Like, zoinks, Scoobs! A spooky ghost ship! Oh, how we wish it were a spooky ghost ship. So far, it just seems to be the bottom part of a ship, sans ghosts.
Workers were working at the Ground Zero site when they discovered some wooden beams sticking out in the mud. The beams were so symmetrically spaced that it was obvious there was a boat buried deep in the earth.
A bunch of archeologists who investigate discoveries made during construction soon arrived, and the wood began to deteriorate upon making contact with the air. It seems the bottom of the hull had been severed from the rest of the ship and used for landfill. Also found were an old shoe and a large metal collar that was possibly part of an oven.
Construction workers continued to dig even while the ships remains were being excavated nearby, so if any 18th century sea-faring ghosts do show up any time soon, at least we'll know about it.
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