6 Amazing Historical Mysteries Uncovered by Reddit Users (4 of 4)

6. The Mysterious Disappearance of the USS Cyclops

In March 1918, the USS Cyclops, one of the largest U.S. Navy cargo ships at the time, just plain vanished while in transit from the West Indies to Baltimore. The ship, carrying a crew of 236 officers and enlisted men, along with around 70 others, and a precious cargo of sweet, sweet manganese ore, was last spotted off the coast of Virginia, but futile attempts to find wreckage or debris have led to a whole lot of head scratchin’.

Was it sunk by a German raider or submarine? For what it’s worth, they denied it at the time and there has never been any subsequent evidence pointing to our WWI foes as the culprits. Structural failure or weather conditions seem like the most likely explanations. But if Reddit users are to be believed, it’s pretty much certain that they strayed into the Bermuda Triangle and got zapped into another dimension where the pop music is probably so, so much better than the crap we have to listen to in our own version of reality.