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    [OC] Visualising reported disappearances inside and around the Bermuda Triangle


    This visual shows reported disappearances in the region often linked to the Bermuda Triangle. The points include confirmed loss locations, last known sightings, and rumoured areas where vessels or aircraft were reported before contact was lost. When placed on a single map, the pattern matches what you would expect from a busy shipping and flight corridor with fast moving weather.

    Nothing in the data shows an unusually dangerous zone. The legend grew larger than the evidence behind it.

    Full video with the full breakdown: https://youtu.be/O4QjGMDs2K8

    Posted by Many-Philosophy4285

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    33 Comments

    4. MaleMaldives on

      I hear from Puerto Ricans that the reason for the US Navy base on the island is because there is an underwater alien base there as well. People supposedly see UFOs going in and out of the ocean.

    5. hroaks on

      Now zoom out and show how the same thing happens in every high volume shipping port from the English Channel to New foundland

    6. CatsAreOurGods on

      the bermuda triangle and quicksand are not nearly as threatening as i was lead to believe growing up lol

    7. CuriousCardigan on

      I can’t remember where I heard it (SYSK?), but someone pointed out that if the Bermuda Triangle were a real phenomena then insurance companies would have easily ID’d it decades ago.

    8. lucaprinaorg on

      Sporadic releases of large volumes of methane suddenly change the density of the air and water with disastrous consequences for those navigating low-flying aircraft or ships that are literally sucked into the seabed.

    10. Octopp on

      Apparently the Bermuda triangle thing is a modern myth..if there are more disappearance there it’s because it’s more heavily trafficked.

    12. TruckasaurusLex on

      I don’t think there’s anything special about the Bermuda triangle, but I also don’t know if anyone really suggests that it must be an exact triangle, it’s just that those three points are used to generally delineate the area.

      But more importantly, to really investigate this, shouldn’t you be comparing this region to other regions in the world, and also taking into account the traffic statistics for each region?

    13. nailbunny2000 on

      This would be a lot more fair representation if you included disappearances NOT in/around the triangle. This data looks like nobody disappears over the Gulf of Mexico.

    14. squamesh on

      Looks like ships tend to crash near islands are along the routes between islands. So like… where boats are

    15. Chazus on

      We wanted to find out how many car accidents happened on this one road. Our sample included that road. 100% of the accidents that happened on that road, also occurred on that same stretch of road. That road is considered a dangerous area now.

    17. DrColdReality on

      Yeah, I wouldn’t bet the rent money on that data being accurate and/or relevant. A ship disappearing in a cat-5 hurricane is not exactly a supernatural mystery.

      The Bermuda Triangle is 100% bullshit. Always was.

      The whole concept of the Bermuda Triangle was pretty much just made up out of whole cloth by pulp magazine writers in the 1950s. Those largely fact-free stories kinda rattled around for years mainly under the public radar until 1974, when Richard Berlitz wrote “The Bermuda Triangle,” and that launched the modern myth of the place.

      Berlitz relied on weak, uncorroborated, wild-ass stories–and even completely made-up ones, did no significant fact checking, and even reported losses of ships and planes from elsewhere in the world as happening in the Triangle. He (and the gullible people who would expand the myth later) talk about ships disappearing in “calm weather,” when in fact, the ship vanished in the middle of a major hurricane. Stuff like that.

    20. Lancaster61 on

      Bermuda Triangle is a myth. Someone did a statistical analysis on it and it turns out the disappearance **rate** in that area is no different than anywhere else in the world.

      There’s a lot of **number** of disappearances only because it’s a very popular shipping area.

    21. -LordDarkHelmet- on

      When I was a kid I thought the Bermuda Triangle was interesting then I realized how big it was. Like you might as well put a big circle around the Atlantic Ocean and say “oh gosh airplanes and boats go missing here, must be paranormal”

    22. Joyaboi on

      It’s so scary so many accidents happen there, makes you wonder why it’s still among the most popular shipping lanes in the world 🤔

    24. Wheatizard on

      I will not be asking my mom if this picture is a representation of her Bermuda triangle and which one of these ex’s is my father lol

    25. Mikeshaffer on

      I grew up in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and always wondered where the Bermuda Triangle was.

      Gotta love the American (Floridian) school system.

    26. heyitsmemaya on

      I thought I read once you could draw a similar triangle just about anywhere and it would look more or less the same?

    28. Ok-disaster2022 on

      The legend grew because of the large volume of shipping created a large number of ships. As a fraction of losses to voyages, the loss rate is pretty much the same as any other part of the ocean. 

    33. GilbyGlibber on

      Is the Bermuda triangle still relevant today? I thought it was related to stories from like 100 years ago.