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Shipwreck that inspired 'The Goonies' found off the coast of Oregon

Timbers from the shipwreck that inspired 'The Goonies' have been recovered in Oregon, USA by the Maritime Archaeology Society, after a fisherman reported spotting them in sea caves

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[Molewacker]

Just heard this on the local news - wow! It's been such a local legend.

 

[lukdiver]

My twin brother was at a craft-show last year selling his scrimshaw and struck up conversation with someone. Turns out he livied over on the coast by Tillamook as a kid and his dad was beach-combing as a kid (1930's?) and picked up a chunk of beeswax. He was just using it to wax his thread for heavy canvas stitching so gave it to my brother. Small world.

On the North Coast, a fisherman makes a rare find - dailyastorian

No one believed Craig Andes when he said he found pieces of a shipwreck that resisted discovery for centuries in sea caves north of Manzanita. But Andes, a commercial fisherman based in Tillamook County and an avid beachcomber, persisted. Samples of the timbers he found sticking out of the sand...

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