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Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Man Eats Cockroaches, Turtles While Stranded at Sea 95 Days
A real-life Cast Away situation unfolded recently, minus the uninhabited island and volleyball companion, as a Peruvian fisherman found himself stranded at sea for 95 days. Máximo Napa Castro, who goes by Gatón, went for a fishing trip meant to be a month-long; but, when it was time to turn back, his motor wouldn't start. Thus began his transformation into survival mode. Mainly, his food supplies were dwindling. So, after running out of his rations, Gatón resorted to finding food on the open ocean. 'After January and February, that's when I started eating roaches and birds, various kinds of fish that happened to jump into the boat,' he told CNN. In the middle of the night, he would sneak up behind birds on the boat, then bash them. 'I didn't want to do it but I didn't have a choice,' he said. 'It was my life.' Eventually, he even resorted to hunting and killing a sea turtle – but not for its meat; instead, he drank the turtle's blood, because he had run out of collected rainwater. During his time lost at sea, Gatón's will to survive, to maintain hope, was understandably tested. A couple times, he even contemplated taking his own life to end the nightmare. He said: 'I even got a knife three times. Three times I got the knife because I couldn't take it anymore. But I told myself: Calm down, Gatón. You can do it. You can do it.'Sure enough, soon after the turtle incident, help arrived. A helicopter spotted Gatón one night as he was falling asleep on his boat. A short time later, a rescue boat arrived. After 95 days at sea, surviving on a diet of roaches, birds, fish, and turtle blood, he was going home. As imagined, the experience had a profound impact on Gatón's outlook on life. And he hopes to share what he experienced, what he learned, with the world: 'I will tell my story worldwide, so the world knows that God is everything in this life, that we put our hand on our chest and fill ourselves with love, give love. That is what we need here on Earth.'
CNN
19-03-2025
- General
- CNN
Peruvian fisherman rescued after 95 days at sea survived on diet of cockroaches, fish and turtle blood
A Peruvian fisherman who was rescued after 95 days lost at sea told CNN that his faith and his desire to see his family again kept him going – along with a diet of cockroaches, birds, fish and the occasional turtle. 'Firstly, it was my faith in God. Because I spoke to him for many days. Because I let him know how important my family was. My mother, my brother, my children,' Máximo Napa Castro – who goes by the name of Gatón – said in an interview with CNN's Jimena De La Quintana. Keeping hope alive wasn't easy. His morale dwindled along with his food supply. It reached a point where he thought he didn't want to live anymore. 'I even got a knife three times. Three times I got the knife because I couldn't take it anymore,' he said. 'But I told myself: Calm down, Gatón. You can do it. You can do it.' He said he had packed enough supplies to last him a month. And after those first 30 days at sea, he was ready to head back to land. But that's when his boat's motor stopped running. He tried many times to get it to work again, but to no avail. From there, he knew he had to ration the few scraps of food and water he had left, hoping it would last him long enough for someone to find him. But after another month or so, his rations ran out. So, he turned to drastic measures. 'After January and February, that's when I started eating roaches and birds, various kinds of fish that happened to jump into the boat.' He said he had to hunt those birds in the middle of the night. Around 1 or 2 a.m. they would rest on top of his boat and fall asleep. Once they did, he got a club, snuck up behind them and 'pop.' 'I didn't want to do it but I didn't have a choice. It was my life.' At one point, he even had to hunt a turtle – not for its meat but for its blood since he didn't have anything else to drink. Not long after that, a hopeful sign finally arrived. He was about to fall asleep inside his boat. But just 30 minutes later, he heard a loud voice screaming his nickname: 'Gatón!' It was a rescue worker on a helicopter. 'That's when I said (to God): You did it! You did it!' The people on board the helicopter gestured to him that another boat would arrive soon to take him home. After about an hour, as night fell, he finally saw the lights of the boat. He was going home. 'It was something sensational,' he said. After those excruciating 95 days, he now says he has a newfound appreciation for life. 'I will tell my story worldwide, so the world knows that God is everything in this life, that we put our hand on our chest and fill ourselves with love, give love. That is what we need here on Earth.'
CNN
19-03-2025
- General
- CNN
Peruvian fisherman rescued after 95 days at sea survived on diet of cockroaches, fish and turtle blood
A Peruvian fisherman who was rescued after 95 days lost at sea told CNN that his faith and his desire to see his family again kept him going – along with a diet of cockroaches, birds, fish and the occasional turtle. 'Firstly, it was my faith in God. Because I spoke to him for many days. Because I let him know how important my family was. My mother, my brother, my children,' Máximo Napa Castro – who goes by the name of Gatón – said in an interview with CNN's Jimena De La Quintana. Keeping hope alive wasn't easy. His morale dwindled along with his food supply. It reached a point where he thought he didn't want to live anymore. 'I even got a knife three times. Three times I got the knife because I couldn't take it anymore,' he said. 'But I told myself: Calm down, Gatón. You can do it. You can do it.' He said he had packed enough supplies to last him a month. And after those first 30 days at sea, he was ready to head back to land. But that's when his boat's motor stopped running. He tried many times to get it to work again, but to no avail. From there, he knew he had to ration the few scraps of food and water he had left, hoping it would last him long enough for someone to find him. But after another month or so, his rations ran out. So, he turned to drastic measures. 'After January and February, that's when I started eating roaches and birds, various kinds of fish that happened to jump into the boat.' He said he had to hunt those birds in the middle of the night. Around 1 or 2 a.m. they would rest on top of his boat and fall asleep. Once they did, he got a club, snuck up behind them and 'pop.' 'I didn't want to do it but I didn't have a choice. It was my life.' At one point, he even had to hunt a turtle – not for its meat but for its blood since he didn't have anything else to drink. Not long after that, a hopeful sign finally arrived. He was about to fall asleep inside his boat. But just 30 minutes later, he heard a loud voice screaming his nickname: 'Gatón!' It was a rescue worker on a helicopter. 'That's when I said (to God): You did it! You did it!' The people on board the helicopter gestured to him that another boat would arrive soon to take him home. After about an hour, as night fell, he finally saw the lights of the boat. He was going home. 'It was something sensational,' he said. After those excruciating 95 days, he now says he has a newfound appreciation for life. 'I will tell my story worldwide, so the world knows that God is everything in this life, that we put our hand on our chest and fill ourselves with love, give love. That is what we need here on Earth.'
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Peruvian fisherman rescued after 95 days at sea survived on diet of cockroaches, fish and turtle blood
A Peruvian fisherman who was rescued after 95 days lost at sea told CNN that his faith and his desire to see his family again kept him going – along with a diet of cockroaches, birds, fish and the occasional turtle. 'Firstly, it was my faith in God. Because I spoke to him for many days. Because I let him know how important my family was. My mother, my brother, my children,' Máximo Napa Castro – who goes by the name of Gatón – said in an interview with CNN's Jimena De La Quintana. Keeping hope alive wasn't easy. His morale dwindled along with his food supply. It reached a point where he thought he didn't want to live anymore. 'I even got a knife three times. Three times I got the knife because I couldn't take it anymore,' he said. 'But I told myself: Calm down, Gatón. You can do it. You can do it.' He said he had packed enough supplies to last him a month. And after those first 30 days at sea, he was ready to head back to land. But that's when his boat's motor stopped running. He tried many times to get it to work again, but to no avail. From there, he knew he had to ration the few scraps of food and water he had left, hoping it would last him long enough for someone to find him. But after another month or so, his rations ran out. So, he turned to drastic measures. 'After January and February, that's when I started eating roaches and birds, various kinds of fish that happened to jump into the boat.' He said he had to hunt those birds in the middle of the night. Around 1 or 2 a.m. they would rest on top of his boat and fall asleep. Once they did, he got a club, snuck up behind them and 'pop.' 'I didn't want to do it but I didn't have a choice. It was my life.' At one point, he even had to hunt a turtle – not for its meat but for its blood since he didn't have anything else to drink. Not long after that, a hopeful sign finally arrived. He was about to fall asleep inside his boat. But just 30 minutes later, he heard a loud voice screaming his nickname: 'Gatón!' It was a rescue worker on a helicopter. 'That's when I said (to God): You did it! You did it!' The people on board the helicopter gestured to him that another boat would arrive soon to take him home. After about an hour, as night fell, he finally saw the lights of the boat. He was going home. 'It was something sensational,' he said. After those excruciating 95 days, he now says he has a newfound appreciation for life. 'I will tell my story worldwide, so the world knows that God is everything in this life, that we put our hand on our chest and fill ourselves with love, give love. That is what we need here on Earth.'
CNN
19-03-2025
- General
- CNN
Peruvian fisherman rescued after 95 days at sea survived on diet of cockroaches, fish and turtle blood
A Peruvian fisherman who was rescued after 95 days lost at sea told CNN that his faith and his desire to see his family again kept him going – along with a diet of cockroaches, birds, fish and the occasional turtle. 'Firstly, it was my faith in God. Because I spoke to him for many days. Because I let him know how important my family was. My mother, my brother, my children,' Máximo Napa Castro – who goes by the name of Gatón – said in an interview with CNN's Jimena De La Quintana. Keeping hope alive wasn't easy. His morale dwindled along with his food supply. It reached a point where he thought he didn't want to live anymore. 'I even got a knife three times. Three times I got the knife because I couldn't take it anymore,' he said. 'But I told myself: Calm down, Gatón. You can do it. You can do it.' He said he had packed enough supplies to last him a month. And after those first 30 days at sea, he was ready to head back to land. But that's when his boat's motor stopped running. He tried many times to get it to work again, but to no avail. From there, he knew he had to ration the few scraps of food and water he had left, hoping it would last him long enough for someone to find him. But after another month or so, his rations ran out. So, he turned to drastic measures. 'After January and February, that's when I started eating roaches and birds, various kinds of fish that happened to jump into the boat.' He said he had to hunt those birds in the middle of the night. Around 1 or 2 a.m. they would rest on top of his boat and fall asleep. Once they did, he got a club, snuck up behind them and 'pop.' 'I didn't want to do it but I didn't have a choice. It was my life.' At one point, he even had to hunt a turtle – not for its meat but for its blood since he didn't have anything else to drink. Not long after that, a hopeful sign finally arrived. He was about to fall asleep inside his boat. But just 30 minutes later, he heard a loud voice screaming his nickname: 'Gatón!' It was a rescue worker on a helicopter. 'That's when I said (to God): You did it! You did it!' The people on board the helicopter gestured to him that another boat would arrive soon to take him home. After about an hour, as night fell, he finally saw the lights of the boat. He was going home. 'It was something sensational,' he said. After those excruciating 95 days, he now says he has a newfound appreciation for life. 'I will tell my story worldwide, so the world knows that God is everything in this life, that we put our hand on our chest and fill ourselves with love, give love. That is what we need here on Earth.'
