I spent 10 hours trying to decifier your code:

"_|||-|_-'.C>/-\|\/||'-_.|`_/\/.||-|_||\|C>|>,|^..|>|_|`-_/-\/\/|`-_./\/|_-`|\||>./\<>()|`,||-_`/\/.|`-[]|>,./\/_||_-`|`-_|\/|.!:

And, with the help of some of the leading treasure hunting experts including Indiana Jones, Nicholas Cage, The Goonies, and Jack Sparrow, we have found that your code was once used by the ancient Mayans, who were signaling distress on top of the White House as they were being chased by an autistic cyclops after sailing across the Atlantic on the Black Pearl.

I think we're overthinking things though...