On December 7, 1978, the MS. Munchin, a German container transport ship, departed the

port of Bremerhaven bound for Savannah, Georgia.

This would be its 60-second voyage across the North Atlantic, practically routine to the

crew on board.

But, tragically, it never arrived.

Nor was it ever seen again.

Something claimed to this ship.

Something huge.

Something deadly.

Something once believed to occur only once every 10,000 years.

And, horrifically, it's something that's still out there to this day.

You're listening. You're listening. You're listening. You're

be amazed.

Now for perspective, the MS. Munchin was an enormous 857-foot-long ship that was carrying

83 shipping containers, known as lighters, along with 28 members of experienced crew.

At its top speed of 18 knots, the journey from Germany to America was a little under 5,000 nautical miles and would take them some 11 days at sea.

However, a violent storm had been raging over the ocean since November, but the challenging

waves and winds were no match for the Munchen's exceptional flotation capabilities, and so

it carried on with its voyage.

Suddenly, at 3am on 12th, the ship sent out

a distress call. Sent by Morse code, only fragments of the call were received by surrounding vessels,

but before they could respond, the muncheon went silent. Assuming the worst, rescue efforts began

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