The wreck of the cursed ship "Griffin" has been found 343 years after it sank
Two explorers have found the wreck of the cursed ship "Griffin", which is considered one of the most famous marine mysteries in America.
The Griffin, a large ship built by Frenchman Rene Robert Cavalli, disappeared on its maiden voyage some 343 years ago.
It was built with the intention of finding a route across the Great Lakes of North America to reach China and Japan. But while carrying a precious cargo of fur, she vanished, amid rumors that someone from the indigenous Iroquois tribe (who was claiming to be a prophet) had cursed her.
Since its disappearance, it has been widely regarded as the "holy grail" of shipwreck fishermen in the Great Lakes.
This is often considered the first ship lost in the Great Lakes region, and little was known about it until fishermen Stevie and Kathy Lippert began their search.
Mr. and Mrs. Lippert claimed that the "griffin" matched the wreckage found in 2018 near Poverty Island in Lake Michigan.
They claimed that the bow, discovered a few miles away in 2001, was another part of the ship.
Mr. Lippert said: "There are many theories as to what happened to the Griffin. Father Louis Hennepin said it got lost in a violent storm. Some say the Native Americans boarded the ship and killed the crew, then set the ship on fire. Many believe the Jesuits are responsible for the ship's disappearance. ".
Legend has it that the ship was cursed by the indigenous Indians, after Mityumec, the alleged Iroquois prophet, told Captain La Salle that the ship was a curse and would sink into the deep waters.
Then the Griffin was said to have become a ghost ship, with the crew apparently heard chanting as it sailed through the clouds on moonlit evenings.
However, the debris suggests that the storm was the most feasible theory.
"The ship has no indications of fire damage in the wooden remains. We are confident that the ship was wrecked by a severe storm. The distance of 3.8 miles between the cabin and other main sections of the ship largely indicates that the Indians did not sink it either," Mr. Lippert said, according to Russia Today. , and the master's men did not rebel, nor did they sink the ship. If any of this were true, the ship would rest in deep waters instead of shallow waters."
Lippert believes that the ship was caught in a storm that lasted 4 days.
It is believed that the cabin was cut off before the rest of the ship sank.
It is possible that the shipment of furs, valued at £640,000 in today's money, sank with it.
The carbon dating of the compound estimates an age range within a year of the sinking of the Griffin in 1679.
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