Can You Uncover the Oak Island Money Pit?: An Interactive Treasure Adventure

By Matthew K. Manning

In 1795, a mysterious human-made pit was discovered on Oak Island. People began digging into the pit to discover its secrets, but it was flooded by seawater and could no longer be explored. Since then, many theories have been suggested about both the pit and the island. Is the island secretly hiding pirate treasure, valuable artifacts from the Knights Templar, or even lost manuscripts by famous British author William Shakespeare? It’s up to you to find out! With dozens of choices and clues to follow, which path will YOU choose to reveal Oak Island’s mysterious secrets?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: Aug 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9781669031949

Matthew K. Manning

The author of the Amazon best-selling hardcover Batman: A Visual History, Matthew K. Manning has contributed to many comic books, including Beware the Batman, Spider-Man Unlimited, Pirates of the Caribbean: Six Sea Shanties, Justice League Adventures, Looney Tunes, and Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? When not writing comics themselves, Manning often authors books about comics, as well as a series of young reader books starring Superman, Batman, and the Flash for Capstone. He currently resides in Asheville, North Carolina with his wife Dorothy and their two daughters, Lillian and Gwendolyn. Visit him online at www.matthewkmanning.com.

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Can You Uncover the Oak Island Money Pit?: An Interactive Treasure Adventure by Matthew K. Manning

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

About Your Adventure

Chapter 1: Centuries of Searching

Chapter 2: The House in the Woods

Chapter 3: The Dig Site

Chapter 4: Off the Coast

Chapter 5: The Lure of the Island

Mysteries of Oak Island

Other Paths to Explore

Bibliography

Glossary

Read More

Internet Sites

About the Author

Copyright

Back Cover

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Title Page

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About Your Adventure

YOU are a modern-day treasure hunter. You’ve learned about Oak Island near the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. The mysterious island is rumored to hide many legendary treasures.

Your job is to decide where and how to search for Oak Island’s buried secrets. Will you find lost treasures, or will you fall victim to the island’s supposed curse? Your choices will decide if you strike it rich—or strike out.

Chapter One sets the scene. Then you choose which path to read. Follow the links at the bottom of each page as you read the stories. The decisions you make will change your outcome. After you finish one path, go back and read the others for new perspectives and more adventures. Use your device's back buttons or page navigation to jump back to your last choice.

Chapter 1

Centuries of Searching

When you were young, you found an old magazine that described a mysterious place called Oak Island. This small island is home to the longest-running treasure hunt in history.

Oak Island is located in Mahone Bay. Pirates were known to frequent the area in the 1700s. Famed pirate Captain Kidd was thought to have hidden his fortune on one of the bay’s many islands. Rumors about buried treasure soon spread among nearby towns.

OAK ISLAND, CANADA -- MAY 19, 2020: Maxar closeup satellite imagery of Oak Island in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Oak Island sits just off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. The island is about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) long and 0.5 mile (0.8 km) wide.

In 1795, a young man named Daniel McGinnis was exploring Oak Island when he stumbled upon the top layer of a man-made pit. McGinnis and two friends soon began to dig into this pit.

Some reports say that at 10 feet (3 meters) down, a platform of oak logs was found. Ten feet below that was another identical platform. This continued every ten feet until they reached the 90-foot (27-meter) mark.

At that point, a flat stone inscribed with strange markings was discovered. The story goes on to say that when this stone was removed, the shaft flooded with water. This stopped the treasure hunt in its tracks. The pit was too flooded to dig any deeper.

Since then, the pit’s exact location seems to have been lost over the years. The area has been dug up so much that any signs of the original pit have long since vanished. But many still