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I thought this thread would be interesting and get us away from politics all the time,
so lets enjoy and have fun with this thread but at the same time keep it serious and
on subject.

Does the Bermuda triangle really exist or is it just coincidence, superstition or legends?

Of people and ships malfunctioning and vanishing without a trace.

Of airplanes malfunctioning in space over the Bermuda Triangle and vanishing without a trace.

Vote and post your views, comments and storys you have read or seen on TV about the Bermuda Triangle.

What is the source or cause of the Bermuda Triangle?

The text source below is a combination of diffrent sources.

What Will La Habana Cuba think of next?

The Bermuda Triangle is a stretch of the Atlantic Ocean bordered by a line from Florida to the islands of Bermuda, to Puerto Rico and then back to Florida. It is one of the biggest mysteries of our time - that isn't really a mystery.

The "Bermuda or Devil's Triangle" is an imaginary area located off the southeastern Atlantic coast of the United States, which is noted for a high incidence of unexplained losses of ships, small boats, and aircraft. The apexes of the triangle are generally accepted to be Bermuda, Miami, Fla., and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The size of the triangle varies from 500,000 square miles to three times that size, depending on the imagination of the author. (Some include the Azores, the Gulf of Mexico, and the West Indies in the "triangle.") Some trace the mystery back to the time of Columbus. Even so, estimates range from about 200 to no more than 1,000 incidents in the past 500 years.

I read a book about it once that retraced all the incidents. They all turned out to be plausible reasons for why ships went missing, something people forget when upholding the whole myth of the triangle.

Aha! Now we know the REAL cause of Katrina!

And Rita too!

Katrina and Rita are only the tips of the metaphorical iceberg. Now we know what happened to ATLANTIS!!!

the bermuda triangle? oh, yeah, that thing -- it's definitely real. my friends and i use it all the time! we come from beyond the moons of titan.

The idea of the Bermuda Triangle exists, and I thought they gave a general location.

As for the events, scientists love to give explanations. I've heard some good ones.

Cuba, awesome, I only wish Fidel Castro would vanish.

Sorry I had to bring politics into this. but I could not resist this one., it fits well.

Vincent Gaddis, credited with putting the triangle "on the map" in a 1964 Argosy feature, described the triangle as extending from Florida to Bermuda, southwest to Puerto Rico and back to Florida through the Bahamas. Another author puts the apexes of the triangle somewhere in Virginia, on the western coast of Bermuda and around Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

Naval Historical Center Link

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq8-1.htm

the bermuda triangle? oh, yeah, that thing -- it's definitely real. my friends and i use it all the time! we come from beyond the moons of titan

Are THEY made of cheese?? :)

I'm still upset over the disappointment of '68 :(

The Devils Triangle

The parameters of the Devil's Triangle vary depending upon who's map you look

at. But regardless of who's map you look at, Bimini sits smack dab in the middle

of it. The most infamous story related to the Devil's Triangle is the

disappearance of the Squadron of Avenger Aircraft that occurred in the 1940's.

The Avengers were on a training flight out of the Naval Air Station on a Sunday

afternoon when every single plane disappeared without a trace. The squadron was

headed out to do some target practice on the Wreck of the Sapona. The large

cement ship that ran aground behind South Bimini during a hurricane in 1927. It

is not known whether or not the squadron actually reached the Sapona before

encountering their difficulties. The disappearance of the "Lost Squadron"

remains to this day, one of aviation's most puzzling mysteries.



Wreck of the Sapona

The Link to the Sapona.

http://www.biminiundersea.com/devil's.htm

I live in Florida, and we laugh at superstitious ideas about our East Coast.
We're not in the jungle, ya know... :p

The Bemuda triangle is a great mystery. Why have so many ships been lost in such a small area only measureing only tens of thousands of nautical square miles? Has the reason for so many ships being lost in such a small area been scientifically examined? If it has, is the government covering it up? Why so many ships are lost in such a small vast area needs to be explained. We have to find out the reason why so many ships are lost there, expecially when you consider, what with the Panama canal and all, more ships probably pass through that area than anywhere else on earth.

(This is a joke in case you don't get it.)

Are THEY made of cheese?? :)

I'm still upset over the disappointment of '68 :(

no, we're made of liquor, cigarettes, and all the "bad" things we found in your world!

The disappearance of the "Lost Squadron"

remains to this day, one of aviation's most puzzling mysteries.

Not really. The planes have been found on the seabed. Looks like they got lost and ran out of fuel. No GPS etc back then so it was easier to get lost.

Not really. The planes have been found on the seabed. Looks like they got lost and ran out of fuel. No GPS etc back then so it was easier to get lost.
Umm When did they find them??? From what I heard they still haven't.

And what about that Brick Road located underwater far from where any island had ever been. Why the heck does the Compass point to true north there? What is causing such an magnetic alteration? Why has it that people have said that the air the water and even the sun look strange. Even one of Columbus's reports stated that the place was unusual, around the Saragsso sea. He also noticed that a huge part of the area was just a field of Seaweed.

The boats empty of people can be explained by them going for a swim and their boat drifting away but wouldn't you clean up your food before swimming? The place is odd.

I think my bedroom has its own Devil's triangle. I'm always losing stuff in here, never to be found again. Mere coincidence? I think NOT!

The Burmuda Triangle is a Wanna-Be.

The real Triangle, is the Great Lakes Triangle.
Reputedly, responsible for over 6,000 sunken ships, and other vessels.
Including the Famous "Edmund Fitzgerald", wich was lemented by singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot.

It seems the legends say that A supernatural force known as "The Witch of November", has taken many a sailor to thier watery graves.

As the legend says "Superior never gives up her dead."
Its true, the lake is so deep, and so cold, corpses sink, and do not resurface.

So, you want a real Triangle?

Look up the Great Lakes Triangle.

Good Post Kanabia.

The Sargasso Sea

Sargasso Sea
Pronounced: särgaso
The Sargasso sea is part of the North Atlantic Ocean, lying roughly between the West Indies and the Azores. Here, the heart of the Bermuda Triangle is covered by the strangest and most notorious sea on the planet -The Sargasso Sea so named because there is a kind of seaweed which lazily floats over its entire expanse called sargassum. Catching sight of these huge mats of seaweed have always marked the perimeter of this peculiar sea. Columbus himself made note of it. Thinking land was nearby, he fathomed the sea, only to find no bottom. The bottom is, in fact, miles below on the Nares Abyssal Plain.

Here is the link to the site,
The Sargasso Sea.

http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/chia/Caribbean/sargasso_sea.htm

I used to live in Chicago Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio and Indianapolis Indiana, California and Florida were I live now.

When I lived in Chicago, I once saw a Viking ship on Lake Michigan off Chicago's lakefront park.

There seemed to be no one on the ship, I am serious.

I used to live in Chicago Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio and Indianapolis Indiana, California and Florida were I live now.

When I lived in Chicago, I once saw a Viking ship on Lake Michigan off Chicago's lakefront park.

There seemed to be no one on the ship, I am serious.

If any body of water is truly huanted, it would be the Great Lakes.

I dont know how to explain it, but they are alive.
Corny?
Maybe....but possibly true.

Umm When did they find them???
That's a tough question. My guess is about 16 years ago but I cant really say. At the time a big deal was made about how they were in such great condition, but I figured that wasn't so surprising on account of how they are made of aluminium. (Everytime they drain land in Holland with a new dike they tend to find crashed WW2 planes. Aluminium doesn't rust away.)

For the "brick road phenomenon" read Gavin Menzies "1421"...there are different, sometimes fantastical, sometimes strictly rational explanations for all those "things"...make up your mind and use your own head

Ive crossed the Bermuda triangle at least 14 times. Yeah, it's there. No, there's nothing special about it. For an area that big that recieves that much traffic, the amount of accidents that have occured within it are not at all unusual.

I think it exists in that it is a region of the ocean where a large number of ships have dissapeared, but I'm not saying there isn't a reasonable explanation for these dissapearances. I don't buy all the alien and atlatis stories.

I was in the Bermuda Triangle on my honeymoon in a 25 foot Boston Whaler. We werent aware we had gone into the triangle till after we returned to the docks. It was a great day of sex, snorkling, sex and Red Stripe and some more sex. We were also asked to leave British waters by a patrol boat as we strayed in and didnt have passports or other paperwork with us.

It's obvious isn't it? The Bermuda Triangle is Nessie's holiday home.

Are THEY made of cheese?? :)

I'm still upset over the disappointment of '68 :(

Dude! You got to the moon a year before America! I'm impressed.

Two words - Ghost Pirates.

my husband and I have always wanted to go out in a boat and check it out for ourselves but since we have kids now it wouldn't be very responsible (assuming we disappeared) but maybe after they are out of college. It does sound like a fun empty nesters vacation. Besides even if nothing happens, being in a boat in the middle of the ocean away from my family and inlaws does sound very appealing.... :p

I saw a map once that plotted airplane crashes and ship sinkings in various busy parts of the ocean. The Bermuda triangle didn't look to have any more sinkings or airplane crashes than any other similarly busy piece of water.

I'mma say it's just superstition. I mean, seriously, sailors are a superstitious lot, so it makes sense they would think something crazy about it. People who get it in their heads that it's all some great huge thing are likely to hallucinate things or see something and think it's something different to prove their theory. Anyway, they can't even make the Triangle's perimeters in one set area, doesn't that throw you off a little bit about it?

As for seaweed floating in the ocean. There's nothing unusual about that. The Indian Ocean is filled with seaweed clumps. They have certain seaweeds and algae that do that. -shrugs- Look it up.

I think it does exist reason being could someone please explain what happened to the HMS Blighty?