The Bermuda Triangle is a modern legend centered on a loosely defined region of the western Atlantic Ocean, commonly described as stretching between Florida, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico. Reports of shipwrecks and aircraft disappearances in this area gained widespread attention in the mid-20th century, particularly through sensational journalism and popular books. Unlike ancient mythic places rooted in sacred narrative, the Bermuda Triangle emerged from contemporary media culture, blending maritime accidents, navigational challenges, and dramatic storytelling into a single mysterious zone.

Many of the incidents associated with the Triangle have conventional explanations—storms, human error, equipment failure, or the heavy traffic of one of the world’s busiest shipping and flight corridors. Scientific investigations have found no unusual magnetic anomalies or supernatural forces unique to the region. Still, the pattern of selective storytelling and repetition transformed isolated events into a cohesive legend.

What makes the Bermuda Triangle enduring is not empirical mystery, but psychological resonance. It embodies the fear of vanishing without explanation, of modern technology failing against indifferent nature. In that sense, it functions much like older mythic seas filled with serpents and leviathans—a contemporary reminder that the unknown still unsettles us, even in an age of satellites and sonar.