Stooky 6th Gear February 29, 2016 Share February 29, 2016 (edited) The mummified body of a German adventurer has been discovered on his abandoned yacht - which silently drifted around the world for years. Manfred Fritz Bajorat, 59, was found by two fishermen at the weekend off the coast of the Philippines. His body was discovered near the radio telephone on the 40ft yacht called Sayo, as if he was trying one last desperate mayday call. It is not clear how long he had been dead and for how many years his yacht had been drifting, but no reported sightings of him have been mentioned since 2009. Inside the cabin were found photo albums, clothes and tins of food strewn all over the interior. He was floating nearly 40 miles from the coast of the Philippines in the Pacific Ocean when the fishermen spotted the drifting vessel and boarded it. The mast was broken and much of the cabin was underwater, but what killed the skipper is unclear. Dry ocean winds, hot temperatures and the salty air helped preserve his body. He was identified by paperwork found on the vessel. It is unclear how long he has been dead. Police are trying to retrace his last voyages and find the last people to speak with him. He broke up with his wife in 2008, who had been on his travels with him, and she later died from cancer. In 2009 in Mallorca he met another world sailer called Dieter who told Germany's BILD newspaper: "He was a very experienced sailor. I don't believe he would have sailed into a storm. "I believe the mast broke after Manfred was already dead." His body was taken for an autopsy in Butuan City, the yacht was towed for a police inspection into the port of Barobo. Police spokeswoman Goldie Lou Siega in the Philippines said; "We have no evidence of a second person aboard and no weapon was found on the yacht." Dr Mark Benecke, a forensic criminologist in the city of Cologne, told BILD: "The way he is sitting seems to indicate that death was unexpected, perhaps from a heart attack." The German embassy in Manila is working with local officials to trace his family in Germany. It is believed he has a daughter called Nina who works as the captain of a freight vessel. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ghost-yacht-horror-mummified-body-7462546 Edited February 29, 2016 by Stooky ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porker Turbocharged February 29, 2016 Share February 29, 2016 Sounds like a scene out of Nathan Drake's Uncharted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanCoe Hypersonic February 29, 2016 Share February 29, 2016 Scary Man looking at the pix ... Wonder what a shock of the sight of a Mummy the fisherman must have had seeing it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playtime Twincharged February 29, 2016 Share February 29, 2016 He died presumably doing what he lived and loved. I won't want to die in my office for sure. Rip.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ins1dious Turbocharged March 1, 2016 Share March 1, 2016 damn... looks like the alternate morbid ending to the movie "All Is Lost" with Robert Redford... awesome movie btw... ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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