The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, has been the source of many mysteries going back to the time of Christopher Columbus (1492), who reported seeing “strange dancing lights on the horizon” and made mention in his log of unusual compass bearings in the area. 

Some believe that the “dancing lights” were the cooking fires of Taino natives in their canoes or on the beach, and the unusual compass bearings were nothing more than the result of a false reading based on the movement of a star.