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Posted on October 2, 2008 by Freeda Poux | Posted under History
Bermuda Triangle Location: Recent Tales Of Mystery
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The mystery surrounding the Bermuda Triangle has fed a lot of imaginary tales, and even blockbusters, but the real reasons beyond the disappearances have yet to be revealed. Location The Bermuda Triangle represents an area of 500,000 square miles of Atlantic Ocean, with its apexes in Florida, San Juan, Miami and Puerto Rico. Because many shipwrecks occurred in that part of the world, rumors say that there the compass shows the actual North instead of the magnetic North. The term Bermuda Triangle was coined by Vincent H. Gaddis, which wrote about it in a magazine, back in 1964. The Mystery The area became famous due to an unexplainable event that took place in 1945. During that year, five Avengers that took off from a navy base, and then disappeared without a trace in the Bermuda Triangle. This was not the first accident, whatsoever, related to the location of the Bermuda Triangle. In 1872, the ship Mary Celeste appeared with no man on board. Despite the fact that the ship was abandoned on the coast of Portugal, the rumors said it had to do with the mysterious area from the Atlantic Ocean. Strange sounds were heard, and strange lights were seen by different individuals along their journeys. The Sargasso Sea, which is an area in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, was remembered by Christopher Columbus in his diary. He mentioned that his compass was not working as it should had and the crew said to have seen strange sights. Another disappearance occurred in 1918, when USS Cyclops set sailed from Barbados to Brazil, but never reached its destination. A plane disappeared in 1948. The pilot asked for directions to land when approaching Miami, but that was his last transmission. No one discovered what happened to the plane. The same year and the next year, two other planes disappeared without a trace, and no reason for possible accidents were ever reported. In 1963, the SS Marine Sulphur Queen, which had to head for Virginia, also vanished. Only one life jacket was found in the first place, then the search team identified other items that could belong to the ship. It is believed that a leakage of sulphur was responsible for the deaths. A yacht called Connemara IV also appeared without its crew, giving birth to more rumors. Even if hurricanes were spotted in the area, there were no chances that they affected the yacht. Other Theories The most cherished idea for explaining the mystery surrounding the Bermuda Triangle was related to extraterrestrial creatures. Some claimed that UFOs were seen in the area, others said that the area was haunted. Other theories were linked with unverified claims which included time warping, an idea that suggested that the missing people are still alive, but in other time. The lost city of Atlantis was also linked to the Bermuda Triangle. What science has to say Not just ordinary people, but scientists, as well, tried to find an explanation for the events taking place in the aforementioned area. Some particularities of the area are believed to have something to do. As researchers at the Cardiff University had shown, methane gas is largely present on the sea floor, gas which is produced by the dead bodies of ocean creatures. Some eruptions of methane are possible, which can be the cause of accidents. As planes can catch fire due to such unpredictable explosions, this could be the right explanation. The weather inside the Bermuda Triangle is very unpredictable. A waterspout can be caused without warning, which can drag a ship to ocean floor in a very short time. Seismic activity is also reported for the location. Very deep trenches exist in this regions, and they can be the place where all the ships and planes were dragged by sudden climate changes. Huge waves can be provoked by underwater earthquakes, and they cannot be predicted on a calm sea. Magnetic differences are also associated with this region. There is truth to the claim that the compass shows other values instead of normal ones when used in these waters. The waters were also populated in the past with pirates or, during wars, by enemy ships that had all the reasons to drawn other ships, and leave nothing behind. No matter how scientists try to explain what is happening in the Bermuda Triangle, people still seem to prefer the mystery. About The Author: Freeda is a writer and publisher of Article Click. For more FREE articles for your ezine and websites visit - www.articleclick.com |
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