One of the Planet’s ‘Vile Vortices’

The Devil’s Sea, otherwise known as the Dragon’s Triangle, is a region in the Pacific Ocean that has come to be associated with numerous accounts of disappearing ships and planes, sightings of ghost ships and islands, extreme weather and electro-magnetic disturbances, with historical accounts of strange phenomena stemming back at least 3,000 years. In ancient China, it was believed that a dragon with insatiable hunger pulled boats into the sea.

The Devil’s Sea (Ma No Umi in Japanese) is approximately located between the Japanese Coast, about 100km south of Tokyo, the east coast of the Philippines, level with Manilla, and the west coast of Guam, a U.S. island territory in Micronesia. It includes a major section of the Philippine Sea.

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The Formosa Triangle contains most of the northeast Philippine Sea. ( Public domain )

The Twelve Vile Vortices

The Devil’s Sea region is purported to be one of twelve ‘Vile Vortices’ on the planet, a term coined by Scottish biologist Ivan T. Sanderson, who catalogued them as sites of high electromagnetic aberrations. The twelve sites are located in a pattern around the Earth, and are situated at the same latitudes north and south of the equator, the most famous one being The Bermuda Triangle. Sanderson posited that the electromagnetic disturbances are caused by hot and cold currents crossing at these points, which could affect navigational instruments in vessels and perhaps account for missing ships and planes, and other mysterious phenomena.

Map showing the approximate locations of the Vile Vortices ( Public domain )

The Dragon with The Insatiable Hunger

The ill-fated region was known about by the ancient Chinese, with old fables referring to it as far back as 1,000 BC. According to mythological accounts, a huge dragon inhabited this area of sea and lay in wait for any vessel to pass. The dragon with the insatiable hunger would drag any boat that crossed its path into the sea, never to be seen of again.

“Realistically, since this part of the oceanic area is full of subsea volcanoes, it has been speculated, debated and discussed that the eruptions from these volcanoes could have initiated and substantiated the premise of dragons sucking in ships and its crew to the ocean’s depths,” writes Marine Insight .  “The fire-breathing monsters of legend may well have been volcanic eruptions.”

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