A BOFFIN has claimed to have cracked the mystery of the infamous Bermuda Triangle – which has swallowed ships and planes for 500 years without leaving a trace.
Ocean expert Dr Simon Boxall believes a wild natural phenomenon could be behind the bizarre disappearances in the region – which have plagued its reputation for generations.
The infamous Bermuda Triangle, where dozens of ships have gone missing over the years, could get its reputation from a bizarre phenomenon[/caption]
Also known as the Devil’s Triangle, it has been subject to supernatural speculation[/caption]
According to the professor, extreme natural forces dubbed “rogue waves” may be behind the area’s mind-boggling nature.
He said they can be around 100 feet high and are born out of conjoining storms which swallow up boats and planes.
Sometimes vessels are even snapped in half by these terrifying waves – destroying evidence using sheer force.
Boxall told The Express: “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 rouge waves.”
He added: “So you end up with, rather than a 10-meter wave, a 20-meter wave.
“If you get three different wave systems coming together, you can get a 30-meter wave.”
He even claimed the huge wave systems could wreck “something like a supertanker or big cargo vessel”.
Boxall and his team of researchers recreated the wreck of the USS Cyclops – an aircraft carrier that vanished while sailing through the area in 1918.
A total of 309 passengers disappeared off the face of the Earth without a trace.
The expert explained: “If you can imagine a rogue wave with peaks at either end, there’s nothing below the boat, so it snaps in two.
“If it happens, it can sink in two to three minutes.”
In Boxall’s recreation, the towering walls of a “rogue wave” lifted the ship’s bow and stern so high that its middle was left hanging in mid-air.
The immense strain cracked the vessel apart, dragging it beneath the surface within minutes.
The oceanographer believes the same phenomenon could explain why so many planes, around 20 in total, have vanished in the area.
Among the most famous cases was a 1945 Navy training flight that disappeared along with a rescue aircraft sent to search for it.
Boxall told the Daily Mail: “People will ignore facts and figures all the time.
“We have real problems in trying to persuade people once they’re determined.”
The expert claims 100-feet waves could be behind the disappearances[/caption]
Also known as the Devil’s Triangle, the name refers to the unofficially recognised area between Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Miami.
In 1492, Christopher Columbus noted in his journal that he and his crew observed “strange dancing lights on the horizon” when crossing the ocean.
He and his team also reported bizarre compass bearings in the area.
In 1970, one man even claimed to have survived a supernatural ordeal during a flight.
Pilot Bruce Gernon was flying a single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza from the Bahamas to Florida when he said he encountered a strange, swirling fog.
A long-time believer in paranormal explanations, Gernon later claimed he had actually passed through a “wormhole” hidden within the Bermuda Triangle.
Countless shipwrecks sit at the bottom of the sea in the region[/caption]
