The Bermuda Triangle

There is an area in the Atlantic Ocean that reaches from Miami, FL, to Puerto Rico, and up to Bermuda called the Bermuda Triangle.  Strange and unexplained events have occured such numerous times, that people generally think of danger and avoidance when the location is mentioned and with good reason.

The first documented accounts of odd events date back to Christopher Columbus, who wrote in his ships logs during the year 1492 that during the ships pass through the Sargasso Sea (the western part of the sea is in what we call the Bermuda Triangle today) that his compass had failed and the entire crew had noticed a strange light in the sky.  Since the 1970s alone, there have been over 75 aircrafts and a 1,000 boats disappear in areas of the "Triangle".

No one really knows for sure, though a widely accepted theory is that a magnetic field from beneath the ocean floor becomes active at times, like a powerful pull of gravity that brings anything in it's field down, including pieces broken apart on impact with the water, which would explain why it is rare that anything is ever seen or recovered from lost aircraft and boats.

There is only one incident in which the ship was found. In 1920, the Carroll A. Deering set sail from Maine to South America. On her return trip home, the crew of 11 stopped in Barbados before continuing on. They never arrived back in Maine. Later, another ship in the area found the Carroll A. Deering floating alone with no crew on board. There were no clues as to what happen, only that food had been prepared for the next meal, but had been left uneaten and untouched. The crew had simply vanished and was never found.

 Like Christopher Columbus, some, (though only a few), have only experienced strange occurences.  In 1970, Pilot Bruce Gernon flew over an area of the Triangle accompanied by his father and a friend.  He noted that shortly after take off, they flew into a strange, dark cloud. Lights flashed inside the cloud and after about 30 minutes, they saw what appeared to be a tunnel open up.  Gernon said the opening in the tunnel began to shrink and he flew toward it and out before it closed up completely.

Some were not so lucky.  In 1948, an aircraft was close enough to Miami that the pilot radio'd the tower that he was approaching the runway. It was the last time he was heard from. No one had seen or heard any explosion in the area and the plane or it's wreckage was never found.

 The Bermuda Triangle isn't the only area of water known for it's unexplained disappearances and occurrences.  Sailors have recounted stories similiar to those of the Triangle happening to them in a Southeastern area off the coast of Japan.  It too is thought to be a result of some sort of magetic field.
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