6 Amazing Historical Mysteries Uncovered by Reddit Users

There are a whole lot of strange mysteries from the past that are begging to be solved. So who better to unravel the secrets of the unknown than the Reddit community r/todayilearned, where users are regularly sharing stories about weird stuff happening and nobody having any answers? For this article, we have selected six such stories, along with our favorite Reddit theories.

1. The Secret Treasure of Oak Island

Looking for a real-life legend that involves creepy skeletons and zany, quick-witted pirates? We can’t help you with that, but we can tell you about mysterious things that are supposedly happening on Oak Island, Nova Scotia. Supposedly, in 1799, a settler by the name of Daniel McGinnis was looking for a place to start a farm, and he encouraged an unusual circular depression in the ground. He surmised that it must have been a chest containing £2 million worth of treasure buried by Captain Kidd around 100 years earlier because, duh, why wouldn’t it?

The fact that countless people have spent the past 200+ years digging around without any success hasn’t stopped Reddit users from coming up with their own whimsical theories about what’s waiting to be rediscovered. Shakespeare’s lost manuscripts? The Ark of the Convent? Some claim that the treasure will only reveal itself once seven wealth-seeking adventurers have met their end looking for it. Which begs the question: Why seven and not, say, 700 hundred? Answer: Because who has the patience to wait for that many bodies to wash ashore?