Bermuda Triangle mystery solved?
Bermuda Triangle mystery ‘solved’ as British experts claim boats were sunk by monster 100ft ‘rogue waves’ created by three storms coming together
The infamous body of water in the North Atlantic ocean stretches 700,000km between Florida, Bermuda and Puerto-Rico
The infamous body of water in the western part of the North Atlantic ocean stretches 700,000km between Florida, Bermuda and Puerto-Rico.
Also known as the Devil’s Triangle, the area features multiple shipping lanes and has claimed over 1,000 lives in the last 100 years.
But experts at the University of Southampton believe the mystery can be explained by a natural phenomenon known as “rogue waves.”
Rogue waves – which only last for a few minutes – were first observed by satellites in 1997 off the coast of South Africa.
The rogue waves are created when three storms collide in the Bermuda Triangle, experts say
Some have even measured 30 metres (nearly 100ft) high.
The research team built a model of the USS Cyclops, a huge vessel which went missing in the triangle in 1918 claiming 300 lives.
Dr Simon Boxall, an ocean and earth scientist, says that infamous area in the Atlantic can see three massive storms coming together from different directions – the perfect conditions for a rogue wave.
Boxall believes such a surge in water could snap a boat, such as the Cyclops, in TWO.
He said: “There are storms to the south and north, which come together.
“And if there are additional ones from Florida, it can be a potentially deadly formation of rogue waves.
“They are steep, they are high – we’ve measured waves in excess of 30 metres.
Is it actually proved that the number of casualties in the area of ocean described as the Bermuda Triangle is significantly greater than for a similar area of ocean with similar traffic density, (say off west coast of Africa)?