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This story does add up. Likely fake / staged, with just enough facts to make it feel and sound credible. > Why is he so plump? > Where's the sun tan? > Could

This story does add up. Likely fake / staged, with just enough facts to make it feel and sound credible. > Why is he so plump? > Where's the sun tan? > Could he really drift 8,000 miles across the ocean in 13 months? > Do urine and turtle blood add up to a credible alternative to fresh water? > How did he survive and his crewmate did not? Source: http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/458050/Is-the-castaway-s-story-too-good-to-be-true-Doubts-cast-over-miracle-fisherman http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/458050/Is-the-castaway-s...

dpark 9y ago
> Why is he so plump? Look at his left hand, at how his knuckles protrude from his skinny fingers. He’s emaciated. His face is probably not plump but swollen from edema arising from the sudden influx of fluids. The article discusses this. I imagine if he were “plump” all the people who encountered him after he washed ashore would have noticed. > Where's the sun tan? Looks fairly tan to me. I imagine if he were healthy he’d look even darker, since being starved isn’t conducive to a healthy complexion. People tend to look pale when they are sick. > Could he really drift 8,000 miles across the ocean in 13 months? 6700, not 8000. That’s only 15 miles a day. (And only 18 for 8000 total) > Do urine and turtle blood add up to a credible alternative to fresh water? Not for 14 months but he didn’t claim to be drinking urine and turtle blood exclusively for that time. > How did he survive and his crewmate did not? This question is just dumb. How does anyone survive when someone else doesn’t? If both survived it would be significantly less believable. If this is a hoax, it’s pretty impressive. Apparently he killed a man to make it stick.
lobster_johnson 9y ago
Did you actually read the article you linked to? It doesn't expose any kind of hoax. Rather, it poses those questions (as though posed by a disbeliever) and then provides the answers, concluding that the story absolutely makes sense, and that there's plenty of hard evidence. Just that photo of him, standing in his shorts, should be sufficient. His hands are decidedly not pudgy, and his ankles are completely swollen.

dpark 9y ago

> Why is he so plump? Look at his left hand, at how his knuckles protrude from his skinny fingers. He’s emaciated. His face is probably not plump but swollen from edema arising from the sudden influx of fluids. The article discusses this. I imagine if he were “plump” all the people who encountered him after he washed ashore would have noticed. > Where's the sun tan? Looks fairly tan to me. I imagine if he were healthy he’d look even darker, since being starved isn’t conducive to a healthy complexion. People tend to look pale when they are sick. > Could he really drift 8,000 miles across the ocean in 13 months? 6700, not 8000. That’s only 15 miles a day. (And only 18 for 8000 total) > Do urine and turtle blood add up to a credible alternative to fresh water? Not for 14 months but he didn’t claim to be drinking urine and turtle blood exclusively for that time. > How did he survive and his crewmate did not? This question is just dumb. How does anyone survive when someone else doesn’t? If both survived it would be significantly less believable. If this is a hoax, it’s pretty impressive. Apparently he killed a man to make it stick.

lobster_johnson 9y ago

Did you actually read the article you linked to? It doesn't expose any kind of hoax. Rather, it poses those questions (as though posed by a disbeliever) and then provides the answers, concluding that the story absolutely makes sense, and that there's plenty of hard evidence. Just that photo of him, standing in his shorts, should be sufficient. His hands are decidedly not pudgy, and his ankles are completely swollen.