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Wilson! Wilson! (Teen survives 49 days adrift in Pacific on small fishing shack)

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by DanOregon, Sep 24, 2018.

  1. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

  2. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    Shit. That would be awesome.
    50 cases of beer. Few cases of Chef Boyardee. The Pink Floyd Ultimate Discography.
     
  3. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    Looks like that shack has a cable antennae on top.
     
  4. Hermes

    Hermes Well-Known Member

    while floating on a flimsy shack

    Is it actually flimsy if it survived a 49-day ocean voyage?
     
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  5. Just the facts ma am

    Just the facts ma am Well-Known Member

    Of course humans cannot survive on seawater, splashing it upon clothes does not remove the dissolved salt. The story is bullshit.
     
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  6. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member



    The Ultimate Man v. Wild. The Saltwater Enema.
     
    Last edited: Sep 25, 2018
  7. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    The Pacific is not the Sahara Desert. There is fresh rainwater to be trapped and drunk. The story may be badly written, but you gotta do better to debunk it.
     
  8. trifectarich

    trifectarich Well-Known Member

    That . . . vessel . . . looks like it would be hard-pressed to make it the length of a swimming pool. That it survived seven weeks on the open seas is unfreakinreal.
     
  9. Just the facts ma am

    Just the facts ma am Well-Known Member

    I guess it is possible that his ordeal was real but the story is bullshit. I checked several of the news outlets that reported this story and while a few did not mention this, those that did specifically cited him soaking his clothes in seawater or using his clothes to strain out seawater. No mention of rainwater. None of these outlets had a editor that said wait a minute, I went to jr. high school, you cannot desalinate seawater using fabric. Sad!
     
  10. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    Sorry, I didn't mean you specifically, just in general. I came off kinda harsh. But yes, the story was seriously lacking.
     
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