Japan's Dragon's Triangle
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Japan's Dragon's Triangle
The "Devil's Sea" and the Dragon's Triangle located in the Philippine Sea off China's eastern coast is known for vanishing ships and seamen similar to the legendary Bermuda Triangle. While sensational theories for the mysterious disappearances speak of extraterrestrials and lost kingdoms under the sea wreaking havoc, others believe that the region displays the same magnetic anomalies as the Bermuda Triangle. The area, which can be marked off on a map by connecting Japan, Taiwan, and Yap Island, has become known as the Dragon's Triangle after a centuries-old Chinese myth. According to the myth, dragons live deep beneath the surface and their movement can suddenly churn up waves, whirlpools, thick fog, and sudden storms.
In 1950, Japanese officials declared the triangle a danger zone for shipping. In 1952, a research vessel, the Kaio Maru No. 5, sent by the Japanese government to investigate the troubled waters, vanished without a trace, and 22 crewmen and nine scientists were lost.
Like the Bermuda Triangle, the Devil's Triangle area may be volatile, subject to sudden weather changes and ocean swells not yet understood. Undersea volcanoes are believed to influence the area's sudden environmental changes. Others cite mikakunin hiko-buttai, Japanese for UFOs.
Sources:
berlitz, charles. the dragon's triangle. new york: wynwood press, 1989.
"the dragon's triangle." [online] http://dragonsunlimited.tripod.com/index-8.html.
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Japan's Dragon's Triangle
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained
Japan's Dragon's Triangle The "Devil's Sea" and the...seamen similar to the legendary Bermuda Triangle. While sensational...same magnetic anomalies as the Bermuda Triangle. The area, which...scientists were lost. Like the Bermuda Triangle, the Devil's Triangle...
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