Man claims to have been adrift for 16 months

[SEIndSAM]

If this is true, all I can say is WOW!!!

Man washed up on boat on Marshall Islands says he's been adrift 16 months, report says | Fox News

 

[HoughMade]

I really hope it's true. That's amazing.

 

[jagee]

That is nuts...he didn't even have Wilson to keep him company.

 

[wtfd661]

The article says he was travelling with a companion who died several months ago (maybe he survived on a little more than turtles and birds)

 

[HoughMade]

The article says he was travelling with a companion who died several months ago (maybe he survived on a little more than turtles and birds)

Yep, thought of that....and assuming he didn't kill him, who could blame him for a little cannibalism?

 

[baddyna96]

I call BS. What about a water supply?

 

[Smokepole]

I call BS. What about a water supply?

Would depend on how much rain he saw and how much water he was able to collect when it did. And then there is the turtle blood. Would need an awful lot of turtles though.

I'm inclined to agree with you and call BS on this story. It just seems a bit too far out there. But, stranger things have happened.

 

[Lammchop93]

Time to drink my own ****....

 

[sepe]

Time to drink my own ****....

I like mine with a couple ice cubes and just a dash of hot sauce.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

I like mine with a couple ice cubes and just a dash of hot sauce.

With your kidney condition and the extreme volumes of volume of vodka you drink... it would be like a bloody Mary, right?

 

[sepe]

With your kidney condition and the extreme volumes of volume of vodka you drink... it would be like a bloody Mary, right?

It looks like there is at least 1 person that understands the need for celery stalks during survival situations.

 

[IndyGunworks]

Its doable... a 24 foot boat will accumulate alot of water when it DOES rain.

 

[herby31]

As far as drinking the turtle blood, when i was at the mountain warfare school for the usmc, the instructors said blood is treated like a solid by our stomachs because of all the proteins and other cells and things in it, as well as curdling/coagulation that stomach acids might cause. So i don't think it would help keep your tissues hydrated, but it could be consumed for the nutrients. Please consider the source, usmc aint known for scholarly pursuits, but it made sense to me at the time.

 

[forgop]

No professor or movie star with a drop in from the Harlem Globetrotters? I'm calling BS.

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

16 months? I'm leaning toward

 

[hoosierdoc]

This book is a great read. 76days in a life raft.

Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea:Amazon:Books

 

[Suprtek]

I agree that 16 months seems implausible but who knows? Maybe he also went a little bit bonkers and doesn't really know how long he was out there.