Who Found the Whydah Pirate Museum Treasure? (MBL's Louie Kerr & Eric Jensen!) | Cape Cod Times

Louie Kerr, MBL Director of Imaging Services, Eric Jensen, MBL Environmental Health and Safety Manager, and their kids decoded clues, searched in the rain for two days, and found not one but two messages in bottles in Falmouth - one entirely unrelated to the treasure hunt! Good sleuthing!

FALMOUTH — Eric Jensen credits his sons, his friend Louie Kerr and his daughters, stubborn persistence and pure luck for finding a message in a bottle that brought him and Kerr a $500 reward. 

The treasure hunt was the latest of several sponsored by The Brewster Boys, a nonprofit whose goal is inspiring “Indiana Jones” experiences while supporting the Cape’s nonprofit organizations. Jordan Fowler and Aaron Lynn, aka The Brewster Boys, have been putting on treasure hunts since 2020, trying to recreate the fun and adventures they had growing up in Brewster. This is the fifth treasure hunt they have planned.  

The hunts get people outside and bring them to places that showcase the geography, history, and beauty of the Cape. Successful hunters who solve the riddles find items that they turn in for real loot. Treasure hunters win, but so do area nonprofits. And businesses who sponsor the hunts get publicity aimed at helping their bottom lines.  

This latest hunt was sponsored by the Whydah Pirate Museum. This time hunters were searching for a bottle (bamboo case) that contained a message written by the pirate Sam Bellamy, and a key to a treasure chest. The key opened a chest filled with $500 in gold coins, and an opportunity to donate another $500 to a charity of the finder's choice.  Read rest of story here.

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