‘Goonies’ in Real Life? A Suspicious Shipwreck Discovered Off the Oregon Coast
‘Goonies’ in Real Life? A Suspicious Shipwreck Discovered Off the Oregon Coast Last month, archaeologists explored tunnels off the coast of Oregon, but they came up empty-handed about the booby-trapped pirate ship Inferno and its captain, One-Eyed Willie. However, they did discover a dozen timbers that they believe originated from the lost Spanish galleon from the 17th century that served as the basis for Steven Spielberg’s 1985 movie “The Goonies,” which starred the fictitious pirate and his treasure-filled ship. This finding has renewed interest in finding the wreck of the Spanish galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos, which vanished in the Pacific Ocean in 1693. As artefacts said to have been on board the ship have been washing ashore for centuries, historians speculate that it may have sunk off the coast of what is now Oregon. Uncertainty surrounds what what transpired to the Santo Cristo de Burgos in 1693. During a voyage from Manila to Acapulco, Mexico, which was a popular route for Spanish traders at the time, the ship just vanished. The ship was rumored to be transporting Chinese ceramics, rare silks, and beeswax for making candles. People have been discovering signs of a shipwreck along the Oregon coast for...
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