Finding the SS Cotopaxi outside the borders of Bermuda has debunked the Bermuda Triangle theory because the wreck was not found inside the dreaded Devil's Triangle. For many years the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle has captured the imagination of believers. The wreck is supposed to have disappeared within the Devil's Triangle.
However, the location of the actual wreck site is not even the stretch from Bermuda, Florida, and Puerto Rico where major disappearances have been reported over the years. This includes the SS Cotopaxi in 1925 that was lost on its way to Havana under unknown conditions in the notorious Devil's Triangle.
According to Michael Barnette, most disappearances were not within the triangle. There is more to all these disappearances than "total rubbish" as the diver and marine biologist said.
The "Bermuda Triangle" term was not invented until the 1960s in a magazine article. Llater the book "The Bermuda Triangle" in 1974 made the term well-known. One fantastical notion in the book is that the Bermuda Triangle was created after the sinking of Atlantis.
Over the years, the Bermuda Triangle is bundled with Bigfoot, also the Loch Ness Monster myster, that is muttered in the same breath. The SS Cotopaxi's disappearance was tied in by the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" with the alien activity as well.
Michael Barnette's investigation of the last 20-years when he moved to Florida has tested the veracity of the SS Cotopaxi incident. As an avid diver, he looked for wrecks to investigate, and one caught his attention. The "Bear Wreck" was 35 nautical miles from the east coast from St. Augustine, found in North Florida that interested him.
The "Bear Wreck" is larger than others in the surrounding area which piqued Barnette's focus more. In the process of knowing more about the shipwreck, delving into more newspaper clippings, insurance records and finally the artefacts that were retrieved from the wreck.
More evidence that seems to negate the Bermuda triangle theory began to stick out like a sore thumb. All his records and evidence points to the "SS Cotopaxi" as the large wreck on the ocean floor.
A ghost ship was found by the Cuban coast guard in 2015, claimed to be the Cotopaxi and no other ship. But Barnette posted an online video that the SS Cotopaxi is sitting on the Atlantic Ocean floor when the Science Channel worked with him to broadcast his shipwreck.
Here are the events leading to the disappearance of the Cotopaxi.
a. In 1925, the Cotopaxi left the port of Charleston, South Carolina. It was carrying coal onboard, it encountered a storm and sank with 32 souls forever.
b. After the disappearance of the Cotopaxi, the company was sued by the sailor's families. The ship's carpenter was rescued, and he said latch covers for the coal was broken.
c. The broken latch covers allowed water to enter the holds, and sink the ship.
d. All cargo hold covers were under repair when ordered to sail.
e. before sinking the Cotopaxi sent signals for help on Dec.1, 1925. The SOS was received in Jacksonville, Florida.
f. Brass valves were found by another diver with SV marking on it. It stood for "Scott Valve Manufacturing Co. that had parts used in the ill-fated ship.
Pervading belief in the Bermuda Triangle Theory is now unclear as Michael Barnette's "Bear Wreck" might be the SS Cotopaxi. Having the wreck found in the Atlantic Ocean should put a wrinkle whether the Devil's Triangle does exist, or it might be one of those debunked mysteries.
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