Modern Mysteries

Siberian craters linked to Bermuda Triangle

By T.K. Randall
October 11, 2014 ·  38 comments

Pockets of gas are thought to be responsible for the holes. Image Credit: YouTube / Bulka The discovery of the mysterious craters made headlines across the globe back in July as scientists struggled to work out what might have caused them. The first one appeared in Siberia's Yamal peninsula and many more were found in the weeks that followed.

The answer, as it turns out, lies below the ground. Scientists now believe that the holes were caused by subterranean explosions triggered by pockets of methane hydrates that had been released due to the hot summer weather.During an interview with the Siberian Times Russian scientist Igor Yeltsov even suggested that the same type of process could also explain why ships and planes have been disappearing for years over the infamous Bermuda Triangle region of the Atlantic Ocean.

"There is a version that the Bermuda Triangle is a consequence of gas hydrates reactions," he said. "They start to actively decompose with methane ice turning into gas. It happens in an avalanche-like way, like a nuclear reaction, producing huge amounts of gas. That makes [the] ocean heat up and ships sink in its waters mixed with a huge proportion of gas."

"The same [process] leads the air to get supersaturated with methane, which makes the atmosphere extremely turbulent and leads to aircraft crashes."

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