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The Curse of Dirt Island

posted 10 days ago by fourlemons (1669)
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Well, that's what I call it. It's really called The Curse of Oak Island. Do any of y'all watch it? I call it that because all they ever dig up is dirt (and rocks and wood).

For those who watch it:
1. Do you believe there's really any treasure? (I believe the treasure of Oak Island is that they've been able to make their TV show last for 12 seasons and make who knows how much money off of it.)
2. Who's your favorite Fellowship of the Dig member?

Mr fourlemons and I consider this show our comic relief. There may be a bit of heckling involved with our viewing of each episode.

[–] parkerbot (8993) 9 days ago

My mother watches that show and I think less of her because of it.

[–] fourlemons (1669) 9 days ago

Well, thank you for rescuing my empty thread nonetheless. It felt like an Amish shunning.

[–] parkerbot (8993) 9 days ago

Well, it's like admitting to watching the latest season of Ancient Aliens.

You will be judged.

[–] fourlemons (1669) 9 days ago

That won't happen here. I'm in my safe space.

[–] parkerbot (8993) 8 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKrELaoMot4

It's not Korean but close enough.

[–] fourlemons (1669) 8 days ago

Gosh! All that happened from watching Dirt Island?

[–] parkerbot (8993) 8 days ago

You have to watch the foreign language versions to get the good stuff.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77364) 9 days ago

I don’t watch it though I’ve read about it and saw a couple of episodes. It seems like a bunch of intriguing yarns to me, like campfire tales, just entertaining baloney.

[–] fourlemons (1669) 9 days ago

It can be quite entertaining if you watch it from an angle of reveling in the baloney. 😁 There is lots and lots of dirt, though. Much, much dirt.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77364) 9 days ago

It’s all dirt and they just dig up more!
They don’t even seem to have a reliable record of where the original ‘money pit’ was.

I do like unsolved mystery stories so this stuff is sort of fun to read about.

[–] fourlemons (1669) 9 days ago

I joined in late to this show. The first couple of seasons were probably exciting. Now I think it's just good maybe for a drinking game. Every time they dig and find nothing, take a shot! 😂

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77364) 9 days ago

We’d be blind drunk every episode😄

[–] SamHyde (136) 9 days ago

I loathe this show. Same with the truck show, the fishing shows, or any of that reality crap

It's all part of the cheap bare cable package programming that sucks ass on purpose to tempt you into buying higher channel packages

[–] Kowalski (75520) 9 days ago

I WATCHED IT FOR A FEW SEASONS...I AM ALWAYS INTERESTED IN MYSTERIES LIKE THIS ONE...BUT THE SHOW GOES NOWHERE AND I SURRENDERED AND STOPPED WATCHING.

[–] fourlemons (1669) 9 days ago

Completely understand. At this point, it's a joke.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (14381) 8 days ago

I've heard about that place. There are at least two or three really good documentaries on its history, and why it also has the nickname, "The Money Pit."

Fun fact: it was used as inspiration for an episode of "Bones."

[–] fourlemons (1669) 8 days ago

I did not watch the show from the beginning but I suspect at first it was intriguing. Now my husband and I just get a kick out of watching the different team members trying their hardest to milk the show for as long as they can, reacting nearly orgasmically to dirt, rocks and the occasional splinter of wood.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (14381) 8 days ago

I actually didn't know it was called "Dirt Island," to be fair. I'm used to the Oak Island name.

So you're telling me they never really found any treasure? Not even with the best diving/digging equipment? Maybe the island was a dud after all, and there never was any treasure to start with, only a myth.

[–] fourlemons (1669) 8 days ago

It's called The Curse of Oak Island. I just call it the Curse of Dirt Island because all they ever dig up is dirt. 😂

They have found a few random things here and there including some coins and small silver objects- possibly left there by other people searching for treasure- but no large cache of treasure.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (14381) 8 days ago

You know I just had a thought. What if the treasure was already found a while ago, and the people who got it never told anyone and just walked off with it? That would explain a lot about the "curse" of the island. That the treasure had already been found and everyone had been lied to?

[–] fourlemons (1669) 8 days ago

It's entirely possible that someone found it, if it ever existed, and never told anyone.

The curse, though, is that supposedly one more person has to die searching for it before it will be found. Legend has it seven people have to die before the treasure can be found and six have died searching for it so far.

It all sounds like a bunch of malarkey to me.

[–] roger_dat (1562) 8 days ago

The real question is, why are you posting this here when there are specific boards for it?

[–] fourlemons (1669) 7 days ago

Because I wanted to discuss it with my new friends here at General Discussion. I checked out that board, but it was so slow I feared the likelihood of getting a response would be akin to the Laginas chances of finding treasure.

[–] roger_dat (1562) 7 days ago

And why do they read Lagina like that and Vagina like this?

[–] fourlemons (1669) 7 days ago

That, much like the island's treasure, is another secret of the Knights Templar lost in time.

[–] roger_dat (1562) 7 days ago

Along with the ark of the covenant, Shakespeare's lost manuscripts and the holy grail. All speculated to be possibly buried in the island

[–] roger_dat (1562) 5 days ago

BTW there is this "equivalent" show "Adak" on Netflix that actual has an ending and I thought the place alone was fascinating. I recommend it if you got frustrated with oak island

https://moviechat.org/tt14849626/Pirate-Gold-of-Adak-Island