It was the base of a drug runner Carlos Lehder during Bahamas drug trading days. There was a large dock now in disrepair and houses that were protected by a wall surrounding Carlos's drug epicenter. It is rumored that 300 kg of Cocaine passed through there daily.
Just off the island is a Dakota ditched in shallow water. Google search claims the pilot was high (pardon the pun) when he downed her in the sea. We snorkeled the wreck which is remarkably intact after all these years. Huge crayfish peep at us from under the flaps on the wing. Sergeant Major's obviously used to being fed by divers stare into your mask and bite at your hands trying to force you to drop non existent food.
Google also mentions a cruising couple who anchored in the bay in the 70's and were shot to death and their boat sprayed with bullets for getting too close to them.
Dilapidated wooden buildings built in a semi-circle around the beach hint at what was there before. Carlos is serving multiple life sentences in jail in USA, at the time of his arrest his wealth amounted to some 2.7 billion dollars! Movie says he is due for release in 2015.
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