The mummified remains of a man missing for seven years have been found drifting aboard his yacht 50 miles off the Philippines coast.
Two fisherman discovered a yacht partially submerged off the coast of the Philippines. When they climbed aboard, they discovered the grey, mummified remains of its captain amidst strewn food, photo albums and clothes. He was still sitting at his desk, where he had possibly been using the radio equipment to make a distress call before he died.
Paperwork on board identified the man as Manfred Fritz Bajorat, a German explorer last seen in Mallorca, Spain by a fellow sailor in 2009. Authorities speculate the cause of death may have been a heart attack. A broken mast suggests the yacht may have encountered bad weather.
High temperatures, dry ocean winds, and salty air preserved the corpse as the boat drifted around the globe.
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