iscovered within the Bermuda Triangle but, rather, nearer the Azores. Both ships' mysterious misfortunes are attributed to the region primarily on circumstantial evidence. The Mary Celeste's captain's log, eliciting no clues as to the crew's fate, indicated by its last entry a position for the ship 370 miles away and nine days earlier from where and when it was discovered: within the boundaries of the Bermuda Triangle.
The Carol A. Deering was not so intact. While eyewitnesses say no sign of disturbance was evident (Baumann 77), several pieces of the captain's belongings were missing, including his log: the Bermuda Triangle is given the blame because it was within the region that the ship last set shore and the captain last seen. The ship, in fact, was seen passing by the Cape Lookout lighthouse, also in North Carolina, two days before running aground, suspiciously without her captain in evidence. Investigations of the Deering insurance records indicted that the captain had complained of poor health prior to the voyage, and, more ominously, he was in known conflict with his crew and first mate; a crewman's threat had been made on the captain's life before setting out from his last port. Without a major str
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