Bermuda Triangle Mystery May Have Been Solved After Crater Discovery

It’s a mystery that has put the fear of God into sailors, and left scientists scratching their heads for years: What causes the Bermuda Triangle to claim so many ships and aircraft.

Scientists believe they may be closer to solving the mystery after the discovery of a series of craters.

The craters are actually nowhere near the Bermuda Triangle – they’re off the coast of Norway – so it’s currently just a theory.

Basically, the half mile-wide craters are 150ft deep and are believed to have been created by methane building up and popping under the seabed.

Researchers from the Arctic University of Norway told the Sunday Times: ‘Multiple giant craters exist on the sea floor in an area in the west-central Barents Sea … and are probably a cause of enormous blowouts of gas.

‘The crater area is likely to represent one of the largest hotspots for shallow marine methane release in the Arctic.’

Experts have previously speculated whether this is what happens within the Bermuda Triangle.

They are now looking at whether the bursting of these bubbles is sufficient to sink ships and will present their findings next month.

Igor Yelstov, from the Trofimuk Institute said last year: ‘There is a version that the Bermuda Triangle is a consequence of gas hydrates reactions.

‘They start to actively decompose with methane ice turning into gas. It happens in an avalanche-like way, like a nuclear reaction, producing huge amounts of gas.

‘That makes the ocean heat up and ships sink in its waters mixed with a huge proportion of gas.’