Bermuda Triangle Traditional Cache
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Bermuda Triangle GC24H0B
Approximate map of the Bermuda Triangle
A RECENT CACHER HAS HEARD A RATTLESNAKE IN THE GENERAL AREA OF THE CACHE, SO PLEASE BEWARE!
The Bermuda triangle is one of the most mysterious and dangerous areas of the earth’s oceans, responsible, or blamed, for the disappearance of over 2,000 vessels and 75 airplanes through a rather short period of three centuries.
The Triangle is an area of the Atlantic Ocean whose size varies by the author who happens to be writing about it; although its most common points are San Juan, Puerto Rico; Miami, Florida; and the island of Bermuda.
The first known documentation of strange anomalies in the Bermuda Triangle was recorded by the famed explorer Christopher Columbus in October 1492, when he and his crew was said to have passed through the area. On the eleventh of October of that year, Columbus recorded in his log book that his crew had seen “strange dancing lights on the horizon”, “flames in the sky”, and later recorded that he had observed bizarre compass bearings in the area.
The term “Bermuda Triangle” was popularized in a 1964 issue of Argosy Magazine by Vincent Gaddis; and in 1974 it largely achieved its fame through the publication of The Bermuda Triangle by Charles Berlitz. The book recounts the disappearances of many aircraft and ships, in particular, the loss of five U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo bombers in 1945, known as Flight 19. The Saga began on December 15th, 1945 when five Avenger torpedo bombers lifted off from the Navel Air Station at Fort Lauderdale. The flight was meant to be a practice bombing run for thirteen students and a Commander, Lt. Charles Taylor.
Various mysterious disappearances of ships also abound. One such disappearance is that of the U.S.S. Cyclops in March 1918. The ship vanished with 10, 800 tons of manganese and 309 men on board while en route from Barbados to Baltimore.
Information about the Bermuda Triangle taken from an article in Paranormal, June 9, 2007, by Vance Lethurin.
Come and look for our own "Bermuda Triangle", if you dare.
The background photo was taken at the cache site, shortly after I placed it. I was afraid to go back and check to see if it was still there. Will you look, and tell me if it is there or if it has disappeared?
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