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In an attempt to cure my lockdown ennui, I watched the "World of Mysteries" documentary on The Bermuda Triangle last night. It's fairly lightweight, but does cover pretty well all of the plausible (human error, thunderstorms, methane bubbles, rogue waves, waterspouts etc.) and less plausible (magnetic anomalies, time warps, aliens etc.) hypotheses.
Flight 19 dominates the middle of the documentary and, around the 20 minute mark, the rumour is floated (no pun intended) that flight leader Lieutenant Charles Taylor not only survived ditching his Avenger, but made it ashore to one of the small islands he had mistaken for the Florida Keys. There, sick with remorse for the deaths of his flight crew and fearful of being court martialled, he lived out his life under an assumed identity and married a native Bahamian. There was speculation (citation definitely required) that an elderly unknown man in latter years may have joined the public at the annual 5 December commemoration service for Flight 19 at Fort Lauderdale. Almost certainly bunkum, but a nice twist on the Triangle mythos, which I didn't recall hearing before. I can see Hollywood making that into a movie some time!
Flight 19 dominates the middle of the documentary and, around the 20 minute mark, the rumour is floated (no pun intended) that flight leader Lieutenant Charles Taylor not only survived ditching his Avenger, but made it ashore to one of the small islands he had mistaken for the Florida Keys. There, sick with remorse for the deaths of his flight crew and fearful of being court martialled, he lived out his life under an assumed identity and married a native Bahamian. There was speculation (citation definitely required) that an elderly unknown man in latter years may have joined the public at the annual 5 December commemoration service for Flight 19 at Fort Lauderdale. Almost certainly bunkum, but a nice twist on the Triangle mythos, which I didn't recall hearing before. I can see Hollywood making that into a movie some time!