I think more accurately, it depends on what you want to believe. Do you wanna believe people who have spent their entire lives working in a specific area, or yourself and the internet?

The rise in the idea that everything is a lie proven with stuff that isn't really evidence is a symptom of the internet and free information. There's more dis and mis-information out there than actual truth, and that makes decision making very difficult.

We're forced to lean back on simply what we want the answer to be.

Logically, if Byrd can come out and say the truth, why can't his entire crew? How come none of their documents or literally anybody on earth has ever managed to mention it again, with all the anonymity we are blessed with today? It's very unreasonable.

I've skimmed through all the real footage of the voyage... It shows nothing, just a boat floating around and some interviews.

But if you choose to believe there's something, then there is something... that's the issue.

I think this is a dead end thing to talk about though, unless actual evidence can be provided, which, as far as I can tell, cannot