Marty Lagina's Daughter Has Accidently Leaked What Really Happened On Oak Island
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00:00This one is a mystery tunnel.
00:02We don't know where this one goes, we don't know who did it, we don't know why.
00:06For 12 seasons, we have watched the LaGena brothers dig, search, and chase clues on Oak Island.
00:12Meaning there could be some actual treasure just below us, and we're going to find that out this year.
00:17But the truth is, we haven't been getting the full story.
00:20Marty LaGena's daughter has finally broken her silence
00:23and addressed the rumors about what really happens on Oak Island.
00:27And it is definitely not what we expected.
00:29So what has she revealed?
00:31What secrets have the LaGena brothers been keeping from us all this time?
00:35The beginning of an obsession.
00:38Marty LaGena's daughter, Maddie LaGena, first revealed how this whole Oak Island obsession really started.
00:45It was not some random idea that popped into their heads overnight.
00:48According to her, this fascination with Oak Island runs deep, literally and figuratively.
00:53Maddie revealed that it all goes back to 1965 when a young Rick LaGena found an article in Reader's Digest.
01:00The article was about a mysterious treasure buried on Oak Island, a small landmass off the coast of Nova Scotia.
01:06The article talked about the famous money pit, a supposedly bottomless hole that had swallowed up treasure hunters, their money, and even their lives for over 200 years.
01:16And that was it.
01:18One article, one story, and Rick was hooked for life.
01:22He became obsessed with the legend, reading everything he could about Oak Island.
01:27The mystery of hidden treasures, booby traps, and unexplained artifacts kept pulling him in.
01:32But the thing is, he was not alone.
01:36Over time, Marty got caught up in the mystery, too.
01:39While Marty was more of the practical, business-minded one, even he could not ignore the intrigue surrounding Oak Island.
01:45He saw it as a challenge, something worth investigating.
01:49Then came the early 2000s.
01:51That's when the brothers finally decided to do something about this lifelong fascination.
01:56They joined forces with Craig Tester, a longtime friend and expert in drilling and engineering.
02:01With their combined skills and deep pockets, they set out to uncover what so many before them had failed to find.
02:09In 2006, they officially bought a 50% stake in Oak Island Tours Incorporation, which gave them partial ownership of the island.
02:17That was the beginning of what would soon become one of the longest-running treasure hunts in modern history.
02:22Since then, they have spent over a decade and a half digging, searching, and unraveling more questions than answers.
02:28And despite everything, including the failed digs, the wild theories, and the setbacks, they are still here.
02:36Even after 12 seasons, they are not ready to walk away.
02:40But this also means they encountered many secrets and mysteries during those 12 seasons.
02:45So what secrets did they reveal?
02:48Revealing the Secrets
02:49At the heart of everything is the Money Pit, a deep, booby-trapped hole first discovered in 1795 by three teenagers.
02:58They stumbled upon a depression in the ground and started digging, finding wooden platforms every 10 feet,
03:05almost as if someone had intentionally created layers to protect whatever was at the bottom.
03:09But just as they thought they were getting closer, the pit flooded with water.
03:15This stopped them in their tracks.
03:17And that's been the case ever since.
03:19Every attempt to dig deeper has been met with sudden flooding, collapses, or dead ends.
03:25But modern technology has helped the Laginas uncover traces of gold, silver, and even strange fragments of parchment,
03:33suggesting that something valuable was buried there at some point.
03:36Whether it is still there or not, that's the real question.
03:40As the brothers kept digging, new theories began to emerge,
03:43some pointing to the Knights Templar as the ones who originally hid something on Oak Island.
03:48The Templars were a secretive medieval order with enormous wealth.
03:52And when they were forced into hiding in the 14th century,
03:55some believed they fled to North America,
03:57bringing their riches and possibly even the Holy Grail with them.
04:00The discovery of a lead cross on Oak Island in 2017,
04:04which dates back to the Templar era, has only fueled this idea further.
04:09But that's not the only clue pointing to a medieval presence.
04:12There is also Nolan's cross,
04:14a strange pattern of five large boulders,
04:17perfectly arranged in the shape of a Christian cross.
04:20Maybe this is a marker,
04:22left behind by someone who wanted to guide future seekers to the treasure.
04:25If the Templars didn't do it,
04:28maybe it was the Vikings.
04:29After all, they were in North America 500 years before Columbus.
04:33And evidence of Viking settlements has been found in Newfoundland,
04:37not far from Oak Island.
04:38It is possible that they use the island as a hiding place for treasure,
04:42or even something more significant.
04:44The Leginas have found old wooden structures,
04:47iron artifacts,
04:48and even traces of what could be Norse-style craftsmanship,
04:51but nothing that definitively links the Vikings to the site.
04:55And then there is the theory that the treasure is not from medieval Europe at all,
05:00but rather from Spanish ships sailing in the 16th and 17th centuries.
05:04The Spanish controlled vast amounts of gold and silver from the Americas,
05:08but their ships were constantly under attack from pirates.
05:11It is possible that a Spanish crew,
05:14trying to escape capture,
05:16stopped at Oak Island to bury their fortune,
05:18hoping to return for it later.
05:20Some of the metal found underground seems to support this idea,
05:24like traces of gold and silver have seeped into the water over time,
05:28hinting that there is more hidden deep below.
05:30But whether it is pirate loot or Spanish treasure,
05:34no one knows for sure.
05:35Of course, treasure or not,
05:36the island itself has provided plenty of mysteries on its own.
05:40One of the earliest and most puzzling discoveries
05:42was a stone tablet pulled from the money pit in the 19th century.
05:46The strange symbols on it were supposedly translated to say,
05:5040 feet below, 2 million pounds are buried.
05:53If true, this would be one of the clearest pieces of evidence
05:56that something valuable was placed there.
05:58But the stone mysteriously disappeared in the early 20th century.
06:02Some believe it was lost.
06:04Others think someone stole it.
06:06Either way, without it,
06:07it is impossible to confirm what the message really said
06:10or who carved it in the first place.
06:11What's even weirder is that Oak Island seems to be designed
06:15to keep its secrets buried.
06:17The flooding that happens in the money pit is not just natural.
06:20It appears to be part of an elaborate booby trap system.
06:23Researchers have found evidence of man-made flood tunnels
06:26leading from the ocean to the money pit,
06:28designed to flood any excavation attempts.
06:31Who would go through that much trouble to keep people out?
06:34And then there is the legend of the curse.
06:36Supposedly, seven people must die
06:38before the treasure will be found.
06:41So far, six people have lost their lives
06:43trying to uncover Oak Island's secrets.
06:45This adds a strange layer to an already dangerous search.
06:49Whether the curse is real or not,
06:51it has not stopped treasure hunters from risking everything
06:54to get to the bottom of the mystery.
06:56For the Lajinas, they are not after gold anymore.
06:59They want to find answers.
07:01They have been at it since 2006
07:03and poured millions of dollars, countless hours,
07:06and some of the best technology available
07:08into solving this puzzle.
07:10After 12 seasons,
07:11they have found more questions than answers,
07:14but they are not giving up.
07:16If anything, every new discovery pushes them forward,
07:19convincing them that they are getting closer.
07:22So now the question is,
07:23what are they really hiding at this point?
07:26Well, there have been some rumors around this whole thing.
07:29Are the rumors true?
07:30At this point, we are 12 seasons deep
07:34into the curse of Oak Island,
07:35and surprisingly, the treasure is still M.I.A.
07:39No chest of gold, no ancient scrolls,
07:42no impressive pirate loot.
07:43We have received just more speculation,
07:45more digging, and more dramatic music
07:48whenever someone finds an old nail.
07:49So naturally, people have started whispering
07:52about what's really going on.
07:53Is this whole thing a setup?
07:55Well, let's get into it.
07:57If you have been watching since the beginning,
07:58you already know the show loves a good cliffhanger.
08:02Could it be?
08:03The narrator asked for the 300th time,
08:06just before cutting to commercial.
08:08And yet somehow,
08:09we never actually get the big answer.
08:11That's one reason why people are side-eyeing
08:13the whole operation.
08:14The Lagina brothers bought into
08:16the Oak Island treasure hunt
08:17long before the History Channel jumped in.
08:19But once the cameras arrived,
08:22something changed.
08:23The search slowed down,
08:24and not just because of logistics.
08:26Filming a reality show means setting up shots,
08:30staging dramatic conversations,
08:31and let's be honest,
08:33dragging things out to fill entire seasons.
08:36What does that mean for the actual treasure hunt?
08:38Well, if there is gold,
08:39they sure are not in a hurry to find it.
08:42Viewers have joked for years
08:43that the real treasure is the TV money.
08:46And can we blame them?
08:47This show brings in millions of viewers,
08:50regularly topping History Channel's ratings.
08:52It is a cash machine.
08:55And as long as people keep watching,
08:57there is really no incentive
08:58to find anything too quickly.
09:01If they dig up some legendary treasure tomorrow,
09:03what happens?
09:04The show is over.
09:06And the History Channel is not letting go
09:08of its most profitable mystery that easily.
09:11Now let's talk about planted evidence.
09:14Yes, it is actually a claim
09:15that keeps popping up among skeptics.
09:18Every season, the Laginas and their crew
09:20find a conveniently placed artifact.
09:23Sometimes it is a button,
09:24sometimes a coin,
09:25and sometimes it's a piece of wood.
09:27And every single time,
09:29it is framed as groundbreaking.
09:31But if they are really excavating
09:32a centuries-old secret,
09:34shouldn't they have found
09:35something significant by now?
09:37We are talking about an island
09:38that has been dug up, re-dug,
09:40and over-analyzed for two centuries.
09:43Theories are fun,
09:44but at some point, we need hard proof.
09:46Instead, we get dramatic discoveries
09:48that could easily be salted into the dig site
09:50before filming starts.
09:52People are now asking
09:53how hard would it be
09:54for the producers to plant a rusty old relic?
09:57Let someone find it on camera
09:59and cue the dramatic narration?
10:02Academics certainly are not buying it.
10:04Harvard professor Richard Joltes
10:06dismissed the entire Oak Island legend
10:08as a long-running mania for treasure legends.
10:12Another historian, Dan Conlon,
10:14straight-up called it classic pseudo-history.
10:16They are not saying that Oak Island
10:18does not have a history,
10:20but the whole Money Pit story
10:21is built on shaky ground.
10:23There is no written documentation
10:25of the original discovery in 1795,
10:28just contradictory stories
10:30and sketchy details
10:31passed down over generations.
10:33That means the entire basis for this hunt
10:35could be one giant misinterpretation.
10:38And then, of course, there is the curse.
10:40Well, if you do the math,
10:41six people have already died
10:42searching for treasure on Oak Island.
10:44That means, technically,
10:46according to the legend,
10:48we are just one tragedy away
10:49from finally uncovering the big secret.
10:52This whole curse thing
10:53is a perfect reality TV plot device.
10:56It adds suspense,
10:58makes everything feel more dangerous,
10:59and keeps the show feeling urgent,
11:02even when they spend half an episode
11:04talking about wood samples.
11:05But the reality is
11:07the deaths on Oak Island,
11:09while tragic,
11:09have nothing to do with the curse.
11:11People have died
11:12because treasure hunting is dangerous.
11:15Digging deep tunnels,
11:16using heavy equipment,
11:17and working in unstable conditions
11:19always includes some kind of accident.
11:22It is not mystical forces at work.
11:24It is just physics.
11:26Now, you would be surprised to hear
11:27that some famous people
11:28have been fooled before by this hoax.
11:30First of all,
11:31Franklin D. Roosevelt.
11:32Yes, before he became president
11:34of the United States,
11:35he was obsessed with Oak Island.
11:37He even invested in a treasure hunting company
11:39because he was convinced
11:41that French royal jewels were hidden there.
11:43If FDR,
11:44who is one of the most influential leaders
11:46in history brought into this legend,
11:48it is no wonder millions of people
11:50are still fascinated today.
11:51But the truth is,
11:53even he never found anything.
11:55If a literal U.S. president
11:56could not solve the mystery,
11:58what are the chances
11:59that two guys from Michigan will?
12:01Speaking of finances,
12:02let's talk about
12:03where the money is coming from.
12:04The Leginas are not just putting
12:06their own savings into this hunt.
12:08They have been weirdly vague
12:10about how the search is financed.
12:12When asked directly,
12:13Rick Legina called the topic forbidden.
12:16Marty quickly jumped in
12:17and said that it was basically
12:19coming from them.
12:20That word basically
12:21has to be noticed here.
12:23What does that mean?
12:25Maybe there are private investors.
12:27Maybe the History Channel
12:28is footing a bigger bill
12:29than they let on.
12:31So is the curse of Oak Island
12:32a total scam?
12:33Probably not.
12:35The Leginas seem genuinely
12:36obsessed with the treasure.
12:38And let's be honest,
12:39they were already searching
12:40before TV cameras showed up.
12:42But is the show dragging out
12:44the search to maximize ratings?
12:46Absolutely.
12:47Are artifacts suspiciously found
12:49at just the right moment?
12:51Seems like it.
12:52But is the treasure still out there?
12:54No one knows.
12:55But one thing is for sure,
12:57until the History Channel decides
12:58they have squeezed
12:59every last bit of entertainment value
13:01out of this island,
13:02we will keep getting
13:03more shocking discoveries
13:04instead of any real answers.
13:06And we will probably
13:07keep watching anyway.
13:09So are you a fan
13:10of this TV show?
13:11Do you think there is
13:12actual treasure hidden
13:13on this island?
13:14Tell us your opinion
13:15in the comments below.
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