(19) Of all the 12 vile vortices, the most famous ones are the Bermuda Triangle, the Dragon’s Triangle and the South Atlantic Anomaly. (20) Barring the North Pole and South Pole, the remaining 10 vile vortices are approximately equidistant and are equally scattered in the two hemispheres of the earth. 7.3 Fiction under the name Terence Robertsīorn in Scotland, Sanderson traveled widely in his youth.His father, who manufactured whisky professionally, was killed by a rhinoceros while assisting a documentary film crew in Kenya in 1925.Īs a teenager, Sanderson attended Eton College and at 17 years old began a yearlong trip around the world, spending most time in Asia. Sanderson graduated BA Hons in zoology from Cambridge University faculty of Biology, a degree traditionally upgraded to MA (Cantab) in botany and ethnology after six years without further study.
He became famous claiming to have seen an "olitiau" (a large cryptid bat) after being attacked by a creature he described as "the Granddaddy of all bats". Sanderson conducted a number of expeditions as a teenager and young man into tropical areas in the 1920s and 1930s, gaining fame for his animal collecting as well as his popular writings on nature and travel.ĭuring World War II, Sanderson worked for British Naval Intelligence, in charge of counter-espionage against the Germans in the Caribbean, then for British Security Coordination, finally finishing out the war as a press agent in New York City. Afterwards, Sanderson made New York his home and became a naturalized U.S.