Gold fever in San Salvador, has reached new heights with residents fearing that the much debated buried treasure, reportedly of pirate Henry Morgan, is being smuggled off the island.<\/P><\/p>\n
According to several source on the island, a vessel is frequently seen anchored off the Sandy point settlement, just south of Fortune Hill, where the treasure is reported to be.<\/P><\/p>\n
What started as mere speculation about the possibility of the treasure being smuggled out of the country has reached outright paranoia levels.<\/P><\/p>\n
Some residents have already begun making frequent trips to the site “to keep an eye out” for possible underhanded actions, and keeping up constant contact with residents living nearby.<\/P><\/p>\n
The hope is to create some form of “information system” where any suspicious activity can be halted “at a moment’s notice” before anything is removed from the site.<\/P><\/p>\n
The Watlings Archeological Company has already cleared a large plot of land that is being contested by a number of families laying claim to the property.<\/P><\/p>\n
On Tuesday, reporters who visited the site were greeted by five – security personnel clad in US Army fatigues who said that they were hired by a “private firm” but would not give out any more information.<\/P><\/p>\n
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