Jasper HamillThursday 2 Aug 2018 9:34 am Share this article via facebookShare this article via twitterShare this article via googleShare this article via whatsapp Share this with Share this article via emailShare this article via smsShare this article via flipboardCopy link It’s one of the most feared stretches of water in the world and has is thought to have claimed dozens of ships and planes in the last century. Now a new theory has been put forward to explain the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle, a patch of sea between Florida, Puerto Rico, and Bermuda where hundreds of people have lost their lives. Researchers believe ‘rogue waves up to 100 ft high may be to blame for some of the disasters which have taken place in the ‘Devil’s Triangle’. A team from the University of Southhampton recreated these ‘extreme storm waves’ for a Channel 5 documentary called ‘The Bermuda Triangle Enigma’. The scientists built a model of the USS Cyclops, a huge vessel which went missing in the triangle in 1918 and resulted in 309 deaths – the biggest single biggest non-combat loss of life in US Naval history. Advertisement Advertisement The Cyclops was a 542ft vessel used to carry coal to American warships during World War One and was travelling from Bahia, in Salvador, to Baltimore when it vanished in 1918. No wreckage or trace of is 306 crew and passengers have ever been discovered. Some people believe lack of a distress call from the vessel means it met with a… [Read full story]
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