Scientist believes he's finally cracked the infamous Bermuda Triangle mystery

The Bermuda Triangle has been in the headlines for decades due to its suspicious involvement in the disappearances of dozens of ships and planes.

It’s inspired every fantastical theory you could imagine, from aliens to sea monsters, and even the lost city of Atlantis.

But one scientist says the truth is something else entirely.

And he’s been saying it for years.

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The truth behind the Bermuda Triangle

Karl Kruszelnicki has been poking holes in Bermuda Triangle hype since 2017.

His take? The number of ships and planes that vanish here is the same – percentage-wise – as anywhere else in the world.

That’s not just his opinion.

Lloyd’s of London has long backed the statistical point, while the US Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say disappearances can be chalked up to a mix of natural forces and human error.

“The combined forces of nature and human fallibility outdo even the most incredulous science fiction,” the NOAA says.

The Gulf Stream can turn calm seas into chaos in minutes, and the Caribbean is basically an obstacle course of islands.

And in certain spots, your compass might point to true north instead of magnetic north – a small detail that can send you very far in the wrong direction.

Pile on the fact it’s one of the busiest travel corridors on Earth, and suddenly the ‘mystery’ looks a lot more like math.

Even the most famous story – Flight 19 in 1945 – checks out under this lens. 

Five Navy bombers lost in bad weather, with navigational confusion making a bad situation worse.

For Karl Kruszelnicki, the stats speak louder than the myths.

Why the myths refuse to die

Let’s be honest – ‘compass malfunction’ isn’t as fun as ‘alien tractor beam’.

The Bermuda Triangle is continuously seen in books and movies because cursed oceans sell. 

Lost Atlantis? Yes, please. Rogue wave? Snooze. If you’re a filmmaker, which one are you picking?

Like any good urban legend, the Triangle has a kind of pop culture immunity.

Once it’s in the bloodstream, it’s almost impossible to kill. 

People want the mystery. They want to believe there’s something strange out there, waiting.

And so the legend sails on, facts overboard.

Karl Kruszelnicki may have cracked it for the science crowd, but the Bermuda Triangle’s not disappearing anytime soon.

Maybe that’s the real twist: sometimes we keep mysteries alive not because we can’t solve them, but because we’d rather not.

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