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Aussie Ghost Ship (insert Twilight Zone Theme)

Mephisto

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This is a strange story that I'm sure most of us would like to hear about:

'Ghost ship' puzzles rescuers

POSTED: 4:44 a.m. EDT, April 20, 2007

SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) -- Australian rescuers were on Friday trying to solve the "Mary Celeste" style mystery of a yacht found floating off the coast with its engine running, food on its table ready to eat, but no crew.

The 12-meter (36 feet) catamaran was found 80 nautical miles off Townsville on the northeast coast, but there was no sign of the three crewmen who had set sail from Queensland state bound for Australia's west coast on Sunday.

"What they found was a bit strange in that everything was normal, there was just no sign of the crew," Jon Hall from emergency management in Queensland told local radio on Friday.

Hall said the yacht's sails were up but one was badly shredded. He said the engine was running, there was food on the table, a laptop was turned on, and the radio and global positioning satellite (GPS) were working.

Three life jackets and survival equipment, including an emergency beacon, were found on board, but no life rafts.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/04/20/australia.ghostship.reut/index.html
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pirates. aargh.

They should be able to backtrack the course from the gps though.
 
Kopji said:
pirates. aargh.

They should be able to backtrack the course from the gps though.
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Pirates are still a problem although I don't think they would have left the GPS, the laptop and other items of value onboard. Hopefully, they'll be able to use the GPS to backtrack and maybe even find survivors.

Is anyone else thinking Jaws IV, People 0? ;)
 
Time travelling Daleks for 50 Alex!
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Don't care what other people say, with a bunch of Aussie spirits aboard that's bound to be ONE FUN GHOST SHIP!
 
Rikzilla,

Why is that little green penis in the lady's right ear?:confused: :confused:
 

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Mephisto said:
Pirates are still a problem although I don't think they would have left the GPS, the laptop and other items of value onboard. Hopefully, they'll be able to use the GPS to backtrack and maybe even find survivors.

Is anyone else thinking Jaws IV, People 0? ;)
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Seriously, I'm giving 5 to one odds that the Aussies are playing a joke. They're off somewhere watching the news and having themselves a chuckle.
 
Well, this is possibly an expensive hoax. But some kind of kidnapping, or even drowning or shark attack might be a possibility, if they all were swimming at the same time, and the boat go away.
 
nightwind said:
Well, this is possibly an expensive hoax. But some kind of kidnapping, or even drowning or shark attack might be a possibility, if they all were swimming at the same time, and the boat go away.
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It is a real mystery either way, especially if you consider that meals were set and left untouched, expensive electronics were undisturbed (I wonder what the battery life for the laptop was?).

The age of the crewmembers is also interesting - I'm assuming that these were experience sailors. I really hope there is a follow-up to this story.
 
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