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The Bermuda Triangle - a deeper look at various theoriesOver the years, countless of theories explaining the disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle have immerged. It would be futile to try and list them all for the simple reason there are just too many!It’s mostly the people with a fantasy prone personality who come up with the most farfetched ideas. There are a lot of ‘alien abduction’ stories going around. One of the most popular ideas is that the Bermuda Triangle is some sort of collecting station where aliens take our people, ships, planes and other objects. For what reason? One can only wonder.There are also stories going around about another dimension, the legendary city of Atlantis, live bombs, giant whirlpools, a hole in the sky, seaquakes, tidal waves, black holes in space, underwater signalling devices to guide invaders from other planets, a reverse gravity field… Even witchcraft has been blamed. Plenty of forums on the internet can be found where people can publish their own theories. You’d be amazed by some of the stories people come up with. Overall, the theories can be categorized under three main classes: Natural Explanations, Acts of Man and Popular Theories. Let’s take a look at the Natural Explanations first. One of the theories supports the idea about compass variations and is mentioned in a lot of articles about the disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle. For those who are not quite familiar with the functionality of a compass; a compass pointing North, does not point to the North Pole, but rather to the North Magnetic Pole. The North Magnetic Pole is just the north end of earth’s magnetic field, that’s what the needle of the compass reacts to and points to. The North Magnetic Pole also wanders, it could shift for example half a degree in a year. Today, every navigator uses this knowledge to correctly plot his course, usually with help of maps where the magnetic declination is shown in map legends. The angular difference between true north and magnetic north is called the magnetic declination. |
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Twenty or so years ago, the line of zero declination went through the Triangle. This way, sailors and pilots got a compass reading of true north instead of magnetic north. If you didn’t know the difference, you could sail off course without even realizing it, which many people believe might have resulted in several if not all vanishings. Hurricanes are also often used to explain the disappearances. Maybe not as fancy as other theories, but at least as effective. Hurricanes are very powerful storms which are yearly responsible for massive death and destruction. In the course of history, hurricanes have been responsible for thousands of lives lost and billions of dollars in damage. The first recorded destructive hurricane is linked to the sinking of Francisco de Bobadilla’s Spanish fleet in 1502. One of the most powerful hurricanes in history is Hurricane Gilbert. Jamaica, severely hit by last mentioned hurricane, had to struggle with economy for at least three years. The other class mentioned is ‘Acts of Man’. One of the most cited explanations in official inquiries is human error. Whether deliberate or accidental, humans make mistakes. There’s no point in denying that. Also, people can be very stubborn and pig-headed |
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