Mysterious disappearances, planes vanishing
into thin air, boats lost at sea… hey, sounds like my last vacation. While we’re still trying to figure out the
mystery of the Bermuda Triangle, another one has emerged. Yes folks, as it turns out, the Bermuda Triangle
has a partner in crime, it’s even bigger than you’d expect, and it’s really cool! That’s a hint… This triangle is located in the Frozen North… And just in case you didn’t catch that…I
mean up in Alaska; and it’s responsible for thousands of plane disappearances, boats
and even people. It’s as if the wilderness lured everyone
in with its beauty and nobody wanted to come out. Now, there are a lot of theories about what
might be causing people to disappear. Some say it’s that Alaska is located in
a vortex; some others say that mysterious creatures are behind these disappearances;
and some even mention UFOs. It’s always UFO’s. But, the most interesting fact, which is,
actually, inexplicable, is why not very many people have heard of the Alaskan Triangle. So, let’s find out a little bit more about
this ginormous area that’s even more interesting than its competitor – the Bermuda shorts
triangle – that’s where you go and your pants disappear. First thing’s first, let’s start with
the location of the triangle – which covers a huge part of the State. It starts in the southeast, close to Yakutat
and Juneau, then it goes all the way up north near the Barrow mountain region, and it ends
near the city of Anchorage. The mysterious area inside the triangle is
famous for its vast wilderness, which is, to this day, generally unexplored. There are extremely large forests that almost
nobody knows how to navigate, as well as mountain peaks that nobody’s set foot on. Who’s this “nobody” anyway, he sure
gets around. Both tourists who visit the area to explore
the mysterious triangle, and locals, go missing every year without any trace; the sheer number
of them is the most shocking part: since 1988, more than 16,000 people who visited this triangle
have seemingly disappeared into thin air. And it doesn’t end there. To add to the mystery, there were a lot of
planes that completely vanished or even crashed without any explanation to what happened. At one point, the mystery surrounding the
Alaskan triangle attracted the world of entertainment, and a television series was created called
the Alaska Monsters. Ooh. The series follows a team of 6 people, who
set out on an adventure to find out what’s hiding in the forests and unexplored sites
of the triangle that causes people to disappear! Before the show was filmed, a lot of people
suspected that there were some dangerous and unidentified creatures living in the Alaskan
forests. So, the adventurers of the show started exploring
each area in an attempt to locate these mysterious creatures. They had to find leads by conducting interviews
with the locals. But, unfortunately, their investigation led
nowhere, and the show was cancelled. At some point, however, some people began
believing a different fictional creature was to blame for these disappearances – yup,
Big Foot. The Alaska Triangle covers more than 200,000
square miles, and since it’s mostly composed of wilderness and large forests, people believe
that this location would be a perfect environment for Big-Foot. As a matter of fact, many people claim to
have seen him throughout the entire state, and Canada as well. Some reports even mention that they’ve seen
the creature swimming in the lakes. Uh, breast-stroke I think. To make matters worse, some villages have
even relocated because of the scary encounters they had with Bigfoot. Port Chatham, otherwise known as Portlock,
was one of them. In the beginning of the 1900s, very mysterious
disappearances with disturbing leads resulted in the whole village relocating because they
were scared for their lives. The locals of the small village on the Kenai
Peninsula were convinced that a huge Sasquatch (another name for Big foot) was hiding in
the woods, so they had to find a new, and more secure, place to live. Now, here’s the troubling thing: generally
speaking, Bigfoot has been described as a very peaceful, and almost friendly, creature
that likes to live in remote areas. And if Bigfoot is exactly how people in Alaska
have reported him to be, he could’ve been responsible for those disappearances. But of course, that’s not the only issue. While we’re on the subject of fictional
creatures, another theory claims that Otterman is behind all the Alaska Triangle disappearances. Allegedly, the Otterman is associated with
the Tlingit people who lived in the area approximately 11,000 years ago. According to the myth, there’s a creature
which is a cross between a human and an Otter and it can change its form to resemble a human. What this Otterman is said to do is take on
the form of a person or a child and pretend that it’s in a life-threatening situation
in a lake. Then passers-by see the seemingly helpless
person in the water, rush in to help, and get captured. Of course, the story is just a legend, but
it’s just one more attempt to explain the enigma of how many people vanish from the
area. Anyway, let’s not forget the UFO sightings
as well. In 1986, there was a plane flying from Iceland
to Anchorage, when it came across not 1, not 2, but three UFOs. And the pilots didn’t just get a glimpse
of the UFOs. According to them, and the newspapers published
at that time, the UFOs followed the airplane for 400 miles, until they entered the Alaskan
Triangle. Imagine the fear of the pilots, surrounded
by UFOs, flying erratically, close enough to see with their own eyes. Even the air traffic controllers were able
to spot the mysterious UFOs on their radar, which were approximately 5 miles away from
the plane. The pilots got permission to fly the plane
at lower altitudes, since the UFOs seemed a bit confrontational. The UFOs disappeared 32 minutes after they
all entered the triangle. But, according to the pilots, the flying objects
were significantly large, and they were able to stop and accelerate really fast– something
planes can’t do. But where did those UFOs go? Maybe they got sucked into a vortex? Maybe they got a Round Tuit. According to some speculations, a lot of people
believe that the triangle is located in large, aggressive vortexes with extra strong electromagnetic
fields, currents and anomalies. Just like the Bermuda Triangle, and even the
Devil’s Sea in Japan, as well as the North and South Poles. According to some theories, people believe
that other mysterious places which are historical enigmas exist inside vortices. For example, the Pyramid of Giza, Easter Island
and the Temple of Baalbek. But that’s another story. So, what do these vortexes do that would cause
people to disappear? Well – vortexes can cause different reactions
to the human body. For example, they can cause physical and mental
changes, and they can also cause people to hallucinate and become disoriented. Due to the electromagnetism, they have the
ability to change the course of a compass which can result in people becoming easily
lost. Another theory is that these vortexes can
also act as an entry door into another dimension – maybe similar to what we’ve seen in
some popular TV series. And because they keep opening and closing
in different locations, nobody has been able to find their way out yet. But that also seems far-fetched. Now even though these theories are very intriguing
and interesting, the most plausible and logical explanation is the wilderness of Alaska. The whole state of Alaska is covered in hazardous
mountains, poisonous flora, wild and dangerous animals, and let’s not forget it’s unforgiving
weather conditions. Not to mention the 130 active volcanoes. You see, Alaska is as beautiful as it is dangerous. So, not only is it difficult to even go for
a hike in the mountains, you really can’t know what to expect. Surviving for more than a few weeks in the
wilderness of Alaska is close to impossible. And those who get lost are almost impossible
to locate. Let’s not forget when Christopher McCandless
embarked on his great Alaskan adventure in 1992, only to be met with the most extreme
weather conditions, poisonous flora, and wild animals. Rescue teams in Alaska find it very hard to
locate people in need due to the extreme weather conditions and the rigid mountains. But the question here is: Why do all the disappearances
happen in the triangle area? According to recent reports, Alaska has twice
the number of missing people than the national average, and what’s even spookier is the
fact that it has the largest number of people who went missing and were never found. According to recent statistics, 1 in every
1,000 people go missing in Alaska. That’s a considerably large number of people. One of the things that brought the Alaska
Triangle to people’s attentions was a flight that went missing almost 50 years ago. It was in October of 1972, when an aircraft
that was carrying two politicians vanished into thin air. The plane disappeared off the radar when it
was flying from Anchorage to Juneau, and it was never found. The rescue teams looked for the missing passengers
and aircraft for almost 40 days without finding any trace of it. Despite the thousands of missing people reported
every year, the Alaska Triangle has become a famous tourist attraction, and it doesn’t
appear to be worrisome for most of the curious travellers. I’m guessing everyone wants to understand
what’s truly hiding behind this Alaska Triangle, and a bit skeptical of the current theories. And maybe someday, they’ll all get a Round
Tuit. What do you guys believe is hiding in that
triangle that causes people to disappear? Do you believe it’s just nature, or something
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