Beerball Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/03/world/asia/marshall-islands-castaway/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Life of Pi? Good thing he didn't have to deal w/a Bengal tiger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrags Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Until the very end of the clip I was claiming BullChit. That guy looks entirely too husky to have been drifting for 14 months. Until at the very end it said his companion died a few weeks into their drift. Now it all makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Until the very end of the clip I was claiming BullChit. That guy looks entirely too husky to have been drifting for 14 months. Until at the very end it said his companion died a few weeks into their drift. Now it all makes sense. Yeah, but how long can he cannibalize the body? Especially in the warm temps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 (edited) Yeah, but how long can he cannibalize the body? Especially in the warm temps? That would be stupid. Cut up the body for bait, you get more meat that way, and the fish don't care how bad it's rotted. Edit: not that I've given this any thought. Edited February 4, 2014 by DC Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 That would be stupid. Cut up the body for bait, you get more meat that way, and the fish don't care how bad it's rotted. Edit: not that I've given this any thought. Very interesting! He was a fisherman, so he had to have fishing gear @ his disposal. Just a little bit of bloody chum in the water and he gaffs a shark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 (edited) That would be stupid. Cut up the body for bait, you get more meat that way, and the fish don't care how bad it's rotted. Edit: not that I've given this any thought. Salt water brined. Smoked Sundried Lots of ways to preserve meat. Edited February 4, 2014 by Chef Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Jimmy Fallon is behind this...I just know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I guess that the weather started getting rough and the tiny ship was tossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in San Diego Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Tom Hanks will get the movie part for this guy, Wilson! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan-4-Ever Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 (edited) Tom Hanks will get the movie part for this guy, Wilson! didn't he already? Edited February 4, 2014 by BillsFan-4-Ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Salt water brined. Smoked Sundried Lots of ways to preserve meat. So? My point was more that if you can get, say, 90 pounds of bait off a human body, and catch 10 pounds of fish per pounds of bait (completely made-up numbers, by the way), you get more calories not eating the corpse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Did he drink the blood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Sounds as though he may have been far enough South to stay clear of the Fukashima mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 So? My point was more that if you can get, say, 90 pounds of bait off a human body, and catch 10 pounds of fish per pounds of bait (completely made-up numbers, by the way), you get more calories not eating the corpse. That was more of a response to EII wondering how long a corpse would last in a warm climate. I just don't really like talking to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 They say he is not doing to well now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Forgive me if this has another thread...I couldn't find one. Does anyone buy this guys story? http://www.aol.com/article/2014/02/13/Jose-Salvador-Alvarenga-ocean-castaway-is-mentallyr-fragile-doctors-say/20829774/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D442629#!slide=2426424 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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