Academician Answers 1000 Questions on Military Natural Mysteries - Academician Answers Young People's Questions

Author: Zhou Kun
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: Why is there a "Bermuda Triangle" on land?
There is a "Bermuda Triangle" in the Atlantic, where planes and ships often disappear mysteriously in this area of sea.
Little did people know that there is also a "Bermuda Triangle" on land, which is a triangular road center near Warsaw, the capital of Poland. Countless car accidents have occurred here. After countless investigations, it has been found that none of the car accidents here are due to road conditions, vehicle condition, or weather. It is also not caused by drivers driving under the influence of alcohol. It seems that there are no subjective or objective conditions that could lead to accidents. On a clear and sunny day, with excellent visibility, the driver is alert and drives forward. However, once they enter the "triangle" section of the road, they cannot help but feel dazed, dizzy, restless, weak all over, and eventually lose control.
What is even more strange is that certain plants and animals either avoid or are particularly fond of this "triangle area." For example, maple trees, hazel trees, willows, and ivy grow especially quickly here; while azaleas, palm trees, and other plants dislike this place. Apple, apricot, and cherry trees even develop spots and wither, or even bloom without bearing fruit. Cats, snakes, ants, and owls thrive here, and honey production is one-third higher than elsewhere. However, herons never build nests or reproduce here; pigs, dogs, and other animals also avoid staying here; and when grass cut here is brought to cows, they refuse to eat it.
What is actually causing the strange phenomena in this "triangle area"?
Some say it is due to underground water systems. Here, there is a network of underground rivers of varying sizes, overlapping and intersecting, with groundwater radiation several times stronger than cosmic rays. When drivers pass through this area, they lose control due to the radiation. However, some drivers can withstand this radiation and remain unharmed. Whether this explanation is correct or not remains to be further verified.
Knowledge Link
On the highway from Lanzhou to Xinjiang in China, at the 430-kilometer mark, mysterious rollovers often occur. No matter how carefully the drivers drive or how the road is improved, rollovers still happen continuously, and the direction the vehicles roll over is always northward. This is known as the "Mysterious 430 Kilometers."