In 1910. Jacques Fauré, a major in the French army, found a treasure that was truly priceless - both in purely monetary terms and in artistic and historical terms. Once these treasures belonged to the founder of Quebec - the legendary Samuel Champlain, who in 1627. hid them on the sandy coast near the Mill Bay. A year later, the governor of New France, Samuel Champlain, suspended his powers and left for Marseille, his homeland. He returned in 1633 in order to continue his reign, as well as to take back his property, obtained by him by very dangerous labor. However, no matter how hard he tried to lift the chests, bound with iron, he could not do it.
Later, talking about this event, Champlain said that he saw the shiny lids of the chests, but the water came so strong that it could not be drawn out. At the same time, the unsteady sand did not allow people to gain a foothold and stand on the loose edges of the pit. Shifting, the sand glowed and sang. Frightened by the ominous visions, the superstitious soldiers simply fled cowardly.
Governor Pirate
Samuel Champlain died in 1635, never being able to raise his treasure. But what were these treasures? The answer can be found in the Chronicle of the Formation of Canada, which was published in the mid-19th century.
… Champlain waited in vain for the funds promised by the king of France, necessary for the maintenance of the garrison, the development of crafts and other needs of the colonists of Quebec. In the end, he decided to take up the pirate trade and began to attack the British and Spaniards. When several rooms in his house were literally littered with gold, diamonds, pearls and jewelery, Champlain stopped his forays.
As you can see, then sea robbery was not considered reprehensible, and the fact that the governor himself killed and robbed was not condemned. Moreover, the colonists considered him a courageous and just man who cared about the welfare of his subjects. It is noteworthy that when Champlain temporarily left his post and went to France, no one encroached on his treasures. However, the governor's treasure defended itself, and in a supernatural way, and the reason for this was the events that took place on the day it was buried.
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… When Champlain's soldiers were lowering the trunks into the wet trenches, a young woman appeared nearby. The governor's adjutant Henri Chevrier, "in order to suppress the pernicious curiosity," blew off the stranger's head with a saber. When Champlain recognized the abbess of the monastery Susanna Orly in the murdered woman, he ordered to bury his adjutant with the chests together. The abbess was buried not far from the Mill Bay. They decided to keep the incident a secret …
And such devilry began to happen on the sands that people in droves went there, as if to a theater, to see a fiery sailboat, or even a mysterious fiery woman. Those who dared to approach the phantom soon either lost their minds, or perished in strange fires …
Lucky Adventurer Jacques Fauré
Having received a patent from the government for a treasure hunt, Fauré's team installed an earth-moving shell on the pontoons and began to select sand on the shore of Melnichnaya Bay. People worked day and night. The first victim was Malcolm Proust, an engineer and companion of Jacques: he was overwhelmed by a broken rope. The second victim was the nephew of the treasure hunter, Lieutenant Michel Chassen. He supervised the work in his uncle's absence and often saw the brightest glow of the sand and mirages growing out of it.
At that fateful hour, Major Fauré was on watch with the driver of the earthmoving shell and he also heard the sand whistling, he also watched the cold flame beating out from under the ladles. And when a luminous figure hovered above the ground, Fauré was horrified to see that one scoop came off and knocked Michel Chassein off his feet. The lieutenant died instantly. Thus, of the three people who started this venture, only Jacques Fauré survived. He not only survived, but also completed his planned business, working with the greatest care.
Many years have passed since then, but the cause of a whole series of deaths has not been established. Fifteen people served the earthmoving shell, and eight of them died. All the tragedies took place at night and were accompanied by the glow and "singing" of the sands. In particular, the truck that brought people to work, for some reason, moved off the immaculate road and fell into the water from a cliff. Four young men drowned. In the police, during his testimony, Jacques Foret stubbornly insisted on the idea that all deaths are the result of man-made and human factors.
Later, however, he changed his mind and said that the beaches on the shores of the mysterious Mill Bay are unsuitable for human stay - work and recreation, as they are abnormal and destructive for the psyche.
August 21, 1910 The "governor's treasure" became the property of the Canadian government. Jacques Foret and his surviving assistants received their reward and departed. Some of the ancient treasures can still be seen in the Quebec Museum of Art, the rest are in the treasury.
… And light extravaganzas did not stop on the shores of Melnichnaya Bay. The ghost of the headless nun regularly appeared, although he had nothing to guard. In 1922. the Parisian Courier published a very detailed account of Major Fauré's activities in the dunes of Quebec. It was expressed regret that this daredevil, patriot and entrepreneur, who managed to get rich in seemingly dubious enterprises, died in a psychiatric hospital from a heart attack …