#Castaway

Source: Neatorama If you are fond of castaway tales, the story of a Juana Maria may not only fascinate you immensely but might also break your heart. The tribal woman was part of Nicoleño, an Aborigines tribe who used to inhabit the Channel Islands, 61 miles off the coast of California. This

This bro reached out to the Dollar Shave Club and said that he was canceling his membership. He also said that he thought he’d return as a customer just as soon as he looked like someone that had been stranded on a deserted island a la Tom Hanks in Castaway. Seeing the opportunity for some laughs

This Colombian sailor was lost at sea for two long months. The lone survivor from his crew of four stayed alive by eating fish and seagull meat on a 23-foot skiff adrift in the vast and treacherous Pacific Ocean. On April 26th he was rescued by a merchant freighter from Panama when they found him

People will say that watching TV is a complete waste of your time. Well watching television and movies like Survivorman, Man vs. Wild, Lost and Castaway gave these desperate men the survival skills to be able to be noticed and saved by the U.S. Navy when they were stranded on a deserted island.

Salvador Alvarenga currently holds the record as the world’s longest surviving castaway, having been lost at sea for a treacherous 438 days. That’s 15 months of being marooned, floating around in the ocean, not knowing if you’ll ever make it back to dry land alive. The 36-year-old fisherman from El