New Delhi, India
The Bermuda Triangle is famous for mysteriously making anything that passes through it disappear.
But apart from that, Earth also has an ‘Alaska Triangle’ which is located close to the northern coastal city of Utqiagvik and has remained a mystery after the disappearance of more than 20,000 people.
Since the early 1970s, more than 20,000 people have mysteriously vanished in this vast triangle because of which the population in this location is sparse, reported IFL Science.
Statistically, Alaska has recorded double the national average of disappearance cases and an average of 2,250 people have been vanishing every year.
Some of the famous people who went missing in this triangle included two politicians and US House Majority Leader Thomas Hale Boggs Sr and Alaska Congressman Nick Begich.
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The two were flying along with Begich's aide Russell Brown and pilot Don Jonz in an aircraft from Anchorage to Juneau when suddenly it went missing on October 16, 1972.
Even after an extensive search, neither the bodies nor the plane were discovered.
However, the remains of some of those who went missing were later found.
Gary Frank Sotherden, 25, had disappeared while hunting in the remote area in the 1970s and after two decades, a human skull was found along the Porcupine River in northeastern Alaska.
In 2022, its DNA was tested and it was confirmed that the skull belonged to Sotherden who most probably was killed by a bear.
What leads to such disappearances in the Alaska Triangle?
Some of the theories have suggested that there is unusual magnetic activity in the Alaska Triangle or probably a lot of extraterrestrial aliens have been visiting the area.
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However, some simpler explanations have been that it is vast land which is full of wilderness and natural dangers which can be the reason why people have gone missing and never been found again.
(With inputs from agencies)