Curse of the Bermuda Triangle

THIS WAS THE MOST FAMOUS DISAPPEARANCE

IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE'S HISTORY -- FLIGHT 19.

COMMANDER TAYLOR STATED THAT BOTH OF HIS COMPASSES

WERE SPINNING.

ONE OF THE POPULAR THEORIES IS ALIEN ABDUCTION.

IT WAS JUST ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE.

I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING WE CALL OXYGEN DEPRIVATION,

OR A HYPOXIA.

IT'S AN IMPAIRMENT OF JUDGMENT.

THE ONLY WAY YOU LEARN ABOUT HYPOXIA IS TO GET HYPOXIC.

I CAN DO THIS WITH A -- A...

WHAT THE **** IS THIS THING?

SPEAK IN SENTENCES, CHUCK.

I HAVE NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THE AIRCRAFT ON THE BOTTOM

RIGHT THERE IS FLIGHT 19.

LOOK AT THIS. WE GOT SOMETHING.

MAKE SURE YOU GOT THAT R.O.V. READY.

SEND DOWN THE DRONE.

DUDE, THAT'S A WING RIGHT THERE, BRO.

COME ON.

THAT'S AN AIRPLANE FROM THE RIGHT ERA OF FLIGHT 19.

MORE PLANES, SHIPS, AND PEOPLE DISAPPEAR

IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE ON EARTH.

SOME BLAME NATURE'S WRATH.

BUT OTHERS SUSPECT A MORE SINISTER FORCE.

CHUCK, YOU READY TO GET WET?

NOW FOUR VETERAN BERMUDA TRIANGLE INVESTIGATORS

WILL BRAVE THESE TREACHEROUS WATERS IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE OVER THE MARK. LET HER GO!

THERE'S SOMETHING WEIRD DOWN THERE, BROTHER.

WHAT ISTHAT?

15 FEET. WE'RE GETTING CLOSE.

FOUR FEARLESS MAN HELL-BENT ON FINALLY UNLOCKING THE SECRETS

HIDDEN BENEATH THE MOST PERILOUS WATERS ON EARTH.

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. WE GOT SOMETHING.

80 FEET OF WATER. PREP YOUR DIVE GEAR.

FRIDAY, 1:00 P.M.

YOU ALMOST READY TO GO IN?

YEAH. REMEMBER TO CHARGE IT.

THE TRIANGLE RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATION GROUP

IS PREPARING FOR A DANGEROUS DIVE DEEP IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.

THE MEN ARE LONGTIME FRIENDS WHO HAVE WORKED THE WATERS

OF THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE TOGETHER FOR YEARS,

AND THEY ARE INVESTIGATING A THEORY

THAT A SQUADRON OF TORPEDO BOMBERS

CALLED TBM AVENGERS

THAT VANISHED IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE

MAY HAVE CRASHED 6 MILES OFF THE COAST OF BIMINI

IN THE BAHAMAS.

ONE, TWO, THREE.ONE, TWO, THREE.

THE FATE OF THE FIVE PLANES KNOWN COLLECTIVELY AS FLIGHT 19

HAS BAFFLED EXPERTS FOR MORE THAN 70 YEARS.

NOW THE MEN OF THE TRIG TEAM ARE RISKING THEIR LIVES

TO GO DEEP INTO THESE MYSTERIOUS WATERS.

WE GOT A HIT ON THE SONAR AT ABOUT 80 FOOT OF WATER.

WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS

BECAUSE THE SONAR ISN'T LIKE A PICTURE.

IT SHOWS THAT THERE'S SOMETHING DOWN THERE.

STAY SAFE.

WE WERE ALL PUMPED. GOT OUR GEAR ON, JUMPED IN.

THESE PLANES HAVE BEEN MISSING SINCE 1945.

IF WE FIND THEM, THAT WOULD JUST BE AWESOME.

YOU'RE SAYING IT'S A VESSEL?

OBVIOUSLY THIS WASN'T FLIGHT 19.

IT WAS JUST ANOTHER VICTIM

OF THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE, IF YOU WILL.

IT'S A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING, BUT WE'RE GONNA KEEP ON CHUGGING

UNTIL WE FIND SOMETHING.

'CAUSE THIS IS THE KIND OF CASE, ONCE YOU START,

AND YOU STICK YOUR TEETH INTO IT,

YOU'RE JUST NOT GONNA GIVE IT UP.

SATURDAY.

CAPTAIN MOE MOTTICE AND THE TEAM HAVE DECIDED

TO CONTINUE THEIR FLIGHT 19 INVESTIGATION

AT THEIR HOME BASE IN FLORIDA --

THE WESTERN TIP OF THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE.

THE JOURNEY WILL TAKE THEM THROUGH TREACHEROUS WATERS

THAT THE MEN KNOW WELL.

ALL RIGHT, PULL IT IN AND BRING THE LADDER UP.

I'VE SPENT THE LAST 35 YEARS IN,

AROUND, OR ON TOP OF THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE,

SO I'VE GOTTEN MY ASS KICKED.

I'VE GOTTEN MY ASS KICKED MANY TIMES.

THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED IN 1964,

AND MOST EXPERTS AGREE THAT IT STRETCHES

BETWEEN FLORIDA, BERMUDA, AND PUERTO RICO.

BUT THE EXACT BOUNDARIES ARE A TOPIC OF HEAVY DEBATE.

THE WEIRD THING ABOUT THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE

IS, SOME PEOPLE SAY ITS WESTERN TIP IS IN MIAMI.

ANOTHER GROUP WILL TELL YOU

IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE KEYS.

AND THERE'S STILL OTHER PEOPLE THAT SAY IT EXTENDS

ALL THE WAY INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO.

BUT EVERYONE AGREES THAT A LOT OF PLANES,

SHIPS, AND PEOPLE ARE DISAPPEARING,

AND IT ALL HAPPENS IN THIS ONE SPECIFIC AREA.

FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS,

CAPTAIN MOE HAS BEEN ON A MISSION

TO SOLVE THE MYSTERIES OF THE TRIANGLE

AND PREVENT FUTURE TRAGEDIES AT SEA.

HE'S JOINED IN THIS QUEST BY THREE KEY WEST SAILORS --

RESCUE DIVER AND FORMER ARMY CAV SCOUT DAVE CZIKO...

ALL RIGHT! IT'S WORKING!

...FORMER COP AND NAVY RESCUE SWIMMER CHUCK MEIER...

WE'VE GOT BREEZE COMING UP THROUGH OUR AFT.

...AND FIRST MATE SHIP ENGINEER MIKE STILL.

THE OIL'S GOOD, AND TRANSMISSION GOOD.

AND ALL THE HOSES ARE GOOD TO GO. THE BELT'S GOOD,

SO WE'RE GOOD.

THESE MEN ARE PUTTING THEIR CAREERS ON HOLD

AND THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE IN PURSUIT OF ANSWERS

AS THE TRIANGLE RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATION GROUP,

OR THE TRIG TEAM.

DAVE'S ACROSS.

OUR GROUP CAME ABOUT BECAUSE WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT

WHY PEOPLE ARE DISAPPEARING.

YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE TRIANGLE

OR BY THE TRIANGLE, THEY'VE LOST LOVED ONES.

THEY'VE LOST FRIENDS, YOU KNOW. I THINK THEY'RE TIRED OF IT.

LOOKS GOOD, GUYS.

THEY WANT US TO SOLVE THIS

BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO BE SCARED ANYMORE.

GATHER 'ROUND HERE. LET'S DISCUSS THIS.

THE VANISHING OF FLIGHT 19

IS ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS DISAPPEARANCES

TO EVER OCCUR WITHIN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE,

AND THE TRIG TEAM IS DETERMINED TO TACKLE

THESE DANGEROUS WATERS AND CRACK THE CASE.

DECEMBER 5, 1945.

FIVE GRUMMAN TBM AVENGERS

UNDER THE COMMAND OF CHARLES TAYLOR

TOOK OFF ON A ROUTINE TRAINING RUN AND DISAPPEARED

SOMEWHERE IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE,

AND THEY FOUND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

THE FLIGHT 19 STORY IS AN INTEGRAL PART

OF THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE LEGEND

BECAUSE IT WASN'T JUST ONE PLANE -- IT WAS FIVEPLANES.

THEY WERE MILITARY, AND THEY'VE NEVER BEEN FOUND,

AND I THINK THAT WAS, LIKE, THE TRUE BEGINNING OF THE LEGEND

OF THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE.

IT WAS FLIGHT 19, WHICH JUST MEANS

IT'S THE 19th FLIGHT OF THE DAY

THAT DID THIS SAME EXACT MISSION.

IT WAS A ROUTINE-TRAINING BOMBING RUN.

THEIR IDEA WAS TO TAKE OFF OUT OF FORT LAUDERDALE,

FLY TO THE EAST OVER AN AREA CALLED HENS AND CHICKENS,

CONTINUE ITS FLIGHT PATH,

AND THEN TURN NORTHWEST 120 MILES,

AND THEN TAKE ANOTHER LEFT AND RETURN TO BASE.

THAT LAST TURN NEVER HAPPENED.

00 P.M., SOMETHING WENT WRONG.

COMMANDER TAYLOR RADIOED IN AND STATED

THAT BOTH OF HIS COMPASSES IN THE AIRCRAFT

WERE MALFUNCTIONING.

THEY WERE SPINNING, IS WHAT HE SAID.

BACK ON LAND, FLIGHT CONTROLLERS TRIED DESPERATELY

TO DETERMINE WHAT WENT WRONG WITH COMMANDER TAYLOR'S SQUADRON

AND WHERE THEY WERE.

RADIO CONTACT WAS FAINT AND PATCHY,

BUT ONE PILOT COULD BE HEARD DECLARING

THAT THE MEN HAD GOTTEN LOST AFTER THEIR LAST TURN.

AND TAYLOR STATED THAT HIS BROKEN COMPASSES

HAD LED THE AVENGERS HUNDREDS OF MILES OFF COURSE,

PLACING THEM OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS.

TAYLOR TURNED HIS SQUADRON NORTHEAST

IN HOPES OF REACHING FORT LAUDERDALE,

BUT THEY NEVER ARRIVED.

INSTEAD, THEY SPENT MORE THAN TWO HOURS SEARCHING FOR LAND,

BECOMING HOPELESSLY LOST IN INCREASINGLY TURBULENT WEATHER,

AND THE MISSING SQUADRON, ITS 5 PLANES AND 14 MEN,

WERE NEVER SEEN AGAIN.

TO THIS DAY, THERE IS NO EXPLANATION

FOR TAYLOR'S COMPASS MALFUNCTION.

HAVING BOTH OF YOUR COMPASSES FAIL AT THE SAME TIME --

THAT'S UNHEARD OF.

BACK IN 1945, I WONDER HOW GOOD THOSE COMPASSES WERE.

WHEN I WAS IN THE ARMY, I USED MY GRANDFATHER'S COMPASS

FROM 1945.

HE TOOK IT ON IWO JIMA WHEN THEY DID THE ATTACK.

MAN, I'VE NEVER HAD THAT THING MALFUNCTION.

AGAIN, IT'S THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE.

THIS IS WHERE STRANGE STUFF HAPPENS.

SO, DAVE HAS MORE CATS THAN ANY OTHER DUDE

I'VE EVER MET IN MY LIFE.

I ONLY HAVE EIGHT CATS. THAT'S NOT A LOT OF CATS.

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF FLIGHT 19 HAS BAFFLED EXPERTS

FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS.

AND IT IS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO CHUCK AND DAVE,

WHO ARE BOTH MILITARY VETERANS.

THE TWO MEN HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.

CHUCK'S MY BEST FRIEND.

I MEAN, I TRUST CHUCK WITH MY LIFE.

HE WAS A NAVY RESCUE DIVER.

HE WAS A SHERIFF. HE WAS ON THE SWAT TEAM.

CHUCK LOST HIS LEG OVER IN THE DESERT.

BASICALLY GOT BLOWN UP IN A TRUCK THREE TIMES.

AND YOU WOULDN'T KNOW HIS LEG WAS BLOWN OFF

IF YOU COULDN'T SEE IT.

BEFORE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHERE FLIGHT 19 WENT DOWN,

THE TRIG TEAM WILL ATTEMPT TO FIND OUT WHY IT DISAPPEARED.