Portal to Nowhere

Earth, a portal opens over the Atlantic Ocean. Nothing comes out but no one can go in. Eventually it is marked as a tourist trap in international waters. UN has control over it, uses it to raise money for good causes.   Portal was a strong word, a magical word. Something that scientist wanted to debunk and governments wanted to hide. It opened a chance that there could be something out there that the world didn’t understand and never might. The word portal made the possibility that there was something else out there a bit more realistic. Governments rushed and skeptics flew into action. Everyone was abuzz about the dark gateway above the Atlantic Ocean. The area around the portal as closed off, no one could get near it as agencies sent scouts into the darkness. Going in was the easy part but the further in people went the more questions arose. Radios would go silent and scouts would go missing when they went further but no matter how much went into the portal, nothing came out. With time, the portal became a normality. It was opened to the public to see from a distance, making a good story for conspiracies and legends. Everyone adapted around the portal, treating it as more of a tourist trap than a danger and as the years flew by and people grew at ease with the portal, the danger appeared once more.