Nathan Radke

Yeah.

And it happens like very frequently.

Look at how stubbornly the idea of the Bermuda Triangle remains in our imagination.

Like all of these things stick around.

But of course, there's all sorts of mundane reasons why a ship might go missing in the ocean.

You've got, I mean, weather, you've got navigation issues, you've got maybe an unseaworthy craft, you've got mutiny, like tons and tons of reasons.

Don't forget about the pirates, Nathan.

Don't forget about the pirates.

Never forget about the pirates.

But when we don't have enough information, because again, they've just gone off to sea and over the horizon and disappeared.

Obviously, in those situations, our imaginations kick into overdrive.

I mean, think about those old-timey maps that we used to make.

What did they always feature on the edges of the unknown sections?

Serpents, a label that says, there be dragons.

Exactly.

So you go this far off the map, and at that point, we don't know, and so our imagination is like, I don't know, I guess sea monsters and dragons.

I mean, the thing about the ocean is it's both unknown and nearby.

Outer space is also unknown, but it's got the good manners to exist far away from us.

But like we can just go jump in the ocean.

And the other thing about the ocean is it is filled with some weird, bizarre, amazing creatures.