Most Bizarre Story Of Survival

By Pamela Richardson


Some people have mastered the art of creating and telling fictional stories to the point of making them to appear real. A true story of survival can be identified by a few qualities. It is verifiable through witness accounts especially the point of re-entry into normalcy like returning from the jungle, being rescued from a building rumble, etc. Such stories are also covered by reputable media outlets. Their occurrence also coincides with natural phenomena like earthquake, flood, terror attack, etc. Here are the most amazing stories in history.

In 1971, Robertson wanted to treat his family by taking them on a tour to several ports. Along the way, a school of whales messed their boat, leaving them to drift to sea for days before abandoning it. In total, they remained lost for 38 days living on food that was only meant for six days. Their rescuers were Japanese fishermen who brought them to shore.

Jackson-4 was a boat that capsized off the coast of Nigeria in 2013. At the time of the incident, the cook, Harrison Okene was in the toilet. He was trapped in a four squire feet air bubble. He was rescued three days later by divers when he heard their knock on the surface. He understandably vowed never to return to the sea.

Endurance Expedition had 28 men on board. They set out to the Antarctica in 1914 but their ship, Endurance got stuck in ice. Using life boats they crossed to an island nearby, a journey that took 14 days. They then trekked to the nearest Georgian island 1000 miles away. They had to feed on their dog when supplies ran low.

Juliane Koepcke has two stories of survival to tell. First was as a lone survivor when LANSA Flight 508 was brought down by lightening on Christmas Eve in 1971. She landed on the flow of the Peruvian rain forest with a fractured collar bone over a buttered and bruised body. No one found her for nine days until maggots attacked her wounds and she had to keep them off using gasoline. She would be found by lumber workers nine days later.

The Apollo 13 mission survived a re-entry into earth after the craft was damaged at the launching pad. They were destined to land at the moon but they circled it for three days pondering the next move. Their ration could only last two men for one and a half days. It enabled the three to live three days on modified diet. A lunar life boat saved their lives as they landed safely, but for Hayse who was severely dehydrated.

Ralston is known for amputating his own hand in order to survive in 2003. He got trapped when climbing the Blue John Canyon alone. Since no one knew where he was, there was no rescue three days on. He decided to amputate his hand. Two days later, none of the methods he thought had work. He went for part of his hand and descended on one arm. Six hours later, a European couple rescued him at the blink of death from blood loss.

Crawford Allan and Stephenson Vilhjamur had hired a native Inupiat called Ada Blackjack as their cook in an expedition to claim Wrangle Islands. Three of the five crew members left as claim for the new territory went in search of food to replenish their ration. Ada was left with an ailing crew member who later passed on. Since the others never returned, she was rescued alone two years later in 1923.




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