The Bermuda Triangle

Hello! And welcome back for another conspiracy theory. This week is a good one. It is one of the most mysterious places on the planet, causing the deaths of thousands over the years. I am talking about the Bermuda Triangle. Many ships and planes have met their end over this 500,000 square mile patch of water. But what causes these tragic deaths? Let’s look at some of the stories.

Christopher Columbus

The earliest record of strange happenings in the Bermuda triangle is that of Christopher Columbus and his crew on their voyage to the new world in 1492. Christopher Columbus reported that there were strangle lights on the water and that with no wind or outside force, the water would go from calm to violent in a moments notice. On top of that, all of the crew’s compasses stopped working. As we all know eventually Columbus and his crew made it to land.

Flight 19

In 1945, the U.S. Air Force scheduled a routine training exercise. 14 airmen took flight, but after about an hour and a half things began to go wrong. The flights leader radioed in to report what was happening. He said that all of his compasses were malfunctioning, saying, “We don’t know which way is west. Everything is wrong. Even the ocean doesn’t look as it should.” That radio call was the last that was ever heard from flight 19. All the airmen and their planes seemed to vanish into thin air. In response, the air force sent 13-man planes to locate the missing officers, but about half an hour after take off, that plane vanished never to be seen again.

The Ellen Austin

The Ellen Austin was a ship departing London in 1880. As it was sailing through the Bermuda Triangle it come across an empty ship? Curious, the crew decided that some of them would go aboard the empty ship and sail it back with them. But during the journey, the Ellen Austin and its new companion became separated. After a long time apart the ship sailed back into view. But once again it was empty. The crew that had taken over the ship had disappeared without a trace.

So what is causing all of this? Well one prominent theory is the Bimini road. The Bimini road was discovered in 1968 in the depths of the water of the Bermuda Triangle. Bimini road is an under water rock formation, but is unclear quite why it is there. Some conspiracy theorists say it is man made, and therefore evidence of the lost city of Atlantis.  Many theories say that the technology interference is caused by the buried technology from this lost underwater civilization.

But of course there are some explanations for why these things happen. The Bermuda triangle is part of one of the most heavily traveled trade routes in the world, so the number of disappearances is proportional the amount of travel that happens over this route. Also this area has an abnormal magnetic field, causing compasses to malfunction.

So what do you think? Is there more going on at the Bermuda triangle then meets the eye? There has of course also been the theory of aliens but there isn’t really any proof of that. Let me know in the comments what you think! Until next time!