Saturday 16 August 2008

Bermuda Triangle

The Bermuda Triangle, affectionately known as the "Devils Triangle", is situated off the south-eastern Atlantic coast of America. It is believed to be an imaginary triangle yet to date no real explanation can be given for the disappearance of vessels in this area.
The US board of Geographic's, the US Navy do not believe that this triangle exists and Lloyds of London don't charge higher insurance for vessels travelling in that area.
Over time there have been various reports of vessels disappearing in this area with out a trace, or vessels re-emerging with no survivors onboard at all, with no explanation being found.
For many years the mere mention of the triangle put the fear of god into people it was almost like the area was cursed, but during the space of time the area has been researched into by various scientists and a few causes of these events could have possibly been found.
One cause could be the weather conditions with in the triangle. There can be sudden storms and tidal waves in that area.
One theory is that with the storms being so severe and electrical, this can then interfere with navigation equipment, the pilots of these vessels can become very disorientated, especially when tired and could easily veer off course and in some cases leading to the ditching of air craft into the waters in the area of the triangle.
Where the triangle is situated there is a strong ocean current call the Gulf stream which is extremely swift and can erase evidence of a disaster. Another theory is the whirl pool, it has been discovered that there are pockets of gas beneath the oceans surface that build up over time, and when they are up to pressure large whirl pools can suddenly appear in a swirling motion, giving the same affect of a giant plug being taken out, and it is believed this is strong enough to take a ship down with out a trace. These events don't occur as regularly as people think, vessels travel the Triangle every day with out any misfortune happening to them, which leads us to believe that when these events do happen, it probably is simply down to mother nature and adverse weather conditions and not some "Devils" work or magical voodoo spells being put on the area.
Flight 19
USS cyclops
Are just two of the famous disappearances in this area, more can be found out about them by following this link
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq8-1.htm
So there we have it just a brief write up about the triangle, it isnt a place that should be feared, or guarded by evil spirits and omen, just and area that should be treat with caution especially when the elements are, shall wesay a little unsettled.

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