The two brothers we write about today began their quest in a more unusual way, as told to us in a newspaper article in the Aug 26th 1948 issue of the Lawton Constitution. Nevertheless, like Rick and Marty Lagina, they too invested money into the treasure hunt. Here, is the rest of their story: "Their spirit correspondent said that the treasure had belonged to the Pervuian Incas.Ghostly go"ssip had it that a group of Spaniards left behind by the conquistador Pizzaro, had persuaded their native friends that it would be much healthier and more profitable to pack their gold and silver belongings and take it on the lam while their boss was back in Spain. They had plenty of time, for the round trip took Pizzaro from 1528 to 1531. They went up the Isthmus of Panama, according to the invisible deponent, and built some ships. But instead of sailing to the West Indies, as they had planned, they got hit by a series of autumn storms that drove them all the way to Nova Scotia. On the strength of this tip-off the brothers invested 1,000 hard and unspiritual American dollars in the digging venture in progress at the time." It intrigues us here at Blockhouse Investigations that so many people interested in the Oak Island Treasure hail from Michigan. Besides the two sets of brothers already mentioned, we can also point to Craig Tester, Alan J. Kostrzewa, and Professor Ross Wilhelm (died 1983), among others. Wilhelm was Associate Professor of Business Economics at the University of Michigan and wrote, The Spanish in Nova Scotia in the XVI Century, a Hint in the Oak Island Treasure Mystery.  Thank you for joining us again. Goodnight from The Blockhouse!
8 Comments
Glen Choitz
1/30/2016 06:46:30 pm
Just wanted to thank you for bringing so much of the backstory of the island to all of us..much more interesting than stories about sinking a few more (useless) holes in what must be by now the most drilled island of it's size on earth...
Doug Crowell
1/30/2016 08:14:18 pm
Thanks Glen. You are so right. There is a wealth of interesting backstory to this particular treasure hunt. In carrying out our research, we run into little stories like this one all the time. While the sub-story of the two Michigan brothers was a humorous point of comparison to current events, the documented theory of Spanish Gold and how it supposedly found its way to the island was of primary interest to us.
KelHancock
1/30/2016 08:10:51 pm
Thanks. Lots more to come!
Bonnie goodine
1/31/2016 05:46:45 am
Blockhouse Investigations brings recent past Historical information..Thank-You.
MD
3/18/2016 11:13:45 am
I've been trying to no avail to get in contact with either Rick or Marty Lagina, or even Craig Tester. I'm sure now that they're celebrities they've gone 'off radar' to avoid the crazies which I can certainly understand, but I have valuable info for them.
Doug Crowell
3/18/2016 02:36:54 pm
Hi MD. I know that Craig has read this blog at times. I can't give you his contact information, but I can tell you that Jack Begley is a member of the Oak Island Facebook Group called "Oak Island RAW", found here:
John Lethen
11/16/2016 04:03:37 am
Really excited after watching last night's episode. Did I see you on the show last night Doug?
Doug Crowell
11/28/2016 12:26:22 pm
Hi John. Yes, I am afraid that was me. :) Leave a Reply. |
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