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JACK SCAR,        PIRATE OF THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND

Captain Jack Scar --Jackscar (talk) 20:05, 31 May 2012 (UTC)The Captain of the Infamous Pirate Clipper. Captain Jack Scar was a well known buccaneer based off the north east coast of England and a legendary pirate who sailed the seas across the globe collecting treasures and bounty. Captain Jack was a cruel but fair man and would often leave his captives with enough provisions and sailing craft to reach safety. Staying away from the usual pirate routes, Jack made his name and avoided capture from the Royal Navy and the East India Trading Company. His name became synonymous with daring and sword to sword battles against Spanish and French merchant vessels. It was said muskets were not his choice of weapon as any man can fire a shot but not every man can defeat another man's steal. Jack took the name Jack Scar this way, as in a fierce battle and boarding of a victim's vessel, he was cleaved down his face by a Spanish captain twice his size. Jack carried on with the battle and although his vision was impaired, eyelid split and lips dropping down showing his teeth and jaw he still managed to defeat his foe, winning the respect of his men and losing his birth name of Jack Moore to the now Jack Scar, unchallenged Captain of the vessel Clipper. The Clipper was a heavily gunned vessel and named from the first ship he sailed which was a clipper, delivering trade in land up rivers and inshore, where he made enough money and seized the opportunity to take a lager vessel stranded and abandoned on the Tees estuary. Jack stated it was abandoned, however its owners claimed not, and mysteriously met an untimely end before the law courts of the day could claim challenge to Jack. The vessel was upgraded and made use of the most modern technology jack could plunder from his captured ships, often returning to the port of Whitby to have his ship re fitted and done in sucha way it was disguised of it's true fighting power. Its hull was also said to designed in a way extra bounty could be stored so he could remain at sea and avoid those who sought to capture him. His bounty was allegedly stored along a short stretch of coastline utilised by smugglers in his service or whom some say to fearful to steal or challenge his demands. Rumours place this area between Hartlepool and Whitby, with Links to an old church in a small fishing village called Marske by the sea and a Tithe barn. Some say he paid the local undertaker to place his plunder in the coffins of his victims where the were buried on a un-named headland. The skull and cross bones were carved into the stones so his plots were not forgot or names were listed and kept in the church by a corrupt smuggling monk. As with all pirate legends there is a myth of his treasure bound in secrecy amongst his crew who all signed their names in blood to swear no man shall tell of its whereabouts until they retired or only one remained to claim it. All thought this would be Captain Jack but the story does not end there. One morning with his latest plunder hidden he set out from an old fishing port of Whitby when a mist rolled in from the sea. Legend states that man nor boat were ever seen again. All that was heard was Jack's voice hollowing this map will find you well and if you have the lack of fear to follow its path, sign your name in blood to the list of the fine crew of the fighting ship Clipper and you will uncover the secrets and fortune that will give any man a life free from woe and hunger. Many have claimed to have found the map and searched endlessly but unfortunately unsuccessfully. What treasure have been found has had no providence to Jack's plunder and cannot be proved. Some say the old monk smuggled away the loot and shared with the undertaker and other say the map the has never really been found. The search goes on for the elusive map or as some say maps as information from loose tongued sailors on the clipper made mention that some held maps and some held written clues, without them all the whole could not be found. A piece of a clue was once on display in Winky's castle on Marske High street adjoined to Andersons cobblers, yet Mr Anderson (Winky) would never let on if it was authentic and sadly after his death the piece is no longer displayed.

Any further information would be grateful accepted so this true legend of the English North east Pirate can be documented fully and stored so like his plunder his story does not fade into history.