If, for the sky, the people most interested in UFO , then for the ocean, Quest are most interested in is " unknown drift boat, "that ghost ship. Recently, a family adventure in Brazil leads to the latest interpretation of the authority has received the specter of the world body's recognition of the ship Quest, in the ghost ship exploration in the history of the brilliant stroke. Unfortunately, the family has paid a painful price for this.
Shock case of shipwreck, "phantom" ships
Luo Teer living in the southern Brazil town of Santoro is an ocean-going vessels of the first mate. Wife, Lisa, is a secondary school teacher. 15-year-old son Blazy, Moore 8-year-old son. August 26, 2003 evening, the family came to South America, Argentina, the Malvinas Islands Hong Kong, rent a good one long-range cruise.
Tomorrow night, with a driving license Santoro boat out to sea. Beautiful and magical night of the South Atlantic, the ship is equipped with a high performance autopilot, it can automatically according to satellite positioning, Santoro make accurate settings, left the driver's seat, hearty singing and dancing with his wife. They had enough before going to bed, soon to enter a sweet sleep. Suddenly a loud noise, suddenly dark. We panic, Santoro calm cried: "up to pack a life jacket!"
Cabin and a large number of water, ships sink quickly. Santoro rich with knowledge of maritime sailors escape rope to string together the whole family, everyone was jumping into the sea.They disembarked not far, "boom" is heard, the ship sank in the morning light.
Their phone calls have not in the Marine who can not help. They followed the turbulent, fast South drift. Before long, they feel very cold. They are desperate, found a boat far from the sea level there. However, when they float to only tens of meters away from the stern, he repeatedly raised their hands, try to help, the ship was no response, which made them bewildered. They found a rope ladder hanging from the ship's rail, direct access to the water. They shun the rope ladder to the deck, or not seen silhouette. Santoro found, the ship "Amazon" is the old ocean-going fishing vessels.
Then, they came to rest cabin seafarers, but also to the cockpit. Doors open, the same empty. Autopilot is turned off. They came to the master room. Santoro found a "log", to his surprise that, as early as August 2, 1976, the ship left Brazil, Porto Alegre, to the South Atlantic Ocean fishing. Captain with many years of sailing experience. Santoro scanned the "log" that recorded at the end of each day are written: "Today, as usual." In the last day of the year on September 3 that recorded at the end, the captain has to write: "departure, has been successful."
Santoro was a sudden, this is a legendary ghost ship.
Fog shrouded strange out
Santoro bring other string key drawers, out of the master room, then discovered they can open all the cabins of the Lock. They see the ship's cabin web layers of food storage, storage, a large number of already decayed or dried food.
They came to power cabin, gates had closed. Santoro carefully push the knife test. Moment, the generator starts, cabin lights are all bright! Then, they heard the engine room next door came the sound of rumbling machines. They went in and saw a dusty machine can actually shipped.
The more open the faster boat. Lisa Yankuangshirun: "We are saved!" "Fantastic it!" However, the voice hardly ever, light body of the instrument.
Wow! They rushed to the electric cabin smelled burnt smell. Generator has been burned. "It is useless for a long time, did not carefully monitored to start, can not burn? Blame me too impatient!" Santoro remorse.
At this time, they felt hungry. However, the food on board 20 years ago, simply can not eat.How to do? "We can fish." Moore said. Santoro wry smile: "fishing net full of mobility, how to catch?" "The ship was a fishing rod and hook, and we can go fishing." Moore can not be reconciled. Santoro in the food storage compartment, to find a purple flies as bait. Before long, he had never really seen a few fishing Shanghao fish. He called it "blue-eyed fish."
This is just great. They came to the kitchen. Oil stove in the storage box even has fuel. They found a match. Before long, the fish cooked. "I have never eaten such a tasty fish!" Moore said as he ate.
After dinner, the night has been concentrated. Santoro scan the heavens, was very upset. He knows that they are in waters over 60 degrees south latitude. Fisheries resources are extremely scarce here, and some did not sea routes, the "ocean deserts," said.
Tragedy of the heart again and again awesome
The next day, in order to survive, they had to fish, can you catch fish even have blue eyes.
Santoro, apart from the fishing, and then read the "log", the above records more polished, and sometimes record some of the specific living conditions of the crew. There "is a flying insect bites Australian crew, the whole body itching. He hated them, bait them to do, actually catch a fish never seen before. It's a unique taste, very delicious." According to the text of the description, he was sure the fish is the blue-eye fish, which is purple insect pest.
Morning, they woke up, found that door open, the small mole was gone. We shouted over and over again, screaming with pain, or no response. They look over and over again, looked in every corner, or no trace of him. Everyone was stunned.
That day, they are not fishing, not eating. At night, they one night. Before daybreak, Santoro was stumbled and fell asleep. Wake up, the sky turned on. Lisa not wake up, the eldest son was gone. Santoro was shocked, and do him no time to reflect on ... ... would not dare to think carefully to rush out the door. He came on deck, turned around, empty. Would also like to eat rice, fish have to catch. After burning the fish, his wife awake, he felt tired, to bed. Wake up the early evening dusk, the wife was awake. Santoro looked at the tray table, no fish bones, asked: "Why not?" "Do not you love to eat the eggs section block, no longer eat any more." Lisa said. Santoro think of, apart from his family, are very like to eat eggs. He also remembered the day before a meal, the pot has eggs block. Lisa then said: "Let Moore to eat." Moore tells us laugh: "The taste great!" Yesterday a meal, the pot only a block so that Douste-Blazy eggs to eat.
Suddenly, he remembered what, to master room, out of "log", turn to the last day of record.The above clearly written: "Today, many of the fish catch Australia. Stomachs of most have eggs. More delicious eggs. We scrambled to eat."
"Logical reasoning, missing persons may be related to eating the eggs on." He thought, "his wife said to clear? No, she had already eaten, this will make her create more panic. How to do?" He thought for a while, made up his mind.
At night, they go to bed early as usual, his wife as usual to sleep late in the evening. Santoro lying on her side, seemed asleep. However, he did not really sleep. About 3 am, Lisa got up out of bed gently, quietly opened the door. Santoro secretly followed.
By bright stars, Santoro saw Lisa face indifference, the same as sleep, but it came a strange look in the eyes. She walked slowly and movement machinery, as dumb, but over the barriers, but light and accurate, so that Santoro consternation. He did not disturb her, still silently tracking. Lisa came to the stern ladder hanging ago, overlooking the sea: "fantastic. I'm coming." She said as he lifted his foot landed on the side of the ship, hanging foot ladder. Santoro jumped, and hugged her tightly. Santoro had thought that his wife will be struggling. Surprisingly, she was motionless. Santoro drag on her deck, a wonderful reflection of the cabin.
Tragic end to solve rescued
Morning, his wife woke up as usual as if nothing had happened. Santoro exceedingly strange , it will be early morning in the strange , to tell her exactly. As the "story" forward, Lisa's face gradually changes. After listening, she cried: "I think of it. Last night, fast asleep, I heard a very sweet voice gently said to me, 'you see'. Ah, I see a strange paradise. I am over and over again to 'come with me, slowly, do not disturb others'. I crept out of bed, out the door. on the deck, I saw a strange and beautiful birds flying in the sky, the ground sprinkled with sparkling treasures, like a human Heaven! happy people saw me, call me in unison. out of here hanging side of the ship channel is the only ladder. I no turning back, he was immediately embraced. where people say, 'Come back tomorrow'. "
Santoro to his discovery , said after telling his wife: "I presume, because of the missing eggs to eat. In order to more accurately grasp the full truth, I decided not to tell you, quietly observing the entire process." " Now, I understand how his son had a step by step into the sea. "Lisa burst into tears.
Santoro said: "In order to reveal the mystery of ghost ship, we catch some fish eggs for human research." Lisa Kaigan tears, agreed.
After four or five days, was finally heard in the distance, "hum," the boat song! Santoro couples do not know where they come from strength, rushed to the deck.
A small boat down to the lifeboat. Several crew members on the Amazon numbers. Since excitement and hunger, Santoro could not say how many words have been a couple. Santoro used "message": "immediately to the captain and give us food."
To ship the Brazilian Institute of the door Rocca Marine Science research vessel number in Geneva. Captain is a famous marine biologist Amy.
After listening to Santoro said, the senior of the scientific investigation is more surprised at home; "It was unbelievable!" He took video and Santoro couple members of the Amazon number came together, and repeated verification. Amy found , "purple worm" is actually a large flying ants in South America scavengers. Those fish, he would not know, but he finally believes that it is indeed a phantom ship, in order to obtain more comprehensive information, he would take divers into the water, divers found a thick bottom layer of ink product frond, detailed shooting, he took the real kind.
Decomposition of the mystery through the ages have
No return to Geneva, the Institute concluded soon with Santoro couple joint research agreement. Experts believe that the key to success is to unlock the secret eggs.
Group of experts headed by Amir three "blue-eyed fish" careful analysis and repeated comparison, found that they are unique to a rare South Atlantic fish - flounder Owen variant small star, they use cutting-edge high-speed centrifugal analyzer , isolated from the eggs in a special kind of biochemical substances, it can make people strong "induced hallucination." Experiments show that people eat the eggs after about six to seven hours, will be extremely beautiful step by step toward the illusion of the world. Santoro's vision have been confirmed.
However, to prove the Amazon numbers become ghost ship, must also prove a thorny problem: it is unmanned Atlantic drift and unpredictable situation for many years why did not sink?
One day, Amy Institute of very large chart in front, found in the Santoro family found Amazon a normal number of sea charts can not find an existing micro-Islands --- Charles Islands. Check the information he learned on the islands uninhabited island belongs to an area of very small, very far from the inter-island sea is not deep, there are a lot of coral reefs, he subdivided the waters check weather-related information, made a "logical speculation, "the following day, he submitted a report to the Institute.
October 7, 2003, Amy led a Geneva number again, to bring Santoro couple, came to Charles Islands, dense coral islands, reefs found in large areas of the South Atlantic, the Sargasso. Amy on Santoro said: "The very ink reproduction of algae, where rapid growth, their mutual entanglement, excellent toughness, high density. Oars once bound, is difficult to escape. To the scene, I found areas where the algae hundreds of kilometers, even if the storm is bigger, the Amazon numbers can also be fine. But then the small waves, the total impact. over time, eventually it introduced algae areas. the algal zone, Amazon No. began to drift freely, you are one lucky enough to be found. "Santoro nodded, deeply admire.
Back to the Institute, the Emir has submitted the study report, and report to headquarters in Sao Paulo, the South Atlantic ghost ship exploring Federation, the report has aroused great interest of experts, who after careful verification, found that 70 years in the South Atlantic more than 2,000 vessels documented in the ghost ship, the crew of more than 100 ships a sudden evaporation of reasons, most likely eat the eggs of flounder small star Michael Owen. The Federation spokesman said: "Ghost Ship found in the navigation history and the history of mankind, like a long time. For thousands of years, mankind has made a ghost ship mystery of countless species of conjecture and assumptions, but no one has a strong rational and convincing, and his wife Amy Professor Santoro outcome is by far the largest coverage, science of the strongest kind of explanation, the history of the human spirit is worth a book exploring the ship. "