All About Mysterious Alaska Triangle
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06 September 2024
The Bermuda Triangle is a region in the Atlantic Ocean notorious for mysterious disappearance. However, did you know about the so-called "Alaska Triangle”?
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Located in the rural region near Juneau, Alaska, the Alaska Triangle has remained a mystery after the disappearance of more than 20,000 people
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This area first came to the public's attention in 1972, when a small plane carrying two US politicians suddenly disappeared en route from Anchorage to Juneau, per IFL Science
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A massive search effort was launched to find the missing people, however, the bodies nor the plane were ever discovered
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Another prominent case was Gary Frank Sotherden, a 25-year-old New Yorker who travelled to the Alaskan wilderness in the mid-1970s to go hunting but never returned home
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Two decades later in 1997, a human skull was found along the Porcupine River in northeastern Alaska and DNA was later received in 2022
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The DNA result concluded the skull belonged to Mr Sotherden and believed he most probably died after being mauled by a bear
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The two incidents sparked several conspiracy theories as to what could've happened
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While some suggested that there is unusual magnetic activity in the Alaska Triangle, others believed a lot of extraterrestrial aliens have been visiting the area
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However, some simpler explanations have been that it is a vast land full of wilderness and natural dangers which can be the reason why people have gone missing
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But perhaps, like the Bermuda Triangle, this mystery will never be solved
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IFLScience says that the area is full of "untouched wilderness", "ragged mountain ranges" and horrifically cold weather, as well as "lots of bears"
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