Oak Island became a fascination for me years ago when I saw
the mystery of it on an episode of Ancient Aliens. I knew it reputedly held the secrets of a
pirate treasure, but as interesting as that would be to some people, what made
my eyes get big was when I heard the conspiracy theories. My faves: 1)
the link to Shakespeare theory, and 2) the link to the Ark of the
Covenant theory. When the series came
out on the History Channel, The Curse of Oak Island (http://www.history.com/shows/the-curse-of-oak-island
), I was very interested in what was recently uncovered. I can’t explain it, but I have a gut feeling
there is something historically important located in the Oak Island and/or New
Ross area. The interest of the Masons,
imo, is a strong indicator – along with its rumoured ley line connections to other
popular conspiracy theory locations (Rennes le Chateau, Rosslyn Chapel).
So this year I made the trip down to Oak Island twice: the first time I stopped at the No
Trespassing sign, disappointed… and the next time, this past weekend, I signed
up for the full tour and actually got on the island J (for tour info, see http://www.friendsofoakisland.com/main/?page_id=132
)
It was very interesting to meet the people I had seen on TV,
but even more so to see them living their passion: the hunt to find out the truth about Oak
Island.
My GMPS colleagues were unable to make the trip, so I decided
to bring the “paranormal” experience to them:
I packed my video camera, digital cam and audio recorder and set out on
the investigative mission ;)
To be honest I didn’t expect anything odd to happen. The tour was FANTASTIC, very honest and real
explanations of the cast’s (landowners’) experiences, findings and
theories. They described the show being
filmed as simply a documentation of what’s actually happening. Nothing is scripted or planned. Everyone involved resonated authenticity and
passion.
I checked the video camera I had duct-taped to my backpack
shoulder strap (yes, definitely looking like a fanboy lol) around 30 minutes
into the tour, and all was good. The
audio recoder I stuck in my purse was on and working when we left for the 2.5hr
tour, it seemed. I focused on listening
to the tour guide’s riveting story of each part of the island and snapping
shots of the empty spaces around the group, hoping IF there was a spirit on
this island, it would want to make a guest appearance on my documentation!
At the 2:15 hour mark, we were at the end of the tour at
Smith’s Cove, on the opposite side of the island. Here, the tour guide told the sad story of the
original four men that died when they “fell” in the hole that was dug. The last picture I snapped was of the
memorial stone erected for these men.
That’s when my camera battery died.
This was very odd as I had fully charged it before leaving,
and knew for a fact I could easily take 650 pictures before a notch went down
on the battery. The count was a little
over 350 pictures at this point.
Immediately I then checked the video camera… also dead, and for no good
reason I could think of. My heart
sinking, I checked the audio: it had not
recorded a THING. Many, many swear words
went through my mind at this point (lol).
Once we got back and I was able to upload my data, I learned
the video camera battery died after only 52 minutes. When fully charged (and it was), it lasts 4.5
hours. I just can’t explain it. Even more odd than this, no audio was
captured by my video camera. I’ve had it
for over a year and can say for sure this NEVER happened to me.
Sigh, ghosts.
I was reminded by a team member that the Chester Area
Paranormal Society (http://capsteam.wordpress.com/
) had similar battery drain issues when they also did an investigation on Oak
Island. If it was due to a magnetic
anomaly in the earth or minerals or SOMETHING, the people I was with would have
also had battery drain issues, and they did not. Only I did.
It’s been said, during the tour and on the show, that strange and
unexplained things happen all the time on Oak Island. Equipment mysteriously fails or breaks, and
coincidences abound.
Want to help me sort through the data I DID collect? Here’s
an experiment for you members of the Greater Moncton Paranormal Society: I’m going to post all my pictures, exactly as
I shot them (no judging ;), and see if you can find anything abnormal in
these. Post your results on our Facebook
group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/MonctonGhostSeekers/
) … and if you are not a member, ask to
join!
Here is the link to the pictures for you to review. Have fun :) *Please note that permission is NOT granted
to use these photos for your personal, professional, or commercial benefit and
are copyrighted to myself, Rebecca Belliveau.
Thank you for respecting the artist’s rights*
