When people are bored this is what they do. They dig a big hole in the ground in the middle of some place like Nova Scotia. Then, they build booby traps, flood caves and stockpile rocks. Then, they ignore it for years and hope some other bored person will find it and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to discover nothing, but will think that the hole is filled with vast treasure. This alleged money pit is located off of the coast of Nova Scotia. A young, bored boy first discovered the pit on the 140-acre island in 1795, drawn to the area by mysterious glowing lights. He noticed a depression in the ground, which prompted him to grab two friends and get to digging. The further they dug, the more layers of wood, stone and dirt they uncovered. They discovered nothing and gave up, but excavation began again in 1804. At 27 metres, the excavators discovered a large stone slab inscribed with runic symbols that was decoded in 1860 by a linguist using Edgar Allan Poes Gold Bug. He claims the stone reads Forty Feet Below, Two Million Pounds Are Buried. Treasure hunters have many theories about what is buried there, from Marie Antoinettes jewels to sacred artefacts of the Freemasons. Over the years, additional excavations have taken place, but none have produced any treasure, and most result in cave-ins or floods. Some individuals believe all of these to be the result of booby traps. However, an investigation by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution concluded that the flooding is due to a natural interaction between the islands water pressure and the pits underlying geology. Critics further argue that the pit is a natural phenomenon, such as a sinkhole. Whatever it is, the treasure hunts are sure to continue.
