Following this incident, the Japanese government reportedly declared this area dangerous for marine voyaging and transporting goods. The wreck of the Kaio Maru No.5 was recovered later, but the whereabouts of the crew members were never heard of again. However, the research vessels with 31 crew members abroad also met the destiny of previous vessels which went to the Devil’s sea. As a result, Japan sent a research ship named Kaio Maru No.5 in 1952 to investigate about the previously missing vessels that had been reported to have gone missing in the Dragon’s Triangle without any trace. In the later century, especially in the 1940s and 1950s, a number of fishing vessels and over five military vessels were disappeared in the sea, in an area that lies between Miyake Island and Iwo Jima. However, the destination and identity of the vessel still remain as a mystery. It is said that the vessel resembled the traditional Japanese equipment for burning incense. Later, strengthening the truth behind the legend, the divers and marine archaeologists have found the remaining of the Mongol fleets from the region.Īnother story doing the rounds tells the sighting of a mysterious lady sailing a vessel in the Devil’s sea in the early 1800s.
However, on both attempts, he failed to invade the country after losing his vessels and 40,000 crew members abroad in this triangular area, reportedly due to typhoons.Īs Kublai Khan and his army abandoned the plan to invade Japan, the Japanese believed that it’s the God who sent the typhoons to save them from the enemies. It is said that the conqueror Kublai Khan, the fifth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire and the grandson of Genghis Khan, had tried to make inroads into Japan in 12 AD. According to the legends, the waters of the triangle are notorious for making even the strongest vessels disappear, along with the crew abroad. The area has been in news for several decades for unexplained incidences of the vanishing of ships. Such an infamous reputation for this oceanic area has been not gained contemporarily but exists for decades and even centuries if some records are to be believed. The area has also been called the Pacific Bermuda Triangle, denoting its position that is precisely opposite to the Bermuda Triangle and the similarities in the “paranormal phenomena” of the area with that of the Bermuda Triangle.
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