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Jose Ivan was shipwrecked late in 2012 off the coast of Mexico, but incredibly the man somehow managed to survive a trip of more than 16 months and 8,300 miles by eating turtles and drinking fish blood.
Ivan was found by a Norwegian researcher, who said the sailor spoke Spanish and had a long beard. The man, who said his name was Jose Ivan, had set out with a travel companion back in 2012 in a 24-foot fiberglass boat, leaving Mexico and headed toward El Salvador. The companion apparently died several months ago.
"His condition isn't good, but he's getting better," said Ola Fjeldstad, a Norwegian anthropology student who found the man on Ebon, an atoll of 22 small islands that make up part of the Marshall Islands. "The boat is really scratched up and looks like it has been in the water for a long time," added the researcher. "He has a long beard and hair."
Jose Ivan had an incredible tale of survival at sea, something reminiscent of Ang Lee's The Life Of Pi. The shipwrecked man said he was able to stay alive by eating turtles that he caught with his hands. When there wasn't enough rain to drink, he would resort to drinking the blood of fish and birds he caught. Ivan was able to do this without any kind of fishing equipment.
The shipwrecked man is not the first one to survive for several months in the Pacific Ocean. In 2006, three Mexicans were lost on a shark-fishing trip and drifted in the middle of the ocean for nine months before being discovered alive. In 1992, two fishermen from Kiribati lived for close to six months at sea. Another shipwrecked man survived three days underwater last year, breathing in a pocket of air created when his ship sank in a lake in Nigeria.
Ivan is now being cared for by some locals. "He's staying at the local council house and a family is feeding him," said Fjeldstad. Shipwrecked man Jose Ivan will have to wait a little longer before he can return home, however. The lone airplane owned by the Ebon government is grounded for maintenance and won't be able to return until early next week. Officials are considering sending a boat to pick him up.
Castaway lost at sea for 16 MONTHS washes up on reef after 8,000 mile trip eating turtles Here's an astonishing story of human endurance that could have come straight from a Hollywood movie. An emaciated Mexican man has been found washed up on a remote Pacific reef after living for 16 months at sea and drifting 8,000 miles in a broken down boat.
In an epic adventure of survival that mimics Tom Hanks' Chuck Noland character in the film Cast Away, Jose Ivan ate birds, turtles and fish while drinking the blood of his catches to stay alive. He was found dressed only in his tatty underpants on the tiny Ebon Atoll on the Marshall Islands -- 620 miles north of the Solomon Islands -- by astounded locals. Norwegian anthropology student Ola Fjeldstad, who is stationed on the atoll, told how he met the castaway.
Jose told Ola he and a colleague left Mexico for El Salvador in September 2012. But his companion died several months ago after their 24ft fibreglass boat lost power and began drifting. Ola said there was no fishing gear in the craft but they did find a turtle inside. Jose told the researcher he caught food with his bare hands He is being looked after by a family in a council house on Ebon.
A health check found he had low blood pressure. But he did not have any life-threatening illness and was able to walk with help. Jose has met the mayor, who put in a call to the Marshall Islands ministry of foreign affairs in the capital Majuro, where he is expected to be transferred to later. In 2006, three Mexicans were found alive by a Marshall Islands fishing vessel after drifting across the Pacific while making the same perilous trip as Jose. They survived on rainwater, fish and seabirds -- with their spirits kept high by reading the bible.
Castaway who 'survived 16 months adrift at sea' washes up on remote Pacific Island A Mexican sailor whose boat washed up on a remote Pacific Island claims he survived 16 months adrift at sea. Jose Ivan said he left Mexico for El Salvador in September 2012 but drifted 8,000 miles in the wrong direction when his boat's engine cut out. He was found, dressed only in a pair of ragged underpants, when his 24ft fibreglass boat with propellerless engines washed ashore in Ebon Atoll, an outpost of the Marshall Islands. The Spanish-speaking man said his friend died at sea several months ago and claims he survived eating turtles he caught with his bare hands. He said he drank turtle blood to stay alive when there was no rain. Jose Ivan is believed to have drifted over 8,000 miles (Picture: Google)
'His condition isn't good, but he's getting better,' Ola Fjeldstad, a Norwegian anthropology doing research on Ebon, told AFP. 'The boat is really scratched up and looks like it has been in the water for a long time. 'He's staying at the local council house and a family is feeding him. We've been giving him a lot of water, and he's gaining strength.'
The castaway, who has no life-threatening injuries, is expected to be moved Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands, in the coming days. Castaway: Shipwrecked man makes land 'after 16 months adrift' Shipwrecked man washes up on Pacific atoll 'after spending 16 months adrift, floating up to 8,000 miles from Mexico'
Man lost on the Pacific Ocean for '16 months' reaches shore on remote Ebon Atoll Man claims to have survived 16 months adrift in Pacific Jose Ivan, found off Marshall Islands, says he set out from Mexico, 8,000 miles away, and survived on turtles and fish
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