Hidden Pirate Treasure in Creque's Alley - St. Thomas, USVI
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N 18° 20.474 W 064° 55.968
20Q E 295754 N 2029022
Acccording to local legend hidden pirate treasure is located somewhere in Creque’s Alley, a narrow warren of passageways located along the waterfront in Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands.
Waymark Code: WM17J2R
Location: US Virgin Islands
Date Posted: 02/25/2023
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Creque’s Alley is a part of an area of narrow parallel alleys that once stored ship cargo and pirate booty in the warehouses lining the waterfront. Some of these old warehouses have, now, been converted to restaurants. In the late 1600's this waterfront area of Charlotte Amalie was notorious for being the haunt of pirates. A bronze plaque placed on the walls lining the alley attests it's history and the legend of hidden pirate treasure. The plaque is inscribed:
PIRATE TREASURE
In the late 1600s detractors of the Danish colony referred
to St. Thomas with justification as "the Den of Pirates".
Pirates performed acts of bloody violence. Times glossed over their
crimes and imbued them with romance. Titillating legends emerged
like Blackbeard's and Bluebeard's castles around around St. Thomas'
two ancient gun towers. This passage once known as
Creque's Alley has its own pirate legend. An ancestor of
its former owners discovered chests of pirate treasure in a cave of
Normand Island. It is rumored he hid part of it within these premises
until it could be converted into bank notes. The fantasy of finding a
pirates hoard and quick wealth still haunts the islands.
What's the Real Story?:
Possibly, Creque's Alley is a narrow warren of passageways. There are many places a treasuew couls be hidden within within the wall. Over the years several commerical establishments have bee built in and around Creque's Alley without discovering any treasure, yet. Proving that there is no treasure is virtually impossible.
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