"Ghost Ship" with 11 petrified corpses washes up in Barbados

SzczerbiakManiac · 05-30-2006, 12:37 PM

How's this for a high creep/ick factor?

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The white ghost ship rolled in the Atlantic swell as the rescue boats approached it 70 nautical miles off Ragged Point, one of the most easterly places on the Caribbean island of Barbados.

The yacht was unmarked, 6 metres (20ft) long, and when Barbadian coastguard officers boarded it, they made a gruesome find. The boat's phantom crew was made up of the desiccated corpses of 11 young men, huddled in two separate piles in the small cabin. Dressed in shorts and colourful jerseys, they had been partially petrified by the salt water, sun and sea breezes of the Atlantic Ocean.

JWBear · 05-30-2006, 01:22 PM

Not Afraid · 05-30-2006, 01:38 PM

WOW! This would make th basis for a great tale. I'm wanting to pick up The Life of Pi again.

Freaky Tiki · 05-30-2006, 02:01 PM

Creepy stuff...

alphabassettgrrl · 05-30-2006, 04:04 PM

Stuff like this is how the Marie Celeste legend came to be.

Interesting find.

Disneyphile · 05-30-2006, 05:45 PM

I really hope they find that Spaniard and put him on a raft and push him out to sea.

Kevy Baby · 05-30-2006, 07:47 PM

Since when is a 20 foot boat a "yacht"?

Disneyphile · 05-31-2006, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Since when is a 20 foot boat a "yacht"?

In some countries, it would be.

CoasterMatt · 05-31-2006, 09:13 PM

SKIPPER!!!!!

SzczerbiakManiac · 06-01-2006, 08:56 AM

Little Buddy!

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