Rodrigues island has a rich history in regards to piracy and pirates. Laurent Lemoine, the infamous pirate, supposedly hid treasure on the island (Ile Hermitage to be specific). Other sites of supposed hidden treasure include L'Anse Aux Anglais and Caverne Provert. Many have tried to search for the hidden treasure in L'Anse Aux Anglais with no success (including Leon Le Clezio). My Grandfather used to tell the story of holes dug all over the place in L'Anse Aux Anglais when he was a child on the island. Caverne Provert also has an interesting legend regarding buried treasure. The story goes that there is a hidden chain in the "cavern like" formation at the end of the beach. It is said that the chain, if found and followed, leads to hidden treasure. I recall looking for this chain when I was last on the island but I didn't see anything. The cave was full of sand so maybe it's buried under the sand!
To this day no treasure has ever been found in Rodrigues. The closest thing found are old coins dating back 100s of years. There is an interesting story relating to coins which have been found on the island. Apparently the ghosts of pirates come to certain people in their dreams and tell them exactly where the hidden treasure is located and to go off into the night and start digging. Apparently some people claim they have followed through on the dream and they did end up finding old coins but no treasure.
Is there hidden treasure buried somewhere on the island just waiting to be found? The evidence so far suggest there isn't. On the other hand maybe there is treasure but nobody has found it yet.
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