Map of Oak Island by Joe Nickell

Joe Nickell is the author of 'The Secrets of Oak Island' an excellent article written for The Skeptical Enquirer where this treasure map first appeared. Joe Nickell who kindly granted permission for his map to appear on this website had the following to say about the mystery of Oak Island:

• The artifacts are not properly documented archaeologically, and most would appear to derive from historical activity on the island or from subsequent excavation or hoaxing by workmen.
• The video footage simply invites folk to see in the mottled muck such images - Rorschach like - as they can imagine, like those who see the Virgin Mary in tree bark or rust stains, images called Simulacra.
• I must say I am somewhat astonished by the gullibility of those who would credit such an elaborate treasure - considering mechanism, accompanied by a cipher stone that gives away the treasure's existence. Apparently such persons think with their feelings.