Plundered shipwrecks, boundless love, rumoured alien abductions and our famous shorts ? our island's stories and traditions are core to our character. Any of us will be glad to expound on these narratives in colourful detail?or simply read on to find out what exactly is a Gombey anyway.

The Infamous Bermuda Triangle

Alien abductions. Explosions of methane gas. Temporal holes. Sorcery and voodoo. All of these fantastic explanations have been credited for the ?mysterious disappearance? of boats and air craft in the 805KM / 500MI of Atlantic Ocean affectionately known as the Bermuda Triangle.

This large swath of ocean ? bordered by the tip of Florida, our island, and San Juan, Puerto Rico ? was first labelled ?The Devil?s Triangle? in a 1950 article in the Associated Press. In the following years, other references were made to ?strange marine disappearances? in the area. But true notoriety was attained with the 1974 publication of Charles Berlitz?s book, The Bermuda Triangle, and its subsequent film adaptation.

Even though numerous inaccuracies and inconsistencies in Berlitz?s book were soon revealed ? what once seemed so mysterious was truly not ? by then the legend had taken a firm hold. Today, the US Coast Guard and other experts will attest to the fact that ships and aircraft are lost in heavily travelled areas the size of the Bermuda Triangle all of the time, all over the world.

As much as we love a good tall tale, we have not, to this day, been bothered by any aliens, temporal holes, methane gases or supernatural forces. So the unbelievable tale of the Bermuda Triangle remains exactly that.

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