lew Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Maybe I'm just cynical, but he looks pretty good for someone who drifted on the ocean for all that time. If it is true, it's quite the fish'n tale https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&ved=0CDIQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F2014%2Fjan%2F31%2F16-months-adrift-pacific-marshall-islands&ei=b9jwUu3HO6GCyQHs1ICoCA&usg=AFQjCNFShslSg6zynX2KU09gkQrARtXdSQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Wow. Hard to believe indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 I read that as well. But how are you still fat after 16 months at sea? lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jds63 Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 I read that as well. But how are you still fat after 16 months at sea? lol! x2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelheadphycho Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 I read that as well. But how are you still fat after 16 months at sea? lol! X3 Could you imagine what he smelled like? HA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Wilson... WILSON... !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Wilson... WILSON... !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted February 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Wilson... WILSON... !! Maybe that's why the dood still looks so chunky after 16 months drifting across the ocean, could be he ATE Wilson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 (edited) LOL... first link only came up as a story and I had to get outside and play on the first windless sunny day. Guess I need to check it again and find a picture of this guy.... Edited February 4, 2014 by irishfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted February 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Guess I need to check it again and find a picture of this guy.... Here ya go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirCranksalot Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Maybe that's why the dood still looks so chunky after 16 months drifting across the ocean, could be he ATE Wilson Did it say somewhere that he was fat? What I read said he was emaciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 He probably had told his wife that he was going out for a loaf of bread and this hair brained tale was the only thing he could think up to save himself from being beaten to death by the woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted February 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Did it say somewhere that he was fat? What I read said he was emaciated. Yes, it said emaciated but sure doesn't look like it in the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Think I,ll go out on Simcoe,and get a drift on Fox island. Im sure after those many months,i,ll look like a fat ass still after those many months missing. Ceder wine and perch, should hold me over.LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 He must of had some great fishing. To bad he didn't have a camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 He probably ate the other guy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 (edited) It's a hoax. It's really the bearded guy from the movie The Hangover. Edited February 5, 2014 by Mike Borger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelheadphycho Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ NOW THATS FUNNY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 I read that as well. But how are you still fat after 16 months at sea? lol! Thank God he had all those whippets with him!! (only Bill will get it, don't ask LOL!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 LMAO!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headhunter Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 It was a survival boat made of butter... HH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirCranksalot Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 He probably ate the tiger that tend to show up on those solo drifts in the Pacific!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishAbout Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 Should of seen the size of him 16 months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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