They also say he was the most wealthy pirate in the world, but he was too ambitious, attacking two heavily armed Spanish warships in 1823. As he gained more and more wealth, others joined him – and they say he at one point commanded a fleet of 50 ships. Jean Lafitte was a French pirate, who made a fortune attacking and looting ships in the Gulf of Mexico. But others propose supernatural explanations. Many believe they are caused by massive colonies of bacteria, which happen to be bio luminescent. They are quite rare, and no one knows what causes them. Satellite images show that parts of the ocean really can glow brightly. And so it’s made it’s way into folklore an mythologies all over the globe. And for most of history this was considered baseless superstition.

According to sources, they came from the sea, conquered all empires, and mysteriously disappeared.įor all of recorded history, sailors have reported the waters below them lighting up, glowing brightly. But we don’t know who they were, where they came from, or where they went. It’s said they were a mysterious and primitive people, who caused the collapse of these civilizations. The Sea Peoples were a confederation of different groups who raided coastal settlements leading up to the period. Records from the time don’t give a clear explanation of why these long-established empires fell, but they all mention the Sea Peoples. This event is known as the bronze-age collapse. Still today we don’t know what it actually was, as it didn’t match any known animals in the area.Īround the year 1200 BC, civilizations in the middle-East suddenly collapsed. IT was depicted in the same way as the Loch Ness monster often was. It was believed to be a new species of giant Sea-serpant, with some scientists believing it to be a plesiosaur. A 55 foot globster washed ashore Scotland’s Stronsay island in 1808. The Tasmanian globster was labelled a Sea monster on it’s discovery in 1960 – but was later identified as a whale carcass. Many globsters have been misidentified as monsters or dinosaurs thought to be extinct.

They wash up on shorelines, and are made of unidentified materials, but often turn out to be decomposing whale corpses. American maps also included the island and at one point there was even a dispute over which nation owned Bermeja.Ī globster is a blob of organic material. Either cartographers of the past simply made a mistake, or the island disappeared. It’s now accepted the island doesn’t exist – but the real question is whether it ever did exist. An even more extensive survey also failed to find the island a decade later. But in a 1997 survey of the area, Bermeja was not found. It first appeared on maps in the 16th century, just off the Mexican coast. It’s unnown when Bermeja island was discovered. Some are natural phenomenon studied by scientists, while others are all about long lost pirate gold searched for by modern day treasure hunters. It’s no wonder there are so many mysteries surrounding the oceans of planet earth. You can watch the show on the History Channel and Amazon Prime Video as well.People think of space as the final frontier, but most of the world’s Oceans remain unexplored. They became fascinated with the island after reading the January 1965 issue of Reader’s Digest magazine that features an article on the Restall family’s work to investigate the so-called money pit, found on the island. When Michigan brothers Rick and Marty Lagina bought a 50 per cent stake in the company that owns the famed Oak Island in 2006, they became the latest in a long line of treasure hunters who have spent more than 220 years trying to unearth untold riches suspected of being hidden in its confines. It was first broadcast in Canada on the History network on January 6, 2014. It follows an eclectic team of treasure hunters and their search for legendary treasure on the infamous Oak Island, off the shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. The Curse of Oak Island is a reality television series, running for 9 seasons since 2014. 3 Treasure Hunting Shows To Watch The Curse of Oak Island (2014 – Present) Intrigued by the latest Netflix reality docuseries Pirate Gold of Adak Island and looking for more shows that explore the hidden pirate treasure or unsolved mysteries around the world? Then you are at the right place, as we are introducing you to some more shows along the same lines to feed your inquisitive minds.

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