The Cuban Coast Guard announced this morning, that they had intercepted an unmanned ship heading for the island, which is presumed to be the SS Cotopaxi, a tramp steamer which vanished in December 1925 and has since been connected to the legend of the Bermuda Triangle.
The Cuban authorities spotted the ship for the first time on May 16, near a restricted military zone, west of Havana. They made many unsuccessful attempts to communicate with the crew, and finally mobilized three patrol boats to intercept it.
When they reached it, they were surprised to find that the ship was actually a nearly 100-year old steamer identified as the Cotopaxi, a name famously associated with the legend of the Bermuda Triangle. There was no one on board and the ship seemed to have been abandoned for decades, suggesting that this could actually be the tramp freighter that disappeared in 1925.
An exhaustive search of the ship led to the discovery of the captain’s logbook. It was, indeed, associated with the Clinchfield Navigation Company, the owners of the SS Cotopaxi, but hasn’t brought any clue concerning what happened to the ship over the last 90 years.
Rodolfo Salvador Cruz is Cuban expert and he is convinced that the captain’s logbook is authentic. It comes to a document that is full of precious information concerning the life of the crew before the ship’s disappearance. The entries stop suddenly on December 1, 1925.
It is interesting that on 29 November 1925, the SS Cotopaxi departed Charleston, South Carolina, and headed towards Havana, Cuba. This ship had a crew of 32 men, under the command of Captain W. J. Meyer. The ship was carrying a cargo of 2340 tons of coal. The ship was reported missing only 2 days later, and was unheard of for almost 90 years.
As the Vice President of Council of Ministers, General Abelardo Colomé announced, the Cuban authorities will conduct detailed investigation with intention to elucidate the mystery of the ship’s disappearance and reappearance.
General Colomé says: “It is very important for us to understand what happened. Such incidents could be really bad for our economy, so want to make sure that this kind of disappearance doesn’t happen again. The time has come to solve the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle, once and for all.”
The Bermuda Triangle is region that is loosely defined to cover the area between Miami, Puerto Rico and Bermuda. At that are dozens of ships and planes have disappeared under very mysterious circumstances.
The popular culture many of the disappearances is explaining as paranormal and supernatural phenomena, even to activity of extraterrestrial beings. There is explanation, that the leftover technology from the mythical lost continent of Atlantis is responsible.
Besides the popularity of these strange theories, there are many scientists who don’t recognize the existence of the Bermuda Triangle. They blame human mistakes and natural phenomena for the disappearances.
However, the mysterious reappearance of the SS Cotopaxi already generated huge interest in the entire scientific community. This actually could make some experts to change their mind about this subject.
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