Sable is an island that moves. Sable Drifting Island - the final resting place of thousands of sailors, North Atlantic Cemetery

For many centuries, Sable Island has filled the hearts of sailors with genuine terror. It's dark, mysterious and mysterious place it gained such a notoriety for its many shipwrecks that it was called the "ship eater", "ship graveyard", "deadly saber" or "Atlantic graveyard".

The island is located in the North Atlantic, 180 km southeast of Halifax (Nova Scotia), where the cold Labrador Current meets the warm current of the Gulf Stream. It has the shape of an elongated crescent and is very small in size. Its length is only a little over 40 kilometers, and its width reaches one and a half kilometers at its widest point.

The relief of the island is sandy hills and long dunes alternating with small patches of grassy vegetation. The highest hill on the island is 34 meters high and is called Riggin Hill. There are several lakes, the largest and deepest of them is Wallace Lake. Its depth reaches 4 meters. The water in it is brackish, since the reservoir is very close to the ocean. High waves during storms, they easily overcome a narrow section of land and sea salt dilutes fresh water.

Under the influence of waves and currents, the western end of the island gradually erodes and disappears, while the eastern one is washed out and lengthened. As a result, the island moves at a speed of 230 meters per year, moving farther and farther into the open ocean. Over the past 200 years, the island has sailed almost 40 km from the mainland.

For passing ships, especially in waves, the island is almost inconspicuous, since its height above sea level is small. Only in clear weather, which happens here only in July, from the deck of the ship, you can distinguish a narrow strip of sand on the horizon. Despite the fact that the ocean calms down at this time of year, you can only approach the island by boat from the north side.

The sands of the island's shallows are quick and they tend to take on the color of the ocean water. This is the main danger that lies in wait for the ships at Sable. The sands of the wandering island literally swallow the ships captured by them. It is known that the steamers with a displacement of five thousand tons and a length of 100-120 meters that ended up on the Sable shoals completely disappeared into the "quagmire" within two or three months.

This piece of land, with its minimum height, fast movement, constant storms, as if it was created for the destruction of sailors. The first "devouring" of the ship by Sable was recorded back in 1583. Then the English ship called "Delight" ("Delight"), which was part of the expedition of Humphi Gilbert, because of poor visibility rammed the sands of the island. The last disaster is considered to be a shipwreck in 1947 - the steamer "Manhasset" could not avoid collision with the island. The entire crew was saved. Only eight cases were recorded when the ships managed to get out of the quicksand of the island and avoid death.

Per last years no large ship wrecked in the sands of Sable Island.

Moving under the influence of ocean waves, the sandbanks of the island sometimes show the remains of ships that disappeared a long time ago. So, in the late 70s of the twentieth century, after another storm from the sand, the hull of an American ship was visible, which disappeared without a trace in the last century. Three months later, the sand again buried this ship in its thickness.

Roaming Sable Island is undoubtedly a mystery.

Elena Krumbo, specially for the site "World of Secrets"

Sable Island located 110 miles southeast of Halifax, near the continental shelf, in the South Atlantic Ocean. This is where the warm waters of the Gulf Stream meet the cold Labrador Current.
In its shape, Sable Island really resembles a saber or tentacles, who sees what. It stretches from east to west for 24 miles. Experienced sailors called this mysterious and mysterious place “ the tomb of the Atlantic».

Riddles Saber Islands have long been of interest to scientists. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was found that Western part the island is exposed to a strong constant current. The waves of many tons, driven by a strong wind, beat on the coast of this island without rest. But Eastern the coast, like an antipode, is always quiet and calm. New sandy deposits are constantly growing there, which, according to the logic of things, have nowhere to come from, but they all come and come ...

The most interesting thing is that the size of the island hardly changes over the years. On the one hand, the island is washed away by waves, on the other - it grows due to sand deposits! And over the years, this island, like a tired snake, slowly moves eastward. Researchers managed to find out that over the past 200 years, Saber Island quietly and unnoticed passed more than ten nautical miles of the world's oceans! The island moves with speed 200 meters per year!


But this was not the only thing that surprised scientists so much. As a rule, any island is the top of a mountain. The mountain itself rests on one of the giant tectonic plates that fold our planet. It would seem that Sable Island should drift at a speed no greater than the speed of the tectonic plate. The average speed of movement of the tectonic plate is several millimeters per year. Saber Island's movement is much faster.


In addition to its high-speed movement, Sabli Island is also famous as a kind of quagmire. The fact is that one part of the island is covered with quicksand. Sailors claim that these sands are practically indistinguishable from sea water, acquiring the color of the waves, they mislead sailors. The treacherous sands of this island are swallowing up sailing ships. It is known for certain that the Sabers sailing to the coast big ships(100-120 meters long, with a displacement of five thousand tons) were completely immersed in the sands for two to three months.
Terrible weather is observed over Saber Island throughout the year. Just one month (July) there are more or less good weather... During this period, the island is favorable for mooring ships and boats. True, there are not so many people who want to visit this island, there are too many shoals and sharp reefs in the area. Surprisingly, these dangers are also capable of hiding, acquiring the color of sea water.

Sable Island now belongs to Canada... It is inhabited, 15-25 people live here. These are workers and specialists from the Canadian Department of Transportation, monitoring the island's hydrometeorological center, radio station and lighthouses. Their responsibilities include rescuing people shipwrecked within the island.

As mentioned earlier, the island has an elongated shape. It is approximately 42 km long and does not exceed 1.5 in width. Such outlines are difficult to discern from a distant distance, because sand dunes, not able to protrude high above the horizon. Frequent winds constantly blow up the sand, which is why the maximum height of Sable does not exceed 35 meters. Mysterious Island it is difficult to see in the ocean also because the sands tend to acquire the color of the water surface. This visual effect is confusing to ships.

Another feature of the land area is its ability to move, while the speed is high for normal movement under the influence of changes in the tectonic field. Sable moves eastward at a speed of approximately 200 meters per year, which is another reason for shipwrecks. Scientists hypothesize that this mobility is due to the sandy base of the island. Light rock is continually washed out from one side and carried over to the other side of Sable Island, resulting in a minor shift.

History of the missing ships

The wandering island became the site of a shipwreck of a huge number of ships, which, not noticing the land, ran aground and went to the bottom. The official number of lost ships is 350, but there is an opinion that this figure has already exceeded half a thousand. It is not for nothing that the names "Ship Eater" and "Atlantic Cemetery" have taken root among the people.

The team that lives on the island is always ready to rescue the next ship. Previously, horses, more reminiscent of large ponies, helped to pull ships. They came to Sable many years ago after another shipwreck. Today a helicopter comes to the rescue, however, and the shipwrecks have practically stopped.

The sinking of the passenger steamer "State of Virginia", which happened in 1879, is considered the largest wreck. Onboard there were 129 passengers, not counting the crew. Almost everyone was saved, but the ship sank to the bottom. The girl, the youngest of the travelers, received another name in honor of the happy salvation - Nelly Sable Bagley Hord.

Tourists rarely go on a trip to Sable Island, as there are practically no attractions here. In addition to the surrounding area, you can take photos with the lighthouses and the monument to sunken boats. It was installed from masts collected from the crash sites.

Such an unusual island has rich history, and a lot interesting facts and fictions are associated with it:

• locals say that ghosts are found here, since the moving island has become a place of death for a huge number of people;
• at the moment there are 5 people permanently living on the island, before the team was larger, and the population was up to 30 people;
• over the years of Sable's existence, only 2 people were born here;
• this amazing place is rightfully called "Treasure Island", because in its sands and coastal waters you can find ancient relics left after shipwrecks. Not surprisingly, each inhabitant has its own unique collection of various trinkets, often expensive.

The wandering Sable Island is an amazing natural phenomenon, but it became the culprit behind the deaths of hundreds of ships and thousands of people, which is why it received a bad name. Until now, even in the presence of appropriate equipment on ships to avoid shipwrecks, captains try to plot their route, bypassing the ill-fated place.

INCREDIBLE, WALKING SABEL ISLAND.

It just so happened that Sable Island is considered one of the most dangerous and mysterious islands in the world. It is located in the Atlantic Ocean and belongs to Canada. Lies southeast of Halifax (Nova Scotia). The area of ​​the island is not large, but for the concept of uniqueness, let's say that its length is 42 km, and its width is ... no more than 1.5 km. From the air, Sable resembles some kind of huge worm. Although the size for the island is a relative thing ...

The point is, Sable is a living island! Alive in the sense that it moves! No typo, the island is really moving. If you look at the old nautical charts of the XVI-XVII centuries, you can see that the size of Sable is much larger than today - 270-380 km.

For almost five centuries, the name of the island struck terror into the hearts of sailors, and, finally, it gained such a gloomy fame that it began to be called "the island of shipwrecks", "eater of ships", "deadly saber", "island of ghosts", "graveyard of a thousand lost ships ".

Refers to inhabited islands... Sable is home to 5 people who work at the meteorological station and monitor the lighthouse. Note that earlier the staff was larger and consisted of 15-25 people. Since over time the danger from Sable ceased to come, the contingent was reduced.

Many people call this place not just mysterious, but the most cursed. Believe me, there are reasons for this. No one can say with certainty how many ships were lost here. Some call the number 350, others - about 500. The important thing is that for many Sable was the last thing they saw in their lives. "Cemetery of the Atlantic" - the sailors call it. In an incomprehensible way, the sand on the shores of the "living island" tends to "adjust" to the color sea ​​waves... This optical effect is the main reason for the death of ships. Ships (especially in bad weather) crashed into coastline, and the crew until the collision thought that there was only an immense ocean ahead ...

Some lucky ones managed to survive and for some time they lived on the island. But for the ships that had run aground, the fate was the same - they were swallowed by quicksand. For two months, not even a trace remained from the large ships! (hence the phrase "ship eater").

Most modern geographers and historians agree that Sable was discovered by the French traveler Leri, who in 1508 sailed from Europe to the "Land of the Bretons" - a peninsula that later the British called Acadia and even later - Nova Scotia. It is possible that the supporters of this particular version are right, claiming that the navigator Leri gave the new island the French name "SABLE". After all, in French it means "sand", and the island actually consists only of sand.

Sable is located 110 miles southeast of Halifax, near the continental shelf - just where the warm Gulf Stream meets the cold Labrador Current. It was this circumstance that led to the formation of a giant sandy crescent-shaped embankment here, which once extended to Cape Cod. Geologists believe that Sable is nothing more than the peak of this sickle protruding from under the water.

In its current state, the island stretches from east to west for 24 miles. The predominant relief is dunes and sandy hills. In some places there are areas of herbaceous vegetation. The highest “mountain” here is Riggin Hill, 34 meters high. Four miles from the western tip of the island lies the semi-saline Wallace Lake, no more than four meters deep. Although it does not communicate with the ocean, waves still hit it, rolling over the dunes.

The western end of the island, under the continuous action of currents and waves of the Atlantic, gradually erodes and disappears, and the eastern one is washed over, lengthens, and thus the island continuously moves to the east, gradually moving away from the shores of Nova Scotia. It is estimated that Sable has walked nearly ten nautical miles in the last two hundred years. The current speed of its movement is also known - about 230 meters per year.

The main danger that lies in wait for ships at Sable is the quicksand of the shallows, a kind of "bog of the ocean". Sailors and fishermen seriously say that they tend to take the color of the ocean water. The swells of the insidious island literally swallow the ships captured by them. It is reliably known that the steamers with a displacement of five thousand tons and a length of 100-120 meters that found themselves on the Sable shallows completely disappeared from sight within two or three months.

Moving and changing Sable since the days of the ancient Vikings has been constant in only one thing: in its irreconcilable hostility to passing ships.

Historical documents - for example, numerous volumes of the "Chronicle of Shipwrecks", marine chronicles and other sources - allow us to judge that in the distant centuries Sable served as a giant ship graveyard in the North Atlantic. Here, under a multi-meter layer of sand, lie the sharp-chested canoes of the brave Vikings, the clumsy caracans and galleons of the Spaniards and the Portuguese, the gulets of Brittany fishermen, the solid pine ships of the Nantucket whalers, the English smacks, the cooters from Gul, the heavy three-masted ships from the West-West ships ... And this armada of sailing ships, sunk into oblivion, is crushed by the heavy hulls of sunken steamers sailing under the flags of all countries of the world. Some stumbled upon him, wandering in the fog and shroud of rain, others were carried to the shallows by the current, and most of the ships found here final resting place during storms.

Sometimes the sandbanks and dunes of the island, moving under the influence of ocean waves, reveal the remains of ships that disappeared a long time ago. So, a quarter of a century ago, the strong teak body of the American clipper, which went missing in the last century, “resurrected” from the quick-line. And three months later, 30 meters high dunes again rose above the hull ... From time to time, broken masts and yards are exposed sailing ships, steam pipes, boilers, pieces of rusted ocean liners and even submarines.

Sable is one of the most conscientious and generous suppliers of unique exhibits to a defunct museum of romantic relics of the past. The current inhabitants of the island find rusty anchors, muskets, sabers, grappling hooks and large quantities of ancient coins in the dunes ... In 1963, the lighthouse keeper discovered a human skeleton in the sand, a bronze boot buckle, a musket barrel, several bullets and a dozen gold doubloons minted in 1760 ... Later, a thick bundle of banknotes - British pounds of the middle of the last century - in the amount of ten thousand was found in the dunes.

Some calculations show that the value of the valuables resting in the sands of Sable is at the modern rate of almost two million pounds sterling. This is only if we take into account the ships about which information has been preserved that at the time of their death they were carrying valuable cargo on board.

The first "devouring" of the ship by Sable was recorded back in 1583. Then the English ship called "Delight" ("Delight"), which was part of the expedition of Humphi Gilbert, because of poor visibility rammed the sands of the island. The last disaster is considered to be a shipwreck in 1947: the steamer "Manhasset" could not avoid a collision with the island. The entire crew was saved. However, we managed to find information according to which in 1999 the yacht "Merrimac" "met" the sands of the "living island" (navigation devices malfunctioned). The crew of three was not injured. The fate of the yacht is unknown.

Sometimes the "gentlemen of fortune" buried their treasures here. They burned false lights on the dunes to trap the merchant ships.

How many crimes were committed here and how many criminals Sable hid, will forever remain a mystery. Until now, many superstitious residents of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia consider Sable to be a god-cursed place and abode of evil spirits and ghosts. That's what they call it: "THE GHOST ISLAND" - "Ghost Island".

In 1598 Sable suddenly turned into ... hard labor. Here 48 criminals were disembarked from the French ship of the Marquis de La Roche. The Marquis actually intended to establish a colony in Nova Scotia, but after a long storm his ship was leaking. Without reaching his goal, De La Roche turned back to the shores of Europe. Seeing the island, the Marquis did not think of anything else how to land the "extra load" on Sable, and so that the convicts would not starve to death immediately, he left them fifty sheep. The exiles were remembered only seven years later, and the king of France signed a pardon for them. In the summer of 1605, a ship sent to Sable brought eleven overgrown, dehumanized, people dressed in sheep skins to Cherbourg. The rest, unable to bear the grievous hardships, perished. Surprisingly, five of the returnees asked the king to allow them to return to Sable. Henry IV not only agreed, but also ordered to supply them with everything necessary. This is how a small French colony was formed. And when in 1635 a ship returning from Connecticut to England crashed at Sable, its crew was rescued and taken to the American mainland by these French Robinsons.

The British set out to bet on dangerous island lighthouse and create a rescue station. Its servants were charged with the duty of helping shipwrecked victims and saving property from sea robbers. And in England itself at this time, announcements were posted, on pain of death, forbidding anyone other than rescuers to settle on the island without government permission.

What in 1802 bore the loud name "rescue station" was a well-knocked barn about a hundred and fifty meters from the coast. An ordinary whaling whaleboat rested in it on wooden runners. Nearby is a stable. No, the horses were not specially brought here. Horses have lived here since ancient times, although no one really knows where they came from on Sable. According to one version, these are the descendants of cavalry horses that sailed to the island from a certain French ship that once died on the shoals. According to another version, they were brought to the island by Thomas Hancock, the uncle of the famous John Hancock, the famous American patriot during the Revolutionary War. Sable's horses are more like large ponies. They are very hardy, live in herds, feed on sedge, wild peas and some flowers that grow only on Sable.

Every day, four lifeguards rode the island on horseback along the surf, following in pairs towards each other. They searched for sails in the fog, looking to see if the ocean had thrown out the wreckage of the ship. Here is seen a ship perishing near the island ... The sentinels rush at a gallop to the barn and sound the alarm. The rowers on duty harness four ponies, who drag the whaleboat to the water. Skillfully overcoming the first three waves of the surf, the rowers rush to where the ship is in distress. Meanwhile, the rest of the rescuers, including the lighthouse keeper, are already jumping to the scene by land. Then a rope is thrown from the dying ship to the island: this was the only way to snatch people in trouble from Sable's mouth.

An important note is preserved in modern sailing sailings: “If the ship is aground near Sable Island, the crew should remain on board until the rescue station provides assistance. Practice shows that all attempts to escape on the boats of the ship invariably ended in human casualties. "

Perhaps the most dramatic of Sable's shipwrecks was the sinking of the American passenger steamer State of Virginia on July 15, 1879. This ship with a registered capacity of 2500 tons, 110 meters long sailed from New York to Glasgow, carrying 129 passengers and crew. During thick fog, the steamer found itself on a sandbank on the south side of the island. 120 passengers and crew were rescued by the island service. The happy parents added the fourth to the names of the smallest rescued girl - Nelly Sable Bagley Hord.

In the middle of the 19th century, a new station building was built on the island, the wooden whaleboat was replaced with an iron one. In 1893, an even more solid building for rescuers was erected, but a strong storm destroyed it to the ground overnight.

The lighthouses on Sable were much worse. At first, the wooden structure of the only lighthouse tower towered in the middle of the island. In 1873, when, despite numerous repairs, the tower was completely dilapidated, the lighthouse was replaced with two new ones - metal, openwork construction. The eastern lighthouse successfully served for about a hundred years, but the western one had to be changed several times: the insatiable Sable "swallowed" ... six of his lighthouses!

As before, ships pass by the island every day - hundreds of merchant ships flying the flags of countries all over the planet. Captains, plotting a course on the maps, try to miss the island at a considerable distance. And although today Sable is no longer as dangerous as it used to be, sailors do not like to approach him. What if? .. God knows them, these shallows changing shape every day ...

Two beacons send warning beams into the night. Their light is visible 16 nautical miles in clear weather. Clear warning radio signals are heard on the air 24 hours a day. It was thanks to them that the shipwrecks off the coast of the island actually stopped. The last victim, a large American steamer called the Manhassent, was swallowed up by the island in 1947.

Sable is now owned by Canada. It is still inhabited: usually 15-25 people live here. These are specialists and workers of the Canadian Department of Transportation, serving the hydrometeorological center of the island, a radio station and lighthouses. Their responsibilities also include rescuing people in the event of a shipwreck and helping them. To do this, they have undergone special training and have at their disposal the most modern life-saving equipment. Canadian specialists live on the island with their families.

There are only two real houses here - for the island manager and the head of the beacon. The rest are accommodated in "caravans" - cabins. These dwellings were specially designed to withstand the destructive effects of cutting sand. A small power plant is also in operation.

Three hundred wild ponies still live on Sable. On those that are tamed, the caretakers travel around the coast of the island every day. They look to see if a yacht or a fishing vessel has washed up on the shoals, if a bottle or a plastic container with a note is lying on the sand, which is allowed to study sea currents.

It is believed that Portuguese sailors became the pioneers of the island at the beginning of the 16th century.

Its first name was Santa Cruz, which means "Island of the Holy Cross". Later it got its current name - Sable (according to various sources, it means "sable", "sand" or "saber"). Some sailors called the island Mourning. This is due to the fact that it was here that a large number of different ships perished: English, Portuguese, French. Many pirate ships also wrecked near this island.

According to another version, the Vikings, who landed on it 1000 years ago, became the discoverers of this Sable Island. This is not surprising given their lifestyle and endless travel cravings. But some researchers cite facts that deny this statement.

It is believed that this piece of land became an independent island just 500 years ago. Until that time, it was part of the continent, but then, for some reason, it separated from it, and began to gradually move away into the oceanic expanses.

From the very beginning, Sable may have had quite impressive dimensions: its width was within 300 km, and its length was 370 km. Scientists found such data in nautical charts dating from the 16th century. This means that at that time the island had already been found. But, the only thing is unknown - what was the relief and soil on it then.

According to some scientists, none other than Jean de Léry is the discoverer of Sable. This is the most famous traveler, originally from France, who lived among the Indians for some time. South America... This means that such an event could have occurred at the beginning of the second half of the 16th century. A small number of historians point to the English whalers, who could also have been the first to discover this island. One way or another, the question of the discoverer remains unresolved.

Sable named "Shipwreck Island"

So what are the ominous secrets behind Sable Island? What is so mystical and unusual about it? Why does he so scare more than one generation of sailors? And why so often in taverns and taverns, sailors tell each other terrible stories about cursed island Shipwrecks or, as it is also called, Atlantic Cemetery, avoiding pronouncing its real name out loud?

Sable Island has long been of interest to researchers from various countries. Back in the XX century, they managed to notice one interesting feature... Sable is known to be influenced from the West by a strong sea current. And it is not yet known how long the powerful waves have been contributing to the erosion of the Sable coastal zone.

But the most amazing thing is that on the eastern side of the island, new deposits of sand are constantly growing, as if by magic. But where do they come from, because neither the laws of physics, nor even the simple logic of things can explain this phenomenon. In addition, there is still a mystery that researchers also cannot solve. This is the fact that the island is in endless motion, which is also still inexplicable, and besides, during its entire history of many hundreds of existence, it has changed very slightly in length indicators.

"Shipwreck Island", like a large and predatory monster, moves towards its goal - to the east. The research data is striking, because the island is moving eastward at a speed of about 200 meters per year.

For almost a year in the water element washing the banks of the Sable, bad weather rages. But July is the only month when a boat can land on the island. The sea element during this period completely calms down on the northern side of the island.

Sable Island is very tricky. It is fraught with a formidable weapon against sailors - sharp reefs, located close to the shallows. Reefs are quite surprisingly colored in a bluish color and "dissolve" against the background of the sea surface. Due to this property, they become almost invisible. Therefore, ships easily fall into the trap. This phenomenon has existed for a very long time, and 200, 300, and 400 years ago, whole ships perished.

At first, only small ships made of wood were rewarded with this fate. Gradually the turn came for sailing ships, and later for huge ships. The sand sucked in everything that swam up to Sable Island, regardless of size. It is also interesting that, having fallen into a trap, the ship sank into the sand very slowly and unhurriedly. The island, as if intently trying to "taste" what kind of ship tasted.

But with each passing day, the immersion in the sand became faster and faster. It took the island only two weeks to half swallow a large ship. And completely the huge ship disappeared into quicksand in just a month and a half, as if it had not existed at all.

Sable Island horses

Now sometimes near the island you can see a part of the hull of a ship, when the sand is washed out a little by water. You can see both ships of the 20th century and sailing ships that existed in the 17th century. Gradually, the sands are again washed with water, and hide their crimes. The island keeps the history of these ships under its sands.

Sailors who lost their ships in the greedy sands of Sable Island often got out on land, and lived on it quite well. To somehow survive, people used fresh water that could be found in the Sable Lakes. In the construction of houses they were helped by a variety of vegetation and the remains of the ship. They often ate fur seals for food.

Fortunately, this was the favorite island of these animals, and they lived on it in whole colonies. However, the sailors had a hard time when fur seals ended their mating season, and they swam away from the island. They returned only after 6 months, which, of course, affected the condition of people if they got to the island during this period.

Horses began to inhabit this unusual island in the 18th century. Perhaps they got there as a result of a shipwreck, however, this is still not fully understood. These animals were able to survive in harsh conditions for them, and even quite adapt to them.

Now the island has about 300 individuals of these animals. People also managed to settle on Sable at the end of the 19th century. These were English civil servants who, in connection with the endless shipwrecks, installed a lighthouse on the island. The employees served as lighthouse keepers as well as rescuers.

In the middle of the 20th century, a radio beacon and two lighthouses were installed on the mysterious island. And in the 21st century, Sable was officially recognized as a protected area. In this regard, wild horses and fur seals that live on the island are protected objects. Sable itself can only be accessed with special permission.

This land now belongs to Canada. Civil servants live on the island with their families, and the number of people is within 30. Specialists are involved in the maintenance of the radio station, lighthouses and monitor the correct operation of the Hydrometeorological Center. In addition, the employees are professionally trained rescuers, but, fortunately, their help has not been needed for a long time, since there have been no shipwrecks near the island for 65 years.

There are not many buildings on the island. There are only two houses that are installed according to all the rules on a capital foundation. All the rest is wagon houses and one hangar for boats that serve for rescue. Also on Sable there is a monument that includes the names of the ships that crashed near its shores. It is constructed from ship masts, and this chronology dates back to 1800. Looking at this monument, there is no doubt that hundreds of ships died in the Sable coastal area.

Sable - a living alien organism

Despite the fact that the island has long been inhabited, it still remains one of the most mysterious places on the planet. The most amazing thing, given its movement into the ocean, should have disappeared under water 40 years ago. But, in an absolutely incredible way, it still exists, and even increased in size. The island unambiguously hides some secrets, and the most important of them is why is it sailing eastward all the time?

Many researchers have tried to excavate it, but to no avail. The dug space instantly fills the island with water, even the fastening material could not help the scientists. Some daring researchers of the 20th century put forward a hypothesis that Sable Island is an alien organism, and exists in the form of a kind of biorobot. He is probably collecting information for some other inhabitants of the universe.

Perhaps a little time will pass, and riddles unusual island Sable will be revealed, who knows?