The infamous Bermuda triangle has been at the heart of conspiracy theorists for decades. The area of the Atlantic covered between Bermuda, Miami, Florida and Puerto Rico has been the subject of immense speculation and most likely will continue to be for some time. The great pull that this triangle exerts on the media is due to the large number of unexplained disappearances that have occurred there over time. Many different ideas have been put forward to attempt to explain the unexplained. These ideas range from space/time warps, magnetic anomalies, UFO and alien abduction/interventions, influences from Atlantis, cross dimensional gateways, hurricanes, out gassing of seabed methane, piracy and other causes.
Hurricanes and tropical storms have caused huge shipping losses over the centuries that ships have been sailing in these waters. Often large fortunes of plundered gold, silver and jewels have disappeared upon entering the eerie triangle. Treasure hunters have had some success here and piracy is not uncommon in these waters and has been happening since the 16th century.
The region often accommodates tropical cyclones due to the Gulf Stream, which feeds warm moisture into the atmosphere, which ads to storm development. Before the advances in technology that allowed us to predict when these devastating storms would occur, many ships could have been taken down by these unexpected natural events
Trapped methane from the seabed could also be a cause of disappearance. Experiments have shown that sudden eruptions of methane can cause ships to lose their buoyancy and sink. Similarly, aircrafts flying through a concentration of methane can sometimes have their engines cut off and stall.
Space/time warps, though being a popular idea hold little gravity in the real world (no pun intended). This idea has been ruled out largely because an event of sufficient force as to cause disappearance would affect the entire globe, and as there are few events that have, this thought has lost much grounding.
The ideas of cross dimensional gateways are the work of many string theorists and wormhole enthusiasts. As nothing has been substantially proven, this idea is given little credence.
Magnetic anomalies can occur, which throw off compasses, but they would have little direct impact of a vessel or plane, enough at least to sink or make it disappear. Not only this, but flipping of the magnetic poles, which does occur, affects the entire earth and not just the Bermuda Triangle.
The infamous UFO’s are often suspected to be at the heart of disappearances, but as no one has yet provided actual evidence for the existence of alien life, there is little credibility behind this particular explanation. Most sighting reported of UFO’s turn out eventually to be military tests, rather than the much more exciting visitation of ET.
There are some people who cite the influence of our undersea cousins from Atlantis as being responsible for the disappearances. There are those who say that ancient atlantean technology is throwing off ships and planes in order to make humans underwater slaves. Never mind that the technology that they are supposed to have used would have corroded after all these thousands of years under the sea, not to mention the growth of aquatic plants that would surely hinder their operation.
What often stirs the imagination and thus the many theories behind the mysterious triangle is the fact that there have been found planes and ships that are almost completely intact. Treasure hunters too have found vast fortunes under the triangle and there is nothing like a monetary incentive to drive the thoughts of conspiracy.
