British scientists believe 100ft ‘rogue’ waves could be the reason why so many boats have been sunk in the mysterious Bermuda Triangle. The infamous body of water in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean stretches 700,000 square km (270,271 square miles) between Florida, Bermuda and Puerto-Rico. But experts at the University of Southampton believe the mystery can be explained by a natural phenomenon known as “rogue waves.”Appearing on Channel 5 documentary “The Bermuda Triangle Enigma,” the scientists use indoor simulators to re-create the monster water surges. The research team built a model of the USS Cyclops, a huge vessel which went missing in the triangle in 1918 claiming 300 lives. “And if there are additional ones from Florida, it can be a potentially deadly formation of rogue waves.

Source: Fox News August 01, 2018 13:59 UTC