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I recently did a write-up about Star Island and that the ferries were running to take tourists and visitors out to see the stunning Island or chain of islands. Then, as many of us do, I started looking around for more information and fell down a rabbit hole on YouTube and found this documentary by Wes Fisher on some intriguing history of gruesome tales from the Isles of the Shoals history.
There was a lot of discussion in the video on whether Blackbeard visited Star Island. Rumors of him bringing and leaving, his fourteenth wife on the island, tales of him burying treasure on the island, and even one story of him leaving a goat there. I am a sucker for Pirate stories. My mother tells me I am a descendant of the Great Pirate Cofressi who buried his treasure under the Island of Puerto Rico. Pay no attention to the fact that the Pirate Cofressi was a real-life figure that did not have any children, you cannot convince my mother otherwise. Legend has it that if you w