DESERTED ISLAND
FOR SALE
G'day folks,
Welcome to some real estate that might suit a writer - Deserted in the turquoise Caribbean sea with a creepy
abandoned castle, mermaid caves and mysterious tales of World War II German
submarines– it’s Tintin meets Jack Sparrow; a place to let your
imagination run riot … for $39,000,000.
Darby Island in the Bahamas, part of a chain of over 300
islands within the Exuma Cays. It’s been on and off the real estate
market for a few years now, boasting 554 acres of paradise, 14
beaches, a disused air strip and a fair amount of strange history attached.
Before and during WWII, Darby Island was owned by a rumoured
Nazi sympathiser and British hotelier, Sir Guy Baxter. King George of England
gifted the island to Baxter upon his knighthood and it served as a
lucrative plantation for him with livestock, cotton, palm oil, and more.
In 1938, he built an 8,000 square foot “castle” on the
highest point of the island. According to some elderly locals, they remember
seeing strange flashing lights during the war coming from the rooftop of the
castle. Allegedly, it was discovered that Baxter was guiding German submarines
prowling the Atlantic Oceans, allowing them to take refuge in Darby Island’s
“exotic network of caves.”
Current owner and Palmetto Bay resident Rick Davis says, “There are still giant poured concrete
moorings… Nobody knows why they’re there but I believe it was for the
submarines.” Some of the employees of once worked on the plantation
reportedly saw an elaborate radio and telegraph station inside the house.
Unless the locals invented the persona of Sir Guy Baxter entirely, I do find it odd that I can’t find any historical records of him online. For the ruler of what was supposedly one of the largest and most productive plantations in the islands at that time, you would think there might be some sort of clue to his existence.
Here are some more photographs:
Clancy's comment: Mm ... I'm surprised the CIA or some other secret organisation hasn't latched onto it.
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