Unexplained Mystery: The Devil’s Sea – The Dragon’s Triangle
Several places in the world are eerie with unexplainable events and observations. Most call them haunted while others look for scientific explanations. The marine world also has a few such locations like the Bermuda Triangle, the Devil’s Sea or the Dragon’s Triangle with stories of vanishing vessels, ghost ships drifting without a soul in sight etc.
Located near the Japanese coast in the Pacific Ocean, the Devil’s Sea (Ma-no Umi in Japanese) is one of the twelve Vile Vortices around the earth. Vile vortices are those areas where the pull of the planet’s electromagnetic waves is stronger than anywhere else. As the title indicates, the Dragon’s Triangle extends as a triangle between Japan and the Islands of Bonin, including a major portion of the Philippine Sea.
Geographically, the triangle is located around Miyake, a Japanese island that lies 100 km south of Tokyo. However, the exact location of the Devil’s Sea is disputed.
Some reports state that it is 110 km from Japan’s east coast, while others claim that it is located near Iwo Jima, a Japanese Volcano Island which is almost 1,200 km from the Japanese coast. Since the Devil’s Sea is not officially included in the map, the actual size and the perimeter of the notorious waters remain unknown.
The area has also been called the Pacific Bermuda Triangle, denoting its position that is precisely opposite to the Bermuda Triangle and the similarities in the “paranormal phenomena” of the area with that of the Bermuda Triangle.
According to legends, the waters of the Devil Sea can engulf the mightiest of ships and their crew. The region has been famous for ship disappearances.
Notable Events in the Devil’s Sea
It is said that the conqueror Kublai Khan, the fifth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire and the grandson of Genghis Khan, had tried to make inroads into Japan in 1274 and 1281 AD. However, in both attempts, he failed to invade the country after losing his vessels and 40,000 crew members in this triangular area, reportedly due to typhoons.
As Kublai Khan and his army abandoned the plan to invade Japan, the Japanese believed God sent the typhoons to save them from the enemies.
Another story is about the sighting of a mysterious lady sailing a vessel in the Devil’s Sea in the early 1800s. It is said that the vessel resembled the traditional Japanese equipment for burning incense. However, the destination and identity of the vessel remain a mystery.
In the 1940s and 1950s, many fishing vessels and over five military vessels disappeared between Miyake Island and Iwo Jima.
Japan sent a research ship, Kaio Maru No.5 in 1952 to investigate the disappearances. However, this vessel also went missing. Its wreck was recovered later, but nobody knows what happened to the 31 crew members.
Following this incident, the Japanese government declared this area dangerous for marine voyaging and transporting goods. Moreover, after this unprecedented incident, all efforts to unearth the facts behind the mystery were also aborted.
Origin of the Devil’s Sea Name
The term dragon in the name of the Devil Sea originates from the Chinese fable about dragons living in its waters. According to these fables, the dragons under the sea attack vessels passing by to satiate their hunger. These fables originated well before the AD period – 1000 BC era.
Similarly, the Japanese name “Ma-No Umi,” which means the Sea of the Devil, was originally coined by Japanese years ago when the stories of paranormal phenomena in the sea were popularized.
The superstitions associated with the Devil’s Sea always haunted the Japanese from venturing into this part of the ocean.
Other Explanations for the Mystery of Devil’s Sea
As the Devil’s Sea was popularized through legends, there were also hypotheses, including scientific explanations, attempting to solve the mystery. Several efforts were made to understand the truth behind the paranormal phenomenon.
Scholars like Ivan Sanderson suggested that the hot and cold currents crossing this Vile Vortice led to the disappearance of vessels in the Devil’s Sea. According to him, these currents result in electromagnetic disturbances that trap the ships passing by.
Another hypothesis suggested that the subsea volcanoes in the area were to blame. The eruptions from these volcanoes could have initiated such accidents, substantiating stories of dragons sucking in ships and their crew to the ocean’s depths.
Due to the undersea volcanoes and seismic activities, according to marine scholars, the islands in the area often disappear suddenly, while new ones appear at the same pace.
Another scientific research claimed that the anomalies were the result of an environmental phenomenon. The researchers argued that there were methane hydrates on the seabed.
When methane hydrate gas or methane clathrates explode, bubbles form on the water surface. This impacts buoyancy and destroys a vessel without even leaving a trace.
However, in 1989, American writer and paranormal activity theorist Charles Berlitz wrote a book, The Dragon’s Triangle, after detailed research on the paranormal activities in the Devil’s Sea. According to him, the accidents involving five Japanese military vessels in the triangle, due to the ‘evil’ nature of the sea, have resulted in the death of more than 700 people.
Later, questioning Charles’s arguments, Larry Kusche published a book titled ‘The Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved’ in 1995. In his work, Kusche rejected the story of the disappearance of Japanese warships, arguing that the vessels that went missing were fishing boats.
In his book, Kusche also claimed that the research ship sent by the Japanese contained a crew of only 31 people as opposed to the 100 stated by Charles and the vessel was wrecked by an undersea volcano in September 1952.
The remains of the wreckage were retrieved by the Japanese a few years ago which further rejected Charles’s claims.
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What kind of physical cause could have happened to have these triangles exist? Are there more?
Jenn i realy love u for this question.
jenn is cool
All of there r just theories the scientist also dont know what is it? highly electromagnetic area Lol they should sent a balloon there devil sea than watch it aur make full video than sxamine what the hell is it?
If the was really magnetic in nature, I don’t think wooden vessels will be affected right? Cause I haven’t heard of anything similar to that of the devils triangle. stuffs like methane, compasses showing true north instead of magnetic north. Now why hasn’t any formal investigations been carried out on these places? There ain’t much of a challenge here unlike stated for the devils triangle.
Hello, the service of all the friends and scholars of the path of science. In terms of the creation of human race, our generation has been created for seven thousand years.Before we were born, there were other races, but for some reason they were destroyedWe do not know how to get lost. Most likely, a certain number of them were alive, like science, and during their time they reached their peak, and some of them were hijacked to planets and others in different parts of the earth to check in at a specific time and place.Friends, I think, it’s possible that seeing extraterrestrials or landing ships around the world is definitely the work of the inhabitants of the past, which have been hidden for thousands of years. The devil’s triangle is important to them. Now why do not I know that some of the flying saucers you see through power? It’s Jenny that Kabbalists are interacting with them Hope you do not deprive me of your guidance
I love you all ayat g.h
I believe that the triangle has a hidden island in the middle and that’s where all the ships and people are.
The ships disappear into portals into different dimensions
Some things are beyond human imagination, God made it so to make us understand that there is a creator whose ways are far more higher than human ways
I bet a group of sharks from the ocean ate the ships and the people
hi
Why triangles not circles? Does it have something to to do with earth’s lay lines?
I believe that mosayeb is unto something and the question I often ask myself is why are there things that look like they were made by humans underwater? I don’t have a definitive answer, but I have a theory that If you’d like to collaborate I’d be intetested , but what If before us there were other humans? The answers to our questions lie at the bottom of the ocean of the ” so called, Mariana Trench”. I believe at one point in time Whatever is under the ocean was once on land and using Biblical terms the Bible states that God flooded the earth for 40 days and 40 nights now think about that. What if other humans were once here, but they destroyed themselves and didnt obey God so he wiped them from existence, but traces of them are still here just submerged underwater. Its alot to think about, but what If the things we built then are similair to what we build now.
There is a theory in the Bermuda Triangle of these things called “Air Bombs”, after the show “What on Earth” discovered hexagon-shaped holes in the clouds via satellite imagery. It is quite a logical explanation once you think about it. If it hits the ship/plane, or the water around it, it would likely sink or get washed out by a wave. Although this is in the Bermuda triangle, What on Earth also got this in the Arctic, so there isn’t anything that says this can’t happen in the waters off Japan.
I wil volunteer to go to the bottom of all these mysterious triangles, id love to just free fall like james cameron did the mariana trench, only ill go to the bottom to show the world what is there
Its mysterious because dragons triangle and bermuda triangle are in same lines . seems that there is a connection between these two.
If anyone wants answers about were we come from originally please take the time to read the story of Billy Meier,if In doubt just bear in mind that he passed numerous lie detector tests,and survived 21 known assassination attempts,why do they want him to be silent,it’s something every human being needs to read,go to theyfly.com,and read his story that is still on going,it will answer all questions we all ask happy reading,
Amazing
There is a beast there it is called the laviathan it is stated in the Bible
There are several different theories. I think it is some combination of them ,most likely.
One thing I can answer is about Wooden Ships, of sailing/oars or combined.
ANYTHING that can upset Water can easily creat situations to crush,swallow or strand such a ship.
Oceanic events in the floor. Landslides along a continental shelf can displace metric Tonnes of water. Volcanoes, electromagnetic phenomenon caused by the Planets Life Cycle and impacted by billions of greedy Sheeple.
And possibly/probably things we don’t even know about.
So, Yeah.
This may sound incredulous but I read a book by Peruvian Ricardo Gonzalez called Los Maestros del Paititi (available on Scribd) explaining where both the Bermuda and Dragon Triangles came from!!! Mind-blowing!!! Beings that Gonzalez is in touch with said in ancient times experiments involving gravity went awry on Atlantis and attempts to rectify the situation were unsuccessful and one moon came crashing down where the Bermuda Triangle is and the other followed, crashing into where the Dragon’s Triangle is, and both caused dimensional openings! That is how we ended up with one moon. The book is truly mind blowing and I can tell you that these beings visit us at Mt. Shasta in the present day. I have seen their vehicles with my own eyes.
Thank you @Estrella for providing this exciting details about the book ??
I am going into it no matter what for a reason I am not willing to share
just kiding LOL
That was the hole when Satan was thrown from heaven
lol u bikky
Sound like somebody does not want us to know the truth about Triangles