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    Default Survival story.

    I'm going to look into this more as the story is pretty short.

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    Ah dang, it's fake.

    ...some of the text in the fake article was taken verbatim from the true story of Ed Stafford who spent 60 days on a deserted island in the Pacific, reported by the Daily Mail back in 2013.
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    But I AM going to look up the story of Ed Stafford.
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    That's a pretty far out story.......hummm.
    Goat with horns caught, sounds familiar.....
    Interesting story.....and congrats on the rescue......
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    Ed Stafford spending 60 days on an island was from a show on the Discovery Channel called Naked Castaway. I saw it and it was okay, but not great.

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    Aw, so it was a tv show and not a real survival story? Sorry I'm still at work so haven't had time to look into it yet.
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    I was thinking it was a little too familiar....LOL...but it could happen?....Right? well maybe not.......
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    Yeah, it was from a TV show. They had a guy on there, Steven Callahan, that talked about what Ed would be going through as he survived the 60 days alone on the island, and Steven had survived for 76 days lost at sea. Being lost at sea would be a lot worse than being deserted on an island. Those things can happen on occasion, though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Double Tap View Post
    Ed Stafford spending 60 days on an island was from a show on the Discovery Channel called Naked Castaway. I saw it and it was okay, but not great.
    I liked it. Though when he got sick and got immediate medical attention (including antibiotics prescribed), it kinda took away from the whole thing for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Remianen View Post
    I liked it. Though when he got sick and got immediate medical attention (including antibiotics prescribed), it kinda took away from the whole thing for me.

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    Not sure what you mean, I was referencing the TV program.....that's how he got his goat.....so that detail stuck out to me.
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