The Mysterious Michigan Triangle

Most people have heard of The Bermuda triangle, an area near ……..of the U.S. where accounts of numerous ships, aircraft, and people are said to have vanished without leaving a trace. Inexplicably, some of the ships are reported to have actually reappeared, minus the people or any remains of them. How this could happen is beyond the ken of modern science, if true. Thus the Bermuda triangle as well as other sites around the globe are known for strange occurrences and events throughout history. So while the Bermuda Triangle is infamous for being bizarre, where people are warned to not travel across its expanse, it is not the only one. One such area is the Michigan Triangle. The Michigan triangle includes Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Ludington, Michigan and Benton Harbor, Michigan, encompassing within its area a good portion of the Lake with ships coming from ports along the lake to cross its lines. While Lake Michigan, part of the Great Lakes that include Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario;  appears to be a calm body of water; it is more akin to being an ocean instead of a lake, with sudden squalls and high winds that buffet about ships. Lake Michigan is the only great lake within United States boundaries and is about 280 feet deep about 920 feet at the deepest portion. It has 1,640 miles of shoreline. Within the depths of this lake lies anomalous stone structures that some are calling the Michigan Stonehedge, along with a large stone with a carving of what appears to be a mastodon, which roamed the Great Lakes region about 12,000 years ago. These structures were discovered in 2007 and have yet to be fully investigated. It is suggested that these structures are the source for the odd weather patterns, strange disappearances and shipwrecks that have occurred since at least the 1800s. So while the Michigan Triangle is not more widely known, it is no less mysterious than the Bermuda Triangle and is worthy of investigation and research. One of the first reported instances of mysterious phenomenon occurring within the triangle happened in 1891 when a schooner, owned by Charles Hackley, of Muskegon, Michigan, set out to pick up and deliver lumbar from the areas lumber mills and inexplicably disappearing overnight with a crew of seven men when a freak storm came up. Although a search was made to recover the ship; no trace of the schooner or its occupants were ever found; not so much as a plank of wood. it has been ongoing ever since, over the ensuing century, these events have continued, claiming many lives in the process. Further investigation and research continues.