“Lost Souls or Lingering Secrets? Coast Guard Discovers Mysterious Life Signs on Abandoned Island!”
Here Is How They Got Stranded
While on the helicopter, the three survivors told the Coast Guard (who had a translator present) how they ended up on the island. They said that, after leaving Cuba, they were sailing nearby during a storm. Because of the high waves, their boat capsized.
The survivors swam onto Anguilla Cay with nothing but the boat’s debris that floated to shore. They were stranded. For five weeks, the three people had to survive on a sun-drenched island with no food or freshwater.
What They Ate To Survive
Although there is little food on Anguilla Cay, the survivors adjusted to what they had. Their diet consisted of rats on land and conches from the nearby swamps. Conches can be eaten raw, but the rats were harder to consume.
The three people had to cook the rats over a fire that they made themselves. If they didn’t, they would have gotten dysentery, which would have made them even more dehydrated. Fortunately, all three were okay.
But What Did They Drink?
According to Ltd. Allert, the biggest danger on Anguilla Cay is the lack of freshwater. But the island did have coconuts. According to the survivors, they lived off of drinking coconut water for 33 days.
In fact, coconut can be more hydrating than water. It contains electrolytes that balance water levels in the body. Although the survivors were still dehydrated, they drank enough to make it through 33 days. Had there not been palm trees, they would have died.
