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Man washes up in Marshall Islands after 16 months adrift in the ocean
Posted on 1/31/14 at 1:37 pm
Posted on 1/31/14 at 1:37 pm
Wilson
Talk about having time to reflect back on life.
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Fjeldstad said the man, dressed only in a pair of ragged underpants, claimed he left Mexico for El Salvador in September 2012 with a companion who died at sea several months ago. Details of his survival were sketchy, Fjeldstad added, as the man spoke only Spanish, but he said his name was Jose Ivan.
Ivan indicated to Fjeldstad that he survived by eating turtles, birds and fish and drinking turtle blood when there was no rain. No fishing gear was on the boat and Ivan suggested he caught turtles and birds with his bare hands. There was a turtle on the boat when it landed at Ebon.
Talk about having time to reflect back on life.
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Posted on 1/31/14 at 1:38 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Holy hell
Posted on 1/31/14 at 1:39 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
How the frick could he survive 16 months adrift with only rain water for most of that time? Seems impossible.
Posted on 1/31/14 at 1:40 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Who else read "Wilson" in Tom Hank's voice?
Posted on 1/31/14 at 1:40 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
He probably is well on the way to skin cancer by now
Posted on 1/31/14 at 1:40 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Holy shitttttt. That's incredible
Posted on 1/31/14 at 1:40 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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drinking turtle blood when there was no rain.
Posted on 1/31/14 at 1:40 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
he clearly ate his "companion who died at sea"
Posted on 1/31/14 at 1:40 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
If true, holy shite.
Posted on 1/31/14 at 1:42 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Damn, dudes a straight up badass 
Posted on 1/31/14 at 1:42 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
quote:
he left Mexico for El Salvador
he missed
Posted on 1/31/14 at 1:43 pm to tigerfan4120
quote:
he clearly ate his "companion who died at sea"
yep
don't blame him either
Posted on 1/31/14 at 1:46 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Truly amazing if he was adrift at sea for that long. That man needs his own survival show 
Posted on 1/31/14 at 1:46 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
quote:
Man washes up in Marshall Islands after 16 months adrift in the ocean
It could've been worse. He could've been on a Royal Caribbean cruise.
This post was edited on 1/31/14 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 1/31/14 at 1:47 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
How do you drift for that long and end up where he did without once getting near land or a boat or something? Just doesn't make any sense.
ETA: There's pefectly good land to walk on to where he wanted to go. This guy's an idiot.
ETA: There's pefectly good land to walk on to where he wanted to go. This guy's an idiot.
This post was edited on 1/31/14 at 1:49 pm
Posted on 1/31/14 at 1:49 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
I bet his tan is awesome.
Posted on 1/31/14 at 1:49 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
I'd like to see his boat
Posted on 1/31/14 at 1:49 pm to DrunkenStuporMan
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How do you drift for that long and end up where he did without once getting near land or a boat or something? Just doesn't make any sense.
Dude got caught up in the equatorial current and there really isn't much out there in the Pacific Ocean. Not hard to miss an island. My guess is they were going to the country illegally.
Posted on 1/31/14 at 1:52 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Who's going to play his part in the movie?
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