The SS Cotopaxi vanished in 1925 and for decades, people speculated that it may have been a victim of the infamous Bermuda Triangle.
It turns out, the ill-fated freighter is at the bottom of the ocean about 35 miles from St. Augustine, Florida, according to scientists, who say they’ve identified the ship.
The site is known as “The Bear Wreck” to divers and spearfishers, who were unaware of its history.
Michael Barnette first dove the wreck about 15 years ago and has been trying to identify it for a while.
Barnette is a biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and has identified dozens of shipwrecks and downed airplanes as an independent researcher.
The Cotopaxi was a steam-powered freighter that set sail on November 29, 1925, with a cargo of coal on a trip from Charleston, South Carolina, to Havana, Cuba, when it disappeared with 32 people on board.
Barnette suspected for years that “The Bear Wreck” was the Cotopaxi and laid out his proof in the Science Channel series “Shipwreck Secrets” that will premiere on February 9.
