ST. JOSEPH Getting lost at Lake Michigan is nothing new. <\/p>\n
This is a truth discovered by the crews and passengers of vessels that sailed the Great Lakes and disappeared, either without a trace or found years later as wrecks on the lake floor. <\/p>\n
The 58 people aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 2501, missing since it started westward out over Lake Michigan in 1950 near South Haven, are among them. <\/p>\n
Those who subscribe to fantastical explanations of matters where details are scarce call this area of numerous wrecks the Michigan Triangle. An imaginary border links Benton Harbor\/St. Joseph, Ludington and Mantiwoc, Wis., creating an alleged area of mysterious happenings similar to the famous Bermuda Triangle. <\/p>\n
The Atlas Obscura, an online resource of strange happenings all around the world, features an entry on the Lake Michigan Triangle. It mentions the 1921 incident of the Rosa Belle, a ship carrying members of the Benton Harbor religious group House of David, being discovered overturned with all the people missing. <\/p>\n
The Travel Channels Mysteries at the Museum show highlighted the Michigan Triangle, even bringing UFO activity into the mix. <\/p>\n
At South Havens Michigan Maritime Museum, the explanations are a little more reasonable. <\/p>\n
Director of Education and Administration Eden Morris said there are about 8 to 10 shipwrecks near South Haven alone, and that people regularly search for evidence of more. <\/p>\n
Still, people shouldnt worry about being swallowed into a wormhole to another dimension, abducted by aliens or anything else that defies description. <\/p>\n
Many of the wrecks, Morris said, were caused by more mundane matters. <\/p>\n
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