15 PLACES WHICH KEEPS ON DISAPPEARING:
Throughout history, there have been places in the world where people, either singly or in large groups, have vanished without a trace, never to be found again. Here are I5 places known for mysterious disappearances.
l. The Bermuda Triangle
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We start with the granddaddy of all mysterious locations, the Bermuda Triangle. This stretch of ocean, spanning from South F iorida to Puerto Rico to Bermuda, has been the site of multiple disappearances over the years, including the vanishing of the USS Cyclops with 309 creWMen aboard in IQIH, Both planes and ships have gone missing, never to be recovered.
2. The Michigan Triangle
Not as famous as its southern cousin, the Michigan Triangle extends between Michigan and Wisconsin, and has been the location of a number of prominent disappearances. Perhaps the most famous is Northwest Airlines F light EEOI, which in [£750 flowing into the triangle with 53 passengers and never emerged.
3. The Bennington Triangle
Yet another triangle, though this one is landlocked. The Bennington Triangle, located in southwestern Vermont, Marks the last known location of five people who went missing between IQHE and 1950. The most bizarre of the five was the vanishing of a man who was riding a moving bus, who disappeared without anyone noticing. The people who vanished ranged in age from an H year-oid boy to a 71! year-old woman.
4. The Nevada Triangle
Our final triangular entry on the list, the Nevada Triangle marks a 25,000 square mile stretch of desert and mountains in the state of Nevada. This desolate stretch is in the vicinity of the notorious Area 5/ military zone, and has been the site of a number of disappearances. The most famous is fairly recent, when famed aviator and adventurer Steve Fossett in 3007. Fossett flew into the triangle in a small plane and vanished without a trace, despite a massive search effort.
5. Roanoke C oiony
Stretching back in time to the beginning of European colonization of the New World, Roanoke is one of the earliest recorded mysterious disappearances. The colony was founded by English colonists in 1535. The governor of the colony sailed back to England to get more supplies, but upon concluding their return travel three years later, the colony was abandoned. Only the word ‘CROATOAN’, the name of a tribe of local native Americans, etched into a tree gave any indication as to what might have happened to the colony.
6. The Sargasso Sea
The Sargasso Sea lies in the Atlantic ocean, and is the site of one of the most famous ghost ships in recorded history. The Mary Celeste was discovered in 1372, completely deserted. The ship still carried abundant fuel and food, with no indication as to where the crew went or what happened to them.
7.Lake Superior
By far the deepest of the Great Lakes, Lake Superior has been the location of a number of disappearances over the centuries, In fact, more than 300 ships have sunk beneath the cold surface of Lake Superior, many of which have never been recovered or found.
8.The South Atlantic Anomaly
The Van Allen radiation belt comes closest to the Earth near the Atlantic Ocean near Brazil. This area is bombarded with protons and energies reaching over I0 million volts. The anomaly has been blamed for the crash of Air France flight [1117, in which 233 people died.
9. America’s National Parks
Over the more than Ha million acres of land comprising America’s national parks, more than 1,100 people to travel throug the parks have gone missing in the past ISO years. Many of these people were experienced hikers, yet went mysteriously missing and never were found.
IO. Highway IE
Located in British Columbia, Canada, this stretch of highway has been the location of a number of disappearances, mostly young women. The first to go missing was a woman named Monica Ingas, who disappeared in [975. Since that time, 17 other people have vanished along Highway IE.
II. Lake Anjikuni
Located way up in Nunavut, Canada, a fur trapper stumbled upon a small village near the lake which was completely deserted in I930. Strangely, many dwellings had pots of food hung over now-coid fires and evidence of chores seemingly abandoned in mid effort. He also found dead dogs which had been tied up starved to death due to neglect. There was no indication as to where the villagers went, or why.
I2. F lannan Isles
The Fiannan isles are located off the coast of Scotland, and the location of lighthouse In I900, a ship noticed that there were no lights coming from the lighthouse, and sent a crew to investigate. The three lighthouse keepers were gone, and their whereabouts or what happened to them were never discovered.
I3. The Devil Sea
Near Japan is a stretch of water called the Devil Sea with a long history of treacherous waters and suspicious disappearances, in I953, the Japanese government commissioned a team of 3/ to sail into the Devil Sea to investigate. That team was never seen or heard from again, vanishing into the Devil Sea.
I4. Suvia Bay, Turkey
One of the stranger events in World War I was the disappearance of an entire battalion of English soldiers in Suvia Bay, Turkey. A strange cloud was reported to have shrouded a hillside, and a battalion of English soldiers marched into it and never returned. Afterthe war, the English demanded of the Turkish government the return of what they presumed were POWs, but the Turkish had no record of those soldiers ever being captured.
I5. Mesa Verde, Colorado
An ancient people built tremendously complex dwellings carved into the Rocky Mountains more than a thousand years before Europeans colonized the New World. They then abandoned their dwellings for no reason that anyone has been able to determine. Some speculate that the inhabitants returned to a nomadic lifestyle, but why they would abandon their permanent dwellings is unexplained.