Discovery Channel: Dive to Bermuda Triangle
by Greg on Feb.23, 2009, under Science Life
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I like a good mystery, especially when the paranormal is involved. Ever since I could read paragraphs, I have been fascinated by the Bermuda Triangle. One of the first readers my parents bought for me had a non-fiction story detailing the mysterious disappearances and occurrences in the area north of their native country of Haiti.
Once again, Science comes out on top with a very plausible theory, presented effectively in Discovery Channel’s show, Dive to Bermuda Triangle. What causes huge shipping freighters to vanish in thin air? What happened to a 1940′s air squadron in the Atlantic of the coast of Florida? What could cause 100 foot waves to materialize out of nowhere?
Spoiler alert!
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I won’t ruin it anymore for you, because the experiments they show to test these theories and the investigation are fascinating and worth watching the 2 hour show. They even hired hollywood special effects techs to assist in one of the more flame intense experiments.
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