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Tracks Through Time EP08 Mysterious ship appears in middle of the ocean without crew

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The Legend of Benjamin Brigg

One theory was that in this area of the ocean, sometimes there were these basically an island that would rise up and ships would get stuck on it. That's pretty far-fetched. Another possibility is aliens. So those are some. What's your favorite? Well I came to think,. because of everything I read about Benjamin Brigg, he was a really upright person. He didn't drink. And what happened seemed to have happened in a panic... But we do know that it was horrific crossing and people got blown off of ships. Oh yeah. They had had a really bad day. We know how far off course he was. His logbook entry and the chronometer didn't match

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