Ever since ships began navigating the coast of North Carolina, the area has maintained a reputation for being dangerous.
Weather, geography, war, piracy, and human error have all contrib.
From the 1585 grounding of the English ship Tiger off the Outer Banks to the 2012 loss of the Bounty, more than 2,000 shipwrecks have occurred in the Graveyard of the Atlantic.
Today, the region that stretches from the Currituck Outer Banks south to Bogue Banks is referred to as the Graveyard of the Atlantic.
Ever since ships began navigating the coast of North Carolina, the area has maintained a reputation for being dangerous