The Man Who Cheated Death by Hiding Inside a Cooler for 400 Days

[@RedCyberLizzie]

Imagine having to live on a boat and nearly die multiple times and have the only other person with you die halfway through and then when you come back to society and everyone calls you a liar and people try to sue you.

[@skjelm6363]

Humans are not kind. They tear you apart if they get a chance.

[@dalhousiekid]

@@skjelm6363 Not true. Mostly anyways. 🌻

[@AudioReplica2023]

Money , the root of all evil

[@zechariahzen.6364]

Quite the lesson in poise lol

[@skjelm6363]

@@dalhousiekid just give them the chance

[@AtarahDerek]

Here's a tip if you're lost at sea without water: Watch where the turtles and snakes are coming to the surface. They come up to breathe, but also to drink. If you can observe them drinking or otherwise lingering at the surface for longer than it takes to replenish their breath, taste the water. Freshwater is less dense than saltwater, and pools of freshwater will form on the ocean's surface after rain. This freshwater is how air breathing marine animals stay hydrated, especially during migrations or periods when they don't eat. If you confirm that the turtle is drinking freshwater, drink your fill and catch whatever you can in any container you've got. This is how the Polynesians survived extensive voyages across the sea whenever they ran out of coconut water or had too much of it (excess coconut water throws off your body's electrolytes).

[@tomewifecollector9608]

Woah that's really neat. Thanks for sharing

[@ethanxillasaurus2572]

@@tomewifecollector9608yeah

[@ChazzleDazzleVideos]

One of my friends' grandfathers was a tongan fisherman. He was at sea for over 100 days drifting and apperently it was the fish eyes that was his saving grace to get liquids. I couldn't imagine living through what he did. Same with this story.

[@UltimEVB]

Are u fr?

[@ChazzleDazzleVideos]

@UltimEVB yeah he was in a shipwreck and survived on a part of the ship he was able to get on that kept afloat. It's very similar to this story although less time at sea still amazing to survive for a third of a year at sea on planks of wood pretty much.

[@bensoncheung2801]

111 👍

[@Xp366]

@@ChazzleDazzleVideosI’m interested. Are there any news articles about this?

[@raisinbrancerealofficial]

My optometrist said that if you're stranded in nature with no good water source, you should drink the liquid found inside of eyeballs (preferably from an animal rather than your own)

[@StaticIsJustOkAtGames]

that sounds horrible, but id believe it since eyes are orbs of jelly, and jelly is really good at storing water.

[@orlagskapten9829]

It makes sense. Eyeballs have a separate immune system from the body so even if the animal is infected there is a decent chance that the eye is fine if it looks good.

[@benmcreynolds8581]

That reminds me of when I learned that desert lizards survived by obtaining water from the beetles that they ate. Nature really does provide creative solutions to different problems as long as we pay attention enough

[@Crawfishness]

Why is your optometrist giving you survival advice?

[@Purriah]

@@CrawfishnessI think he eats eyeballs man

[@pineapplepotato6985]

Unbelievable how most people’s first reaction to him coming home after suffering for a whole year is “I don’t believe you🖕😡”

[@akumuryuu]

Can you even sue someone even if he did cannibalize the other one? In normal society, that is a crime, yes. But in an intense survival situation, is it still?

[@dalhousiekid]

It shouldn't be!!

[@phantom0456]

If the individual who ultimately ends up being cannibalized dies naturally, then no, it should not be considered a crime. If they’re ended purposely, then of course it should be. The same rules that apply in a polite society do not apply in an extreme survival situation, but human beings still shouldn’t end the lives of other humans.

[@RedVRCC]

Not to mention that it arguably happened in international waters, depending on how far they drifted.

[@andiralosh2173]

Yeah that part was really missing. Why were they accusing him? Did he have a million dollars somehow?? Too many unknowns

[@takingitupto12next]

No, actually it is perfectly legal if and *only* if it is the *only* option.

[@troygarfieldtravels]

Lesson is, even when in distress and beat down, The State will punish you.

[@monad_tcp]

imagine the audacity of trying to sell hope. The State doesn't approve of any hope.

[@dunnowy123]

So you don't expect them to verify his story? And he wasn't sued by the state, he was sued by a person

[@dunnowy123]

​@@monad_tcpYeah, well you can trust but verify. Anyone could randomly show up on a beach and claim to have been lost at sea for over a year right?

[@mastervex5698]

Pro fisherman: "I don't need oars nor a flare gun. What is the worse that can happen."

[@BeanDaddyJr]

"Hot take, there's too much ocean" has got to be one of the best brew quotes of all time 😂

[@TheRainmustFall7]

It’s definitely one of the quotes

[@95_Nepentheses]

Great episode, but I gotta nitpick about how the detail of him passing a polygraph test was framed. Polygraph testing is pseudoscience, and should *always* be presented as such.

[@EEsmalls]

Yeah, they're not even admissible in a court case because of this.

[@benmcreynolds8581]

It has gotten to the point where it's 2024 and I really don't think Polygraphs should still be used. Our tech & understanding has advanced enough that Polygraphs should go extinct. I really sometimes think they only stay around because officials like to utilize it in combination with their interrogation process. Maybe to see if they can apply pressure on their suspects they suspect the most and they hope it could maybe get them to talk.. that's just my opinion

[@95_Nepentheses]

@@benmcreynolds8581 they absolutely use it in a predatory way

[@bearsbeetsbattlestargalactica6]

Exactly. How would one not have a visceral reaction to being questioned about such a traumatizing experience

[@l3176l]

The only use of a polygraph is to get people who don’t know it’s bunk to confess.

[@MengusDew]

It boiled my blood hearing that the family of his dead friend tried to sue him after all that he went through. Unruly people. They are evil.

[@shinigamiinochi]

They are not evil, theyre grieving. They lost their son and the only one who could tell them why was the one who potentially benefitted most from his death. There's no evidence of what happened to him or if he was cannibalized, so while I think suing him was misstep, I understand why they were suspicious. His story is also highly dubious, so I can't blame them

[@jiranchhetri8863]

@@shinigamiinochi when emotion takes over logic ong.

[@MengusDew]

@@shinigamiinochi "benifitted"? Really. Imma put the in the most sincere way possible: You put yourself in ANYONE else's shoes, entirely, BEFORE you engage with them., That INCLUDES the understanding of them doing the same. Now, get my point? Nothing says grieving like forcefully taking money from somebody that was stranded at sea for a year.

[@Panda-cute]

If I died in a survival situation like that I would actually want the others to eat me. Let my body have a purpose and keep others alive if Im no longer using it.

[@fantasystaplesuwu1554]

"The familiar feeling of 4 walls pressing against you" I'm sorry, but no, that is not a familiar feeling...

[@Plasmeeb]

LOL

[@staomruel]

He was narrating from the perspective of the subject.

[@DeShawnTheKing]

I'm surprised he survived that long without resources. Thanks for the story, Brew. They never fail to surprise me.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Xyascrazyworld]

Me too! And brew is amazing!

[@dougstrother5184]

Sorry if this is too morbid I don’t understand why people are so judgmental about cannibalism in severe emergencies like this. Like I wouldn’t be happy about someone I love being eaten, but if they were already dead and it meant that other people got to live I wouldn’t judge the person who ate them

[@rapistincel]

So you eat people ok got it

[@andiralosh2173]

Dumping 500 pounds of catch only to be eating sea birds and random things, oof

[@key2dastreetstv]

Just had to tell u I simply love the name andira..Is that your real name?

[@LikaLaruku]

I think it's selfish to not let your friend eat you to stay alive, especially when the insects, birds, & fish will devour you anyway.

[@Purriah]

Yeah but clearly they weren’t thinking clearly by that point

[@ZeoViolet]

Cannibalism is a pretty awful topic to discuss, but history has shown a general forgiveness for eating another person, provided that the person died of natural causes and there was no other choice for survival. For the 1972 crash, the survivors were told by their religious officials they had committed no sin before God, because they had not murdered anyone. There are many cases historically of people resorting to survival cannibalism and being forgiven for it.

[@SafaiaFureia]

Not necessarily applicable here but good general advice... always run two motors even if one is just 5 horsepower. Why? Because if the big one goes boom the Lil one can still get you home

[@wafflemonkey8083]

I really thought you were gonna end that differently: "Because if the big one goes boom, the lil one can still go vroom" 😂

[@SafaiaFureia]

@@wafflemonkey8083 I love your ending soooo much more!

[@giovanniparaizo6554]

Also, don't dump your fuel like they did

[@phantom0456]

Poor Jose didn’t even have a Wilson on the boat with him once Ezekiel was gone…

[@NotSoNormal1987]

And he left his swiss army man in the ocean

[@Kipu2021]

"Hot take? Too much ocean" Was this line written by a Groudon?

[@Plaegu]

That doesn’t seem fun…

[@rvfiasco]

Nope, not one bit!

[@ItzTerraYT]

Wait really? Thank God you said something I was about to go buy a cooler and dive in the ocean for 400 days, now I know it's not fun!

[@UltimEVB]

Introvert’s dream…

[@averageidiot1612]

Nah, clearly that was fun.

[@Walmartbag199]

Feel unfunny inc

[@StaticIsJustOkAtGames]

bro just wanted to do some fishing and then had to fight the hardest fight to ever blight a man.

[@ikonic_artworks]

dude was anticipating a day on easy mode, but nature decided to set him on super extreme difficulty mode

[@jessigraphiel9048]

Even if he ate the other person, no reason to sue. Like this is such an extreme situation... I would just be like "it's okay, mate".

[@melissahilsenrath1343]

That's just like the Robertson family who was surrounded by killer whales and they were forced to abandon their yacht and had to spend 38 days in the Pacific Ocean, also my mom read the book about that event and she was amazed by how the family survived after 38 days in the Pacific Ocean

[@StaticIsJustOkAtGames]

i forget that orcas have the nickname "killer whale" alot.

[@thesoutherncowgirlpoet]

Also Robin Williams was with them.

[@yeeshatraveller]

He wrote a book, 438 days breathtaking, Incredible story

[@kenirainseeker539]

"How a man survived" 2 men are stranded Welp, I already know it doesn't end well for one of them...

[@amberspringer4740]

Forgot how much I loved learning from Brew's videos!

[@kidsarecomedians]

This needs a movie (with the guy’s consent of course)

[@CodyHomes]

I'd give him 500 grand and sue anyone suing him.

[@aseelbakheet5556]

Please reach out to him if you can

[@CodyHomes]

I'm not sure how to contact him. It would take a while to get my team together and get my large amount of back pay. I'd probably have to sue my boss while I'm at it.

[@EricN73158]

So um note to self, always have oars if going on water. Got it.

[@vickythefist7062]

Doubt you could row 1000 miles against current . Maybe a sail for your boat would be better 😂

[@EricN73158]

@@vickythefist7062 yeah but could row to a ship that maybe passing by so they can see you easier. Also I said water so I could be maybe talking about a lake. I get stuck on an island that maybe in a lake, I ran out of gas somehow. Sure I could just swim to the other side but hey why not just use oars. What if I was not fit enough to swim that lake the oars make it so i can go as far as I can go then just take a break mid way. But yes I don't think oars will of saved them BUT maybe it could have. IDK Maybe just be Be Prepared for things better.

[@Purriah]

@@EricN73158just don’t throw your gasoline overboard if the engine breaks and have a repair kit secured lol

[@Darko4-c]

This video was more horrifying than every horror stuff i have seen ever. I was not ready for this. I felt terrified throughout whole video and cried when he survived.

[@pauls4704]

He has nothing to prove to anyone

[@korneliusfrik9545]

and that's why these radio things always have these small solar panels like calculators. already seen one

[@Name-ot3xw]

Imagine spending a year of not seeing something, but then suddenly you see something

[@TreeFlob]

The one can of soda at the bottom of the cooler nobody drank:

[@katiebaker5662]

Is was RC cola

[@Purriah]

Oh no, we have no sails or oars and the radio isn’t working. Better throw all of our gasoline and fish overboard.

[@johngetbent]

There is a podcast called "Marooned" that tells "Tales of the Catastrophically Lost". They covered this one in a pretty early episode. I would recommend it to anyone who likes stories like this.

[@DarkWarchieff]

How likely is it he ate that guy anyway?

[@orlagskapten9829]

Even if he did I wouldn't hold it against him.

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

Very, but no sane person would fault him in this situation

[@synthemagician4686]

Considering that up until that point he had been getting enough food to sustain himself anyways, I think it's very likely he actually didn't.

[@Cuprite1024]

"Hot take, there's too much ocean." Brew is part of Team Magma, apparently.

[@ms9001]

lesson learned: pee taste better than blood

[@joeystoney3678]

🤢

[@gearshift7174]

Some European cultures would disagree

[@samuelluc132]

​@@gearshift7174Examples? Plenty of Europeans (mainly older generations though, not so much the younger generations anymore) eat cooked pork blood in sausages and the likes, but I've never heard about anyone drinking blood, safe for ancient Romans, and I'm not sure it isn't a legend (I wouldn't be surprised if it's real, though, considering what I know is documented about ancient Roman culinary habits).

[@foreverpainful]

i dont think thats possinle blood just tastes salty and irony. 🤢 no way

[@Herowebcomics]

Wow! Remember to bring flairs and food on fishing trips like those!

[@nancycowell-miller4321]

Wow. Amazing story. I'm glad you are keeping it alive.

[@bekkakay8573]

Wow!😮 That was horrifying. Thank you for sharing his story.

[@CrimsonHybrid]

Land, right there, but alas a storm blew them away and farther from shore. It's like a real-life Odyssey, and also very unfortunate.

[@RyDaCol]

This story really saddened me 😢

[@goodboy02network90]

If I was in Ezequiel’s position, I would’ve made my friend promise the opposite, since I wouldn’t need my body anymore at that point.

[@StaticIsJustOkAtGames]

you gotta remember that they were hoping land was close, and that if he died his body could still be dragged back to land for his family. most likely-

[@dangerousdays2052]

I would tell him he ain't allowed to eat my dongus though.

[@EEsmalls]

​@@dangerousdays2052omfg 😂

[@nietur]

you gotta remember they were Christian

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

​@@nieturSo were the Donner party, Jamestown, and plenty of other desperate people driven to cannibalism...

[@johnbillings5260]

Desalination kits should be on such vessels.

[@bearsbeetsbattlestargalactica6]

While I agree, I feel like one wouldn’t last as long as he was out there

[@brianbrian1769]

Must have been good practice for the lockdown. I'll bet he just sailed right through it.

[@BorcishHorde]

Thanks brew for the cheery bed time story. You the best.

[@TheLithp]

I hope I will live to see the day when people stop mentioning polygraph results like they matter in any way.

[@pasmomoonde6077]

Stuck at sea for a year plus😮 that's horrific

[@anjachan]

what a nightmare!

[@Saphiros]

"...there was no way jose could-" *pauses video, head in hands, sobbing*

[@ecogreen123]

i wonder if i would fare even half a good as he did in loneliness, also im glad he is ok. (edit: fare)

[@dalhousiekid]

*fare

[@ecogreen123]

@@dalhousiekid fair

[@Purriah]

@@ecogreen123faire

[@twocvbloke]

I think I probably would have just lost my marbles and ended it all if I were in that situation, but then, I'm not a fisherman and barely have any experience with the sea aside from a quick paddle on a cold, north sea coast beach...

[@dunnowy123]

The vastness of the Pacific Ocean gives me anxiety . Nope. Nope NOPE

[@yaboijardo2319]

I would be so mad about throwing out the poles in the storm id never recover

[@LunarTheSheep]

I wont lie, this was one of the videos that somehow nearly made me cry

[@freshnorthwest6756]

that must have been crazy difficult!!!

[@SeptemberMeadows]

Everything he states about loneliness is what happens to me being around people. I am always alone as I can be but never lonely.

[@MillieBlackRose]

Bro took a kid out to sea without any of the usual necessities. Idk how I feel about this.

[@Kelnx]

How is it possible that no movie studio wants to make a movie about this?

[@vickythefist7062]

Why would he care if he ate him .he would be dead and wouldn't feel anything. I would want my friend to eat me .if i was allready dead i woukd want to be able to help him survive . Especially so he coukd tell my family whst happened. He could glady help me .

[@TheCaptnHammer]

Don’t think I didn’t catch that Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner quote!❤

[@lexibat7829]

If you're eating a carnivore diet, your need for vitamin C decreases.

[@emenefer]

Who does he think he is Indiana Jones?

[@EtinaMaduma]

???

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

Um, considering he's a fisherman and not an archeologist, probably not..?

[@jessicacossin6282]

He had caught 500 lbs of fish by hand?

[@elisab_feu424]

Added book in Amazon

[@star-p7h]

finaly he post after 200 yrs

[@luigifan001]

Dio suffered this 100x

[@infamoushacker4chan883]

_Wryyyyy...._

[@Homiloko2]

Dio: Finally.. it's been 100 years- Jotaro: ORAORAORAORAORA

[@UltimEVB]

My boy ain’t did nothing compared to Dio

[@mauriciotorres5985]

Was looking for the JoJo reference.

[@Walmartbag199]

Plus he couldn’t eat or drink SPEED WAGON FOREVER

[@Nubbinedits]

Infinite food glitch

[@ulrichraymond8372]

This story only tells us one thing be well equipped to face the dangers of the sea.

[@joshuwamckinsey5666]

Yea we need a movie fr that’s wild

[@RedVRCC]

Ain't no way I'm getting on a boat that small in an ocean.

[@RedSoloColby]

Today's the first day i watch a brew video without eating Panda Express while i watch

[@Voidesth]

In case anyone is intersted there is Marinetime Law and if out by sea under survival circumstances it's perfectly fine to cannibalize.

[@muslimgamerrr9479]

im so happy for him; athiests, release he would have gave up if he didnt beleive in god

[@tiny19890]

I think the story can sometimes save your life even if some things are tough to handle.🤔❓😱⛵💨⛈️💯

[@TheGreatBackUpVIDEOS]

8:32 Calm down, Maxie! (ORAS/RSE)

[@aalhard]

16:55 Loneliness has very little to do with being alone.

[@StaticIsJustOkAtGames]

elaborate?

[@dalhousiekid]

In a way, yes.

[@aalhard]

@@StaticIsJustOkAtGames you can be loneliest, by yourself in a crowd of couples, Or silent in a room of conversation

[@NezukoSatoru]

POOR TURTLES😭

[@qaisqashqary7862]

new fear: b o a t

[@iancowan3527]

Anchor doesn't work like you think!

[@vickythefist7062]

Didn't know you could eat jellyfish. ?? Surely been stung in the mouth and stomach is more damaging than not eating at all??

[@jennyb9065]

Not all species and mostly the tops of Jellyfish have no way to sting.

[@xXCasta21Xx]

They found plastic bottles out in the ocean, which helped them survive. One of the most isolated places on earth and they found plastic bottles. We’re doomed. 😢

[@themelancholyofgay3543]

The sea is not your friend

[@Phoenix.Sparkles]

So uhm, when is the video gonna live up to its name? I hear a lot of "they ate this" and "they drank that"...

[@kipple9808]

that was a good story.

[@CopperCovers]

are you that one guy from khan academy tell me I’m tweaking

[@AHPUROshankarMALDITO]

Weird. I didn't get your vid in my feed for a long time

[@unclebozo9845]

That's why the subscriptions tab exists.

[@TheZullah]

Its sp sad hes goes like that after survive

[@crawdadlando4053]

I notice the Iron Maiden reference at the 52 second mark.

[@crawdadlando4053]

Rime of the ancient mariner.

[@AndyGravity]

They're on tour

[@Allflow_noeyes]

He's a cool dewd

[@HoshikawaHikari]

Brew's hair looks like crumpled paper

[@EtinaMaduma]

Brew 🙂

[@waifu_png_pl6854]

rache bartmoss

[@YTsteve69504]

Well, this is interesting

[@secondbeamship]

0:16 Literally me.

[@mendypeters8489]

*oooh, so thats why I'm cuckoo for coco puffs*