jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Just out of curiosity, I recorded the first two episodes of the new History Channel series about the Bermuda Triangle. If you think Oak Island is bad, that was just a warm-up for this. It's talk, talk, talk, with no discoveries and no conclusions. They dove on four (I think) wrecks, hoping to find specific ships or planes. They struck out each time. Thank goodness for FastForward. The most legitimate idea they could come up with is rogue waves. A combination of weather patterns and the Gulf Stream create an unusual number of these giant waves. That's according to government buoys located off the east coast.

Among all the world's oceans, the Bermuda Triangle isn't even mentioned as a dangerous area for ships. More ships have been lost everywhere but there. One odd thing I'd like to see explained is the compasses getting messes up, if that even happened. Books about the weirdness sell by the thousands. Books debunking the mystery don't sell at all. "Give the people what they want."

Although the twenty minutes of new information in the Oak Island show present some new information, this Bermuda series is ridiculous. Another thing: the History Channel should change its name.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

The epitome of "Wait for it..., wait for it, ..."??

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

LOL thanks Jerry
Thats what I thought it would be like.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

You are correct in that the History Channel should change its name. It hardly has any historical information shows.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Like the history of the aliens that built thing here.

pendennis

Back in the 70's, there was a lot of interest in the Bermuda (Devil's) Triangle. There were several books written based on ships sinking, and of course "The Lost Squadron". Flight 19 was the focal point. However, in subsequent books, the writer's theories were pretty much debunked. Flight 19 got lost, and the Martin Mariner which searched for the flight likely blew-up, since the planes were pretty much flying gas cans.

Richard Winer's book was mostly conjecture, but he sold a lot of copies in 1974.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Yes, he sold lots of books in lots of countries. One thing that is true is the compasses getting messed up. Even Columbus commented on that. Still, it's one of the safest areas of ocean on the planet.

McQ6 Loc: Florida

I have sailed from Bermuda to the Virgin Islands; from Florida to Bermuda, both in a small sailboat. It's all just the Atlantic Ocean- no worse or better. Why people believe this nonsense cannot be explained anymore than why so many people Trump won the election or the earth is flat.

vj62 Loc: Fairfax, VA

As a young Navy pilot in the 50s flying out of NAAS Sanford Florida I flew in the "Bermuda Triangle" area many
times. Nothing unusual about it except with our WWII era avionics we often had communications problems and was able to view some spectacular lightening shows but we more or less always knew where we were and how to find home. In case of a serious, serious navigation problem we always had a magnetic compass, so if really, really in doubt of location just turn west and hit the Florida coastline. Problem solved and argue with ATC later. That problem I never had.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

"more or less" is good enough, right?

The problem I've heard about in that area is the magnetic compass not working.

Sendai5355 Loc: On the banks of the Pedernales River, Texas

Still waiting for them to find big foot, moth man and dog man.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Has anyone tried looking in the Bermuda Triangle?

CliffB Loc: Bristol UK

Bermuda is a micro continent sitting on an ancient lava continental shelf that has a high metallic content. Having lived there for a number of years I used to talk to local boat owners, it seems depending on on where you happen to be the magnetic deviation can be between four and eight degrees from magnetic north. The south of the islands have deep water just a few miles out, north of the island the water is shallow to as much as fifty miles and the deviation is worse to the north.

RiJoRi Loc: Sandy Ridge, NC

Now, THAT ain't gonna sell no books! 😂

--Rich

fantom Loc: Colorado

so true.