Theories Surrounding The Bermuda Triangle

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The Bermuda Triangle, a mysterious, dangerous place where ships sink without a trace, where planes disappear, and where people go missing… All of these things happen, and why do they? What’s with the hundreds of missing planes and sunken ships with no trace? There are many theories surrounding the Bermuda Triangle, some crazy, some not. Before we get into theories though, I need explain about the Bermuda Triangle a little. The Bermuda Triangle itself is a massive area, roughly over 500,000 sq. miles in just surface area. The “Triangle” is a span of water that’s border is a triangle between Florida, Puerto Rico, and the island of Bermuda. Since the Bermuda Triangle connects these three places and is so large, it is …show more content…

Not quite. Though there have been many tales and and crazy theories surrounding the Bermuda Triangle, many scientists have come up with more reasonable explanations such as meso-meteorological storms, for instance. Meso-meteorological storms, unexpected weather fronts that rise up extremely quickly, are very common in this area of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic ocean. These storms can cause sudden hurricanes or water spouts that will capsize a ship or down a plane before a signal of distress can be sent, explaining many “unexplainable” disappearances. Scientists also blame some of these ship sinkings on ancient methane gas pockets underneath the sea floor. Sudden explosions can cause “sinkholes” in the water, causing a ship to suddenly capsize and sink to the ocean floor with practically no debris. One good way explain the mystery of how Flight 19 became lost is that the Bermuda Triangle is one of the few places where polar North lines up perfectly with magnetic North, which can cause a compass to spin. Because in the mid 1900’s many planes had mostly a compass to rely on for navigation, this can cause a pilot to fly completely off course with no idea they’re doing it. Also, even though it seems like this is an abnormally large amount of accidents, it really isn’t considering how many ships and planes make this voyage every day. Like all well traveled areas, there are bound to be some accidents. It only seems abnormal because even though we hear a lot about how many people have gone missing and how many ships have sunk, we don’t hear about the hundreds of planes and ships that made the journey completely

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