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flying overhead. Caribbean waters have long been a favorite hunting ground for pirates, who may have sunk the vessels that were later reported missing after taking whatever they could find onboard. But what about the ships that were found without a crew and with their cargo intact? Some blame abductions by aliens. Beam me up, Peurto Rico
a stone, and the methane could set fire to planes Abductions me hearties!

Underwater eruptions Some people have suggested that the sea simply opens and swallows up ships. Incredibly, this could actually happen. Large eruptions of methane gas on the seabed have been known to make oil rigs collapse. A passing ship would sink like Haiti

Snagged by seaweed At the heart of the Bermuda Triangle lies the Sargasso Sea, named after the giant forest of sargassum seaweed that grows there. Old sailors’ yarns tell of ships trapped for eternity in the choking mass of seaweed. In 1840, the French ship Rosalie was found here drifting, derelict—and deserted.

For years, scientists dismissed the notion of freak
Rogue waves (20,000-tonne) ship. Jamaica
waves smashing ships to pieces, but, in 1995,
recorded a huge 65-ft (20-m) wave. Could a wave detector on an oil rig in the North Sea similar waves explain the disappearances in the Atlantic? It would take a real monster to sink a 22-000-ton

Florida Cuba

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