The Bermuda Triangle

Chris (Ce) Dong

There are lots of unsolved mysteries in the world. They are all very strange and unbelievable. We can't understand how they have happened--even scientists can’t explain them. So people are very interested in the mysteries. The Bermuda Triangle is one of the most attractive mysteries in the world and I am very curious about it.

The Bermuda Triangle is also called the Devil’s Triangle. It is an imaginary area in the Atlantic Ocean. It extends more than one million square kilometers between the island of Bermuda and it's very mysterious and dangerous because lots of planes and ships have disappeared in this area. It's said that at least fifty ships and twenty planes have disappeared there during the past one hundred years with over 1500 people disappearing. The accident that first suggested the danger of the Bermuda Triangle was the disappearance of five American Navy planes in 1945. The planes were carrying fourteen people on a training flight. They never returned. And a plane sent to search for them also disappeared.

In addition, it's also very strange that in this area compasses and other instruments stop working. Even satellite connection is gone. And some planes and ships’ captains reported that they saw a yellow fog in the Bermuda Triangle. When they approached the area, the sky suddenly turned yellow, and the sea and the sky seemed to come together. As a result, they could not tell where they were, or in what direction they were heading.

There are many different kinds of ideas about the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle. One writer says that there are powerful forces under the water. These forces interfere with communication devices and cause planes to crash and ships to sink. Some people think that creatures from outer space guard the area. These creatures pull the planes and ships to another planet. On the other hand, some critics think the Bermuda Triangle stories are false. They say most of the events that have taken place in the area can be explained scientifically. There isn't a definite and common idea yet.

In my opinion, the strange phenomena in the Bermuda Triangle area tell us that human beings are only one part of nature. Through the long history of development, men have gotten to know more and more about the world. However, there are still more natural phenomena we do not know. We human beings still have a long way to go.