30 Of The Most Unusual, Most Mysterious, Or Just Weird Things Seafarers Ever Experienced During Their Journeys

The sea has always attracted people, from those days at the dawn of creation, when the first fragile raft of branches and vines was assembled, all the way up to modern times with snow-white liners and giant container ships that are not afraid of any storm. The sea has always attracted our attention, and as soon as we hear some attractive maritime story, we all turn our ears.

Somewhere out there, in the bottomless blue of the oceans, the drakkar of the brave and frantic Leif Eriksson cuts through the waves, the formidable and recalcitrant Moby Dick swims there, and the forever damned crew of the Flying Dutchman tries, against all odds, to pass Cape Horn in the midst of the storm season. There, at the bottom of the sea, lie countless treasures of pirates, as well as a priceless stone that the old lady threw overboard at the end of that one film. The sea beckons us with thousands of incredible tales.

Here's to you from fifty more - most recently, a thread appeared in the AskReddit community, the author of which asked "Sailors, what's the most unusual thing you've experienced while at sea?" Perhaps it would be better if they didn't, because among the most unstoppable things in this universe is definitely the desire of literally any sailor to tell about their own incredible adventures. So the resulting thread now has 3.2K upvotes and over a thousand of the most diverse and bizarre comments.

Scary and funny, blood-curdling and thought-provoking, maritime tales for all tastes are gathered in this salt-soaked selection that Bored Panda has made just for you. So whistle everyone upstairs, we sail to the mysterious island of sea stories, so feel free to read them all - and may a fair wind help you!

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30 Of The Most Unusual, Most Mysterious, Or Just Weird Things Seafarers Ever Experienced During Their Journeys I wasn't there to witness it myself as I was only 5 years old at the time, but it happened to my dad. He was a crabber in Alaska in the late 70's - early 80's. They were pretty far out in the Bering, late at night, in just terrible weather - high winds, snow dumping all around them, just miserable conditions, hauling in pots, and that's when it happens... My dad has a massive heart attack. The captain immediately gets the coast guard on the horn, but the weather was just to bad for them to send out a chopper. So the captain turns the boat around and hauls a*s as fast as he can to the nearest port. But it still took nearly 6 hours (so I was told anyway) as they were pretty far out and coming in in heavy seas against a strong wind. Dad had 5 more heart attacks on the way back, but luckily one of his buddies on the boat was a former military medic. He managed to keep my dad alive and an ambulance was waiting for him when they docked. They got dad to the hospital and got him stabilized, threw him on a life-flight to Seattle where he immediately underwent a triple bypass. He never went back out to sea after that, and years later when I was 15, dad and I were just wandering around the Seattle Center (where the space needle is) and all of a sudden we hear someone call my dad's name. We turn around and my dad calls back "Well hello there Cap!" And that was the day I got to meet and hug the boat captain that helped save my dad's life.

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