Two fishermen on the boat sailed on day fishing, and only one of them came back ... Bashny.Net

The inhabitants of the Marshall Islands found that the exhausted wanderer in one of the most remote atolls: a strange man only spoke Spanish and gave the impression of a completely crazy. But the reality was even more unusual than we could imagine the uneducated villagers. Jose Salvador Alvarenga spent at sea as much as 14 months - and returned to his family alive. Here's how to start and how to develop it a sad story.





Home path

37-year-old resident of El Salvador, Jose Alvarenga went to sea in a normal fishing day. Company he was a young guy, not so long ago began to engage in fisheries. This story ended after a year - a year that cost one of its members life, and the second - the family and understanding.





Storm

Suddenly rising storm blew the boat fishing for dozens of kilometers from shore. The radio stopped responding and fishermen have already resigned to his fate. In recognition of the owner of the boat, he sent an expedition later retrieval entire two days after the incident - not to risk even a pilot. And for both fishermen began a long phase of struggle for life, I move that could have the most experienced and survivalist.





Food stocks

Men are not lucky: the storm washed away from the deck of all supplies of fresh water and food. For several months, they ate raw fish and catch turtles, and made up for the lack of water the blood of birds and even his own urine. It is noteworthy that the famous traveler Fyodor Konyukhov, commented on the situation as impossible: according to the traveler without distiller survive in the ocean is incredible.





Death wanderer

The teenager could not stand first. Alvarenga himself claims to have lost track of time for a long time and therefore do not know exactly when his partner died. The corpse, he, by his own statement, was forced to throw in the sea - not to go crazy. This version had to take for granted, but doctors claim that Jose Alvarenga was in very good condition for a man who spent so much time in the open ocean. The fisherman did not even ill with scurvy - and, therefore, had the opportunity to obtain all necessary to maintain the body's substance. The easiest way to get them was by means of cannibalism. These charges are the fisherman, of course, denies.





Salvation

Alvarenga came about by accident. Cockleboat washed up on one of the Marshall Islands, where he quickly discovered the locals. Judging by the words of the wanderer, his journey last as long as 14 months - which is indirectly confirmed by the distance traveled and the condition of the boat.





An alternative version

Garita Palmera-village, the birthplace of the famous fisherman in no hurry to take her missing resident. Local authorities claim: Jose Alvarenga lifetime hunted drug smuggling, as a young man took the sail only as a cover. The authorities have repeatedly tested both versions, but could not find any evidence of criminal activity Jose.