Bermuda Triangle

[dolfe1]

Does anyone here beleive that an unusual amount of ships and planes mysteriously disappear over this area between Miami Bermuda and Puerto Rico? Rambo, since this is near your neighborhood maybe you could give us some insight on what the people around that area believe.

 

[Bob Smith]

I think its good for storytelling. There was a show on tv a while back that looked at the number of so-called disappearances and sinkings in that area. It wasnt really any more than anywhere else in the world.

My sister-in-law is from Bermuda and she hasnt disappeared yet. dammit!

 

[moralanimal]

Lmao- My Sister In Law

 

[STNCLD]

Dolfe,
This Sunday on Discovery there will be a story about this. I think it comes on at 9:00pm Eastern. They said the last plane to dissapper their was last year..
Stncld

 

[Bob Smith]

Some conclusions based on research from teh Univ. of Arizona research librarian...

Kusche came to several conclusions: With this area being one of the busiest shipping areas in the world, the proportion of losses was no greater than anywhere else.
In an area with frequent tropical storms, the total disappearance of some ships was not unlikely or mysterious, and the number of such disappearances was exaggerated by sloppy research, when a missing boat would be reported in the press, but not its eventual return to port.
In actual disappearances, the circumstances were frequently misreported in the Bermuda Triangle books: the number of ships disappearing in supposedly still, calm weather did not jibe with press weather reports published at the time.

 

[dolfe1]

Some conclusions based on research from teh Univ. of Arizona research librarian...

Kusche came to several conclusions: With this area being one of the busiest shipping areas in the world, the proportion of losses was no greater than anywhere else.
In an area with frequent tropical storms, the total disappearance of some ships was not unlikely or mysterious, and the number of such disappearances was exaggerated by sloppy research, when a missing boat would be reported in the press, but not its eventual return to port.
In actual disappearances, the circumstances were frequently misreported in the Bermuda Triangle books: the number of ships disappearing in supposedly still, calm weather did not jibe with press weather reports published at the time.

I'll add a couple, insurance fraud, bad weather-the area is also known as hurricane alley, also modern day pirates and drug runners, stolen boats.