The seas churn up tales, fears, and indeed, real-life tragedy, as we saw this week. And yet, one pervasive idea, that there's a weird thing that "creates" disaster in a triangular swath of the Atlantic, is just a story.
Yes, five U.S. military planes (like those shown above) “disappeared” on a routine mission to a patch of the ocean nearly eight decades ago.
No, UFOs were not involved. And no, the legendary Bermuda Triangle didn’t suck them down. Yes, fears take a life of their own—but the idea of a mysterious triangle spurring death is not one of them.
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