The Bermuda Triangle has sparked many conspiracy theories from aliens and ancient cities to angry gods.
The heart of the Bermuda Triangle, sometimes known as the Devil's Triangle, is thought to be the unexplained reason for the disappearance of more than 50 ships and 20 airplanes, including a U.S. naval ship carrying 306 men.
Over the years, it has become synonymous with mysterious disappearances and unfathomable tragedy, but a simple explanation of 'bad weather ' just isn't enough for some people.
Australian scientist, Karl Kruszenlnicki claims to have solved the mystery of the disappearances of ships and aircraft alike.
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He claims there was no mystery to begin with, insisting the reason planes and ships vanish without a trace in the area has nothing to do with aliens or the lost city of Atlantis.
The Australian scientist believes that the huge number of disappearances can be explained by nothing more supernatural than human error, bad weather, and the fact it's so busy with planes and boats.
According to the U.S. Coast Guard and NOAA , there is no evidence to suggest that the area which we call the 'Bermuda Triangle' has seen any more disappearances than is normal for anywhere else in the world.
But the conspiracy theories continue. Let's take a look at seven of the craziest theories in an attempt to explain the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle:
Lost city of Atlantis
The legend of Atlantis transcend time in the modern world. A city believed to have housed technology far superior than we use today, but sunk to the bottom of the ocean after a tremendous earthquake.
Somehow, theories suggest that their use of crystal energies is the reason for the Bermuda Triangles mystical anomalies.
If, all these years later (Atlantis is meant to have existed 1,000,000 and 900,000 years ago), their crystals still function on the seafloor, this could be causing mechanical malfunctions in the ships and planes above.
A convincing theory, assuming you believed in Atlantis - in spite of the fact that the lost city has never been proven to exist.
Rogue waves
If you can imagine the tremendous size of a tsunami, then a rogue wave large enough to wreck and ship is absolutely possible.
But whilst scientists at the University of Southampton have claimed that the waters of the Triangle are prone to rogue waves during storms, this doesn't explain how numerous planes have gone missing... out of the sky.
Researchers argued that some waves could reach 100 feet in height, but they would still be far too small to reach planes that typically fly between 31,000 and 38,000 feet in the air.
Anyone for a 'giant wave' theory, instead?
Magnetic forces
Confusing as they may be to read, the primary function of a compass is to point north. Now, it is important to note that the Bermuda Triangle is one of two places on Earth where a compass will point to true north, instead of magnetic north.
This means your compass will only ever point towards the geographic North Pole. Somehow, theories have attributed the unfortunate disappearances to compass malfunctions... Which aren't malfunctions at all.
Aliens
Now, it need not really be said that aliens is perhaps one of the most outlandish theories, and yet it's not at all surprising that they feature.
In any case, the belief - however, as I said, outlandish it might be - is that the Bermuda Triangle acts as a portal to our planet for aliens to gather the people and technology they need to research our species.
Supposedly, this should answer why many of the ships and plans are never recovered. You know, because they've been portaled to outer space. Obviously.
Methane bubbles
Another theory rooted in scientific discovery but still struggling to grow legs, is that of methane bubbles.
A group of researchers from The Arctic University of Norway announced that they had discovered huge, half-mile craters at the bottom of the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway.
They hypothesised that these craters were caused by sudden explosions of deep, underwater deposits of methane.
This set conspiracy theorists wild as suddenly the mystery behind the Bermuda Triangle had been solved in their minds. It explained why the ships were sinking, and even why there was nothing left to find in some cases.
But, the researchers burst their methane bubble in a statement in 2016.
It read, quite succinctly: “We are not making any links to the Bermuda Triangle.”
Wormholes
So if an alien portal to another planet wasn't a big enough leap, wormholes are also included on the list.
Thanks to a report from Bruce Gernon, a pilot who claimed to have 'leapt' 100 miles after a fog surrounded his aircraft, wormholes through time and space are now a plausible explanation.
He said: "I didn't believe in time travel or teleportation until it happened to me."
Watersprouts
Thankfully, some semblance of rationality has come to light in a theory from NASA, which is relatively ironic since they definitely don't endorse the alien theory.
Watersprouts are spinning columns of moist air that form over warm water. Akin to a tornado in the ocean, waterspouts can feature wind speeds of up to 125 miles per hour.
The Atlantic Ocean is one of the most prolific areas in the world for this particular activity, leading some people to believe that watersprouts are responsible for the disappearances in the Devil's Triangle.
Again, this theory remains unproven.
