The Archaeological Scientific Institute of America has revealed to today that they have reason to believe that there could in fact be pirate treasure buried on one of the Caribbean islands!

Earlier this morning, John Grantham, the head of the A.S.I.A, declared that the island of St Lucia used to be home to a group of Pirates of the sea called the “Rafters”.  It was thought that they used to be Spanish Soldiers, many years ago when the Caribbean Islands were first discovered.  The Archaeologists believe that the soldiers mutinied when they got lost in the seas and took control of the Ship, which was thought to be called the Galatea.

After they had assumed control of the ship, they located St Lucia and set up a small encampment.  Letters and diaries from the Crew depict a grim tale.  They became obsessed with the sheer beauty of the island and began patrolling the seas attacking any ships that came within sight of the St Lucian shore line.

John Grantham said that:

“The exciting information we recovered from caves in St Lucia gave us reason to believe that the Rafters (The Pirates) stored jewels and gold from ships they had sunk and pillaged here near the island”.

The Institute has released this information because they have drawn a blank on whereabouts the treasure could be hidden on this small but still complex island.  If anyone finds more evidence to support the Archaeological Scientific Institute of America’s theory, then they will offer a handsome reward.

A Bit like the Pirates of the Caribbean:

Caribbean holidays could be seeing a rise in tourism interest in the next few days!  I say try, Dominican Republic holidays.