An 18th-Century Ghost Ship Was Discovered With The Captain’s Body Found Frozen At His
Desk, Still Holding His
Pen. It was unknown when or how he died or how long the ghost ship had been adrift.
Fisherman found the mummified captain slumped over in the cabin of the ghost ship. Photo: Courtesy of Barobo Police
A ghost ship was found drifting 62 miles off the coast of the Philippines. When fishermen boarded the vessel, they discovered the mummified remains of the captain slumped over a desk near the radio. It looked like he might have been about to make a mayday call before he died
It’s also possible he was simply sleeping and had a heart attack. There were no signs of foul play, and the cause of death is still unknown, though authorities believe he died of natural causes.
“It is still a mystery to us,” Mark Navales, the deputy police chief of Barobo in the Philippines, told AFP.
