoted? clearly this seems like the more plausible solution to this trap.

only way to do it brah... if i had the money it would be in the works

[P51]

While I love mysteries, I must admit I side with the natural sinkhole theory on this one. BRB, first people to find it see this sinkhole, think it must be manmade and try to get to the bottom, build platforms, leave stuff behind. BRB, next group of people sees the stuff they left, even more convinced to get to the bottom. BRB, leave more stuff behind.

That said, someone should start a misc mystery megathread.

this

[SompletelyCober]

We can't just go blowing things up bros. This operation has to be well thought out and executed with tact.

There are two problems with being heavy handed and just wrecking sh!t:

1. If Shakespeare's original manuscripts are down there, we just destroyed our treasure

and

2. If there really is an alien nuclear reactor down there (I'd put this at a 35 % chance), we just blew up the planet

[ItzcoolBrah]

they should just blow that sh*t up to see what's down there, amirite?

inb4 nuclear device built by aliens

God bless America

[TreFo]

whatever is down there is definitely radioactive. maybe radioactive minerals.


How about blockading and sucking some water from the sides of the island to prevent flooding and sending in a team of scuba divers in there to scout the place out? That way ocean water can't fill it up.