The mystery of the missing museum
The Bermuda Triangle was in the news this week as the US House of Representatives honoured the 60th anniversary of the loss of the first air crew there.
The story started me wondering, again, why Bermuda has done nothing to exploit the myth of the Triangle to aid its tourism industry. I'm amazed that no-one has set up a Bermuda Triangle museum, for example.
Are we worried that it would attract too many tin foil hat-wearing weirdos?
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Well Phil when i travelled the world it was either the shorts or the Triangle that people asked about.I think the Museum is lost in the triangle so how are we going to ever find it...anybody been to Atlantis lately.
Posted by Big Bad Wolf ^..^ on 20.11.05 at 13:35
Tin-foil hat wearing freaks? What? Like they would stand out?
Sell crazy somewhere else, we're all stocked up here...
Posted by Adjustah on 20.11.05 at 14:30
Why no museum??????? - pretty simple - coz there is no 'organisational oooomph' in this place !! Like many things here, it would undoubtedly have been discussed, probably then decided it would be a good idea, and........... no one has done anything about it!
pj
Posted by peter j on 20.11.05 at 14:50
Add to that, there's no such thing as the Bermuda Triangle... *grin*
Posted by Uncle Elvis on 20.11.05 at 16:19
The Bermuda Traingle has to be the most asked about topic by our visitors.
They could not care less about 'cultural' tourism.
As hokey as it might seem to us there would be no harm in capitalising on the misfortunes of those 'lost' in the triangle.
My standard serious answer to the mystery is, there is no mystery. It is a huge area. There is alot of air & sea traffic that crosses it every day. The is much unstable weather caused by the Gulf Stream. Put all of this together & sometimes, very rarely, doo doo happens.
Posted by VB on 20.11.05 at 17:12
Has anybody tried the Bermuda triangle..The Drink?
Posted by Big Bad Wolf ^..^ on 20.11.05 at 18:28
I think this is a great Idea..... certainly it is the first thing people will ask about if they hear you are from Bermuda. Although the mystery has been debunked for the most part, we could certainly do no wrong in capitalising on it.
Posted by Slowhand on 20.11.05 at 18:46
Everytime I post to this thread....my posts gets lost in the triangle....Lets see what happens this time?Great profit was made out of a tee shirt on the Triangle by the Tucker boys.I think a triangle bar would seal the deal..themed by the Bermuda triangle stories....I'm offering shares ...Who wants in?
Posted by Big Bad Wolf ^..^ on 20.11.05 at 21:32
It's odd that we haven't made more of a thing out of it. For years we manufactured a good replica of authenticity - the quaint charm of old bermuda - so much so that when Trimingham's finally closed there were even Bermudians that swore it was a part of our heritage. There is no reason why we couldn't make hay out of this howler of the Bermuda Triangle. And its so easy. The foundation for the mystery can not be disproved because it has no reasonable foundation. It is based on the human desire to elevate death to a kind of mystery without having to appeal to a god. We could add anything we like to it, merchandize the hell out it because it is a lie. It has the substance of nothing and so we can make it everything. This is what a great myth is.
We should get some wretched new age dude to come down here and tell us that there is an energy spiral of spirit depth coming out of devonshire marsh. Like, look at the place, you can feel it, right? That connects up with two other corners of the triange - with similar "spirit cones" lets say - now we can sell maps - t shirts - books. They did all this in Salem Mass and made a packet out of the witch craft thing. A horrendous and very human crime that masked a land-grab - the very lie devious people invented to enrich themselves is believed now by a whole culture of Wiccans who visit Salem and spend money.
Who said crime doesn't pay. It pays and pays and pays. The triangle story is come from a book written in the seventies. Good scholarship will get a bad wage and thankless teaching job. Bad scholarship results in best sellers like Adi Kent's The Bermuda Triangle.
Dissemble Bermuda and get rich!
Posted by blovator on 20.11.05 at 23:36
BBW,
"...anybody been to Atlantis lately."
Actually, I was there Friday evening.
Posted by Guilden M. Gilbert, Jr. on 20.11.05 at 23:52
Who cares if we get tinfoil hat wearing weirdos, so long as they spend money? Probably more fun than the gum-chewing cruise passengers.
Posted by Bundy & Coke on 21.11.05 at 02:58
Guilden you are so quick! No not that Atlantis but the mythical one.We already had a new age expert years ago come and promote pyramid power.There was also a mystic here that felt a great world discovery was pending in one of our many hidden caves.I am an exponent of Cahowism.It is our belief that one day the father of all cahows will return and with one flap of his magic wings bring the ceadar forests back.Nature will prevail and all man made structures will disapear.Since I'm all ready a shape shifter I will just blend into all the green and blue.
Posted by Big Bad Wolf ^..^ on 21.11.05 at 07:27
Sounds tacky to me.
Posted by Somers on 21.11.05 at 08:05
Tin hat crazys... Anyone remember Orenda Hummingbird???
Always thought it was a tacky idea. But since we have no tourism induustry anymore, why not?
Posted by Combat Banker on 21.11.05 at 09:20
Who cares if marketing the triangle attracts green people? They bring green money just like everyone else.
A group came some years ago to change the magnetic 'field' around Bermuda.
They stayed in a hotel. They chartered a boat & went out along the north shore stopping to give a chant & drop a 'crystal' at predetermined locations between Dockyard & St Cathrines.
They left believing that they had somehow made Bermuda a better & safer place for future generations. Whether they were effective or not is up for serious debate. This was the early 90s.
The important thing for Bermuda is that more than a couple thousand $$$ stayed here no matter what they thought.
Posted by VB on 21.11.05 at 10:07
Done right, I don't think this would necessarily be tacky.
I found it interesting that blovator mentioned Salem, which also sprang to my mind when I was thinking about this. I went there for the second time this summer, and while it wasn't as pretty as I remembered it, and some parts are certainly verging on the tacky, overall they've done the witch thing well.
Posted by Phil on 21.11.05 at 13:08
Judging by the caliber of tourist I see disembarking from the Cruise Ships, I think a tacky, little "Bermuda Triangle" museum might be the way to go.
If it was too high-end it would go over the heads of the "average" tourist and wouldn't be what they were expecting/looking for. We could sell it as an excusion package to the Cruise ships and make a killing.
Who's up to buy a 10% share in this business venture? You could almost guarantee you'd make money with this type of "museum", as the tourists expect the Bermuda Triangle to be more promently featured anyway.
Posted by Two Cents on 21.11.05 at 13:23
I'm in, but only if I can have exclusive rights to a corn-dog stand outside the place. Three corn dogs for $15! We'll throw in the diet coke for free.
Posted by ace on 21.11.05 at 13:33
I think it was PT Barnum who said that "nobody eever went bankrupt underestimating the taste of the American public"
Posted by Richard on 21.11.05 at 15:34