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Florida pirate mystery sparked by attic discovery!

A mysterious wooden box found in the attic of a Florida home is said to contain a Tampa map, some coins and a human hand!
Posted by: admin , April 30, 2015
  • A mysterious wooden box found in the attic of a Florida home is said to contain a Tampa treasure map, some coins and a human hand!
  • It’s reported that Mike Lopez’s sister was cleaning out their grandparents’ attic when she discovered the box, which also contained a wedding photo of their grandparents.
  • Mike says the map contains the name ‘Gaspar’ and believes it is linked to a late 18th century/early 19th century Florida pirate José Gaspar, who was also known as Gasparilla.
  • Although there is an annual festival in his name, there is no evidence Gasparilla was real and some believe he was a myth created by railroad advertising in the late 1800s.
  • Rodney Kite-Powell, curator of the Tampa Bay History Center says it’s definitely a human hand, but that the treasure map appears to be a 1920s blueprint and the coins look too thin to be very old, or Spanish treasure.
  • …But who knows?

Read more:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/29/hand-found-in-florida-attic_n_7171458.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news

http://kfor.com/2015/04/29/man-discovers-coins-treasure-map-and-skeletal-hand-in-attic/

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Tags: 1800s, 18th century, 19th century, attic, clean, coins, Florida, florida pirate, found, Gaspar, Gasparilla, grandparents, human hand, Jose Gaspar, Jose Gasparilla, Mike Lopez, pirate, Tampa, Tampa Bay, treasure map

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