BIG MYSTERIES IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE

BIG MYSTERIES IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE

Bermuda is a beautiful group islands in the Atlantic Ocean, nine hundred kilometers off the United States coast. It is famous for its beaches but it is more famous for the triangle. This group of islands is a British colony. There are seven big islands and a hundred and fifty small ones.

Answer these questions

Have you read of planes and ships mysteriously disappearances in the Bermuda triangle?

Would you be afraid of flying over that area?

Do you think the Bermuda triangle is myth?

Why do people speak about this mysterious triangle? Because it is a legend. There are reports about strange disappearances in the 19 ^th and 20^th centuries. There was one case that became famous: the five planes that flew over the region in the Atlantic Ocean in 1945. What happened to these planes?

Some experts thought it was a difficult puzzle to solve but others like Larry Kusche, a Bermuda triangle expert, there is an explanation. The five Navy planes belonged to American Flight 19. The flight leader, four pilots and nine crew members disappeared. Some people think that powerful magnetic forces affect the area or that aliens from space cause the disappearances in the triangle. Other people like Larry, say that the triangle in an  ”invented mystery”.

Where did planes go? The flight leader was an experienced pilot, but the other ones were not. When they left the base, the weather was good but later it turned stormy. Kusche´s conclusion is that the leader and the other pilots became confused. They went farther out over the ocean instead of coming back towards the base. So, after dark, the planes probably ran out of fuel and disappeared forever in the stormy seas.

There are other unexplained mysteries related to old ships. A famous one is the case of The Mary Celeste, a ship that sailed from New York in 1872. Weeks later, a sailor saw a ship near Azores islands and the Atlantic Ocean. There were no people on the ship. There are some theories about what happened. Did a giant octopus attacks the ship or did pirates capture and rob her? Kusche thinks that the crew probably abandoned the ship in a storm, their life boat sank and they died.

“We can explain these cases”, experts say. They study each case and find a logical explanation. A disappearance in the triangle has a cause; you can compare these accidents with car crashes or other daily problem.

Circle the correct alternative.

• How many islands are part of  the Bermudas?

a) A hundred and fifty.                                                                                                          

b) A hundred and fifty seven.

 c) A hundred and fifteen.

• Larry Kusche, a Bermuda Triangle expert, thinks that...

a) There’s no mystery.

b) It’s a puzzle.

c) There’s no explanation.

• The total number of Flight 19 men that disappeared was...

a) Thirteen.

b) Fourteen

c) Fifteen.

• The leader pilot...

a) Didn’t know much about flying.

b) Had a lot of experience.

c) Was inexperienced.

• Larry thinks that, in the case of the Mary

Celeste...

a) An octopus attacked her.

b) Pirates captured her.

c) The crew abandoned the ship.

• Experts say that these cases...

a) Have a logical explanation.

b) Are very mysterious.

e) Are difficult to explain.

Take the following sentences and write the story

a) The sea was calm.                  b) The people worked on the ship.

c) The weather got stormy.        d) A creature attacked the ship.

The Bermuda Triangle is an area in the Atlantic Ocean bounded by Bermuda, Puerto Rico and Florida, where ships and airplanes are supposed to have disappeared mysteriously.

Bermuda is a fantastic place to spend your holiday. There are incredible coral reefs and the water is very warm in summer. It has got subtropical vegetation and few animals: some migratory birds, frogs and lizards.

People are of African and European origin. Most of them live on the main island. Tourism is very high and it is the basis of their economy. Many people go there attracted by the mystery of the triangle.

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