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re: Man washes up in Marshall Islands after 16 months adrift in the ocean
Posted on 1/31/14 at 2:55 pm to boom roasted
Posted on 1/31/14 at 2:55 pm to boom roasted
quote:If he did see some and had been out there that long, what a depressing moment when he realized he couldn't reach it.
how in the world are you going to get there?
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Posted on 1/31/14 at 3:16 pm to Geauxld Finger
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an emaciated man could not do such things
Not so much. It's pretty amazing what someone can do when they have the will to live.
Posted on 1/31/14 at 3:18 pm to tigerfan4120
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he clearly ate his "companion who died at sea"
First thing I thought. A human buffet, followed by a blood binge.
Posted on 1/31/14 at 3:36 pm to bayoudude
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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
With all due respect....it is a big arse ocean out there.
Posted on 1/31/14 at 3:41 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
should have just walked
Posted on 1/31/14 at 3:43 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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Not so much. It's pretty amazing what someone can do when they have the will to live
catching a fish in open water in the ocean, and wrangling it into the boat. think about that for a second. seriously...then imagine him trying to catch a fricking bird! what bird? they typically only fly close to land!
Posted on 1/31/14 at 3:45 pm to Geauxld Finger
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catching a fish in open water in the ocean, and wrangling it into the boat.
fish would be attracted to the shade of the boat. flying fish would probably land in the boat.
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imagine him trying to catch a fricking bird! what bird? they typically only fly close to land!
some birds cross oceans...land on boat and wham...oar upside the head
Posted on 1/31/14 at 3:48 pm to Geauxld Finger
Maybe he caught those fish by dragging his amigo behind the boat as chum. Mexicans are terrific improvising in a pinch.
Posted on 1/31/14 at 3:52 pm to Topwater Trout
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fish would be attracted to the shade of the boat. flying fish would probably land in the boat
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some birds cross oceans...land on boat and wham...oar upside the head
that easy huh
Posted on 1/31/14 at 3:55 pm to Geauxld Finger
may have to build up trust with the bird
Posted on 1/31/14 at 4:00 pm to Topwater Trout
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may have to build up trust with the bird
By feeding little bits of his friend to it?
Posted on 1/31/14 at 4:02 pm to LSUJuice
that would have been a good idea...don't eat friend but use him to get birds and fish
Posted on 1/31/14 at 4:03 pm to LSUJuice
He was emaciated. I'm guessing he only caught a few birds over the 16 months he was out there.
Posted on 1/31/14 at 4:04 pm to TigerPanzer
Posted on 1/31/14 at 4:05 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
So he watched Cast Away?
Posted on 1/31/14 at 4:41 pm to Topwater Trout
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fish would be attracted to the shade of the boat.
Yea, but that doesn't mean you can catch them with your bare hands.
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flying fish would probably land in the boat.
we are talking about real life, not Life of Pi
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some birds cross oceans...land on boat and wham...oar upside the head
Birds don't land on rafts with predators on them, and if they did, that's once in a blue moon.
I could maybe see him catching a few turtles, no way he caught fish bare handed and no way it was 16 months the way he said.
Posted on 1/31/14 at 5:10 pm to TeddyPadillac
Hard to believe. In the northwest you can have a hard time catching the smaller salmon, coho.
Albeit in a much different region, catching ocean fish with bare hands is hard to believe.
Albeit in a much different region, catching ocean fish with bare hands is hard to believe.
Posted on 1/31/14 at 5:10 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
The turtle blood thing reminded me of an old news story that I read about a family that lost their sail boat in a storm in the Pacific. I remember them mentioning that they were able to catch turtles from a life boat and dingy they had strung together. They were rescued by a passing ship after a couple of weeks.
I still can't envision someone surviving 16 months out there.
I still can't envision someone surviving 16 months out there.
This post was edited on 1/31/14 at 5:15 pm
Posted on 1/31/14 at 5:30 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Just got finished reading "Unbroken" about the Olympic runner that crashed in a B-24 in WWII and was adrift for over 40 days.
This is unbelievable.
This is unbelievable.
This post was edited on 1/31/14 at 6:08 pm
Posted on 1/31/14 at 5:37 pm to Geauxld Finger
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then imagine him trying to catch a fricking bird! what bird? they typically only fly close to land!
Have been in the middle of the Atlantic, and Pacific, birds are always around.
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