An emaciated man
survived 16 months adrift at sea, eating turtles, birds and fish and drinking
turtle blood, having floated over 8,000 miles from Mexico to a remote Pacific
atoll, it was claimed on Friday.
A Norwegian researcher said that the man – who only speaks
Spanish and has a long beard and hair – was not in a good condition after his
24-foot fibreglass boat washed up on the reef at Ebon Atoll.
In a story reminiscent
of the Tom Hanks film Cast Away, the man, dressed only in ragged underpants,
apparently set off from Mexico heading for El Salvador in September 2012 with a
companion, who died at sea several months ago.
"His condition
isn't good, but he's getting better," Ola Fjeldstad, a Norwegian
anthropology student doing research on Ebon, told AFP by telephone.
Details of his
survival are sketchy, Ms Fjeldstad added, as the man only speaks Spanish, but
he said his name was Jose Ivan.
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