Ken's Conspiracy Korner - The Bermuda Triangle - Ken U. Belevitt

The Bermuda Triangle is a body of water in the Atlantic ocean. The exact location of it is always under debate, but it is commonly known to include the southernmost tip of Florida, the Caribbean Islands and the Bahamas. Some people also claim that the Bermuda Triangle is actually a trapezoid that includes the Gulf of Mexico. The Bermuda Triangle is the site of numerous plane and ship disappearances, the first of which was reported in 1950. A lot of the mystery involving the triangle is "explained" by so-called "logical thinkers" by the fact that since this area is so frequently traversed, the likelihood of the disappearances that have occurred makes statistical sense. Other, more sensible explanations pit the numerous disappearances upon freak tropical storms, technology left behind from the lost continent of Atlantis, and even UFO activity. These explanations are a bit more plausible, but as usual only I understand what’s truly going down. You see, back in the earliest era of the cold war, US and Soviet forces competed with one another to create the world’s most powerful electromagnet. Halfway through the contest, both sides scrapped their respective attempts, agreeing it was a foolish and pointless waste of time. The raw material of the Russian electromagnet was melted down and made into several dozen bronze statues. The US however, had a prototype that already been activated, and its electromagnetic core would be incapable of being de-magnetized for a century. Faced with the issue of having to rationalize the building of a gigantic electromagnet to the taxpayer, the US government unanimously decided to throw the magnetic ore into the ocean. The resultant plane and ship crashes in the Bermuda Triangle are, therefore, caused by the magnetic core underneath the ocean. It’s certainly a tragic way to meet one’s end, but fear not. The core should be completely demagnetized by 2050, and anything brought under by the magnet will simultaneously float to the surface.