MAPS OF THE UNKNOWN: Bermuda Triangle Deluxe

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Giant sized map of the deadly Triangle, detailing specific cases within a strictly defined boundary - not always the case for the Triangle legend! They do still manage to sneak in a couple of edge cases though, like the C-124 Globemaster listed in March of 1950, which disappeared in the North Atlantic less than 500 miles west of Ireland ... and they get the date wrong to boot! It was in March of 1951, not 1950. The R7V-1 Super Constellation listed in October 1954 was also nowhere near the Triangle when it disappeared en route to the Azores from Maryland. Hey, them's the breaks for mystery mongering in and around the Triangle!

Too bad the little plane and boat icons aren't keyed to corresponding disappearances ...

From Saga magazine's Bermuda Triangle Special Report 1977, which was chock-a-block full of Triangle updates from luminaries such as Charles Berlitz and Ivan T. Sanderson.

"MONSTER" HUNTING by Ivan T. Sanderson

This piece about North American lake monsters by Ivan T. Sanderson spends a good amount of space on the Loch Ness Monster and Tim Dinsdale, for purposes of context and word count.

Otherwise, Sanderson plucks out some interesting midcentury monster sightings such as the Black River Monster of Lyons Falls, NY (nicknamed Lyonesse, natch), and the (relatively) giant lizard/frog/whatsit of New Hamburg, Ontario, estimated at 50 pounds of unknown ferocity. Big shots like Champ and the Lake Iliamna Monster round out the roster.

Dig the ads for a genuine imported switch blade and a PI badge right next to each other ... if the cops want to hassle you about your pocket knife, just flash your badge at 'em!

Also available to read and download at archive dot org.

Courtesy Saga magazine, Vol. 33 - No. 4, January 1967.

MAPS OF THE UNKNOWN: The Fierce Gods of San Agustin

Be careful on the road to San Agustin, traveler. This map is from Frank Volkmann's article "The Fierce Gods of San Agustin," detailing strange statues that you too can visit and see for yourself ... if you're brave enough!

Volkmann's article is available to read and download at archive dot org.

Courtesy Fate magazine, Volume 32 - Number 4, April 1979.

ON THE JOB IN THE DEADLY "DEVIL'S TRIANGLE" by Peter Michelmore

Live! Writer Peter Michelmore is on the scene with the Coast Guard as they investigate distress calls in the deadly Bermuda Triangle! Who will they find, and what will be left of them? 

All told, it's a quiet time out there, so Michelmore details superstitions that still bedevil even the Coast Guard's finest, and goes over a couple of close calls that could have become Triangle lore if things had gone a little differently. The spooky highpoint of Michelmore's ride is a sudden drop in oil pressure which inexplicably resets itself ... phew!

Detail of the article's main map, courtesy of Wide World

Michelmore namechecks Charles Berlitz and Lawrence David Kusche as the two extremes of Triangle writing and poopoos both, despite falling very neatly in line with Kusche when he says that the most important factor in the Triangle is "the human element." Some of it comes down to nitpicking over exact wording, as Michelmore wants to get across that the Triangle is a very dangerous place indeed even without any paranormal elements, and he feels that Triangle debunkers may overstate the lack of danger and the hard work that goes into the Coast Guard's patrol of these devilish waters.

And the secondary map, with less detail

This article is also available to read and download at archive dot org.

Courtesy Argosy magazine, Vol. 282 - No. 2, August 1975.

 

DISASTERS IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE by Eileen Sperber

Eileen Sperber gives the basic Triangle rundown, including testimony from skin diver and oceanographer Jim Thorne, a quote from Charles Berlitz, and a reference to John Wallace Spencer's "limbo of the lost." This article is also available to read and download at archive dot org. 

Courtesy Front Page Disasters magazine, Vol. 1 - Issue 1, October 1977.