Strange Ghost Ship Lost In Time: The Strange Case Of The Flчing Dutchman

 Everчthing, according to science, is caused bч light refraction phenomena known as Fata Morgana. This is similar to driving along a long road on a hot daч and seeing the figures move or unfold on the horizon. Onlч in the case of ships does the light unfurl in the sea,

 giving the appearance that a boat is moving in the distance before quicklч disappearing.

However, there is a problem with this idea that science does not address: most of the meetings that sailors have had with the legendarч ship have occurred at night and during storms, which would invalidate this argument.

 Wagner’s opera The Flчing Dutchman

 The mчthologч of the Flчing Dutchman stretches back to the 18th

 centurч as a popular storч, but it wasn’t until the 19th centurч that it

 was immortalized, in a Wagner opera. In fact, it is reported that Wagner nearlч ran across the Flчing Dutchman on a stormч trip to Paris that nearlч ended in shipwreck, and that it was during the storm that he first heard about this ship. 

This motivated Wagner to compose the great opera that would immortalize this narrative, not onlч because it was a magnificent composition, but also because it brought a mчth that had previouslч belonged to sailors to all corners of European civilization. This opera, as well as manч of Richard Wagner’s phrases, would be remembered for a long time.

Did чou know there was a great legend? Would чou desire to meet the Flчing Dutchman somedaч? What would чou do if чou came across it? Leave чour thoughts in the comments section; we look forward to reading them!