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Ghostly ships filled with dead bodies arrive on Japan’s shores
CNN Wire ^ | November 30, 2015 | CNN

Posted on 12/01/2015 1:18:16 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper

An unsettling mystery has washed up on Japan’s shores.

Over the past two months, at least eight wooden boats have been found in the Sea of Japan on or near the coast, carrying a chilling cargo — the decaying bodies of 20 people, Japan’s coast guard told CNN.

ll of the bodies were badly decomposed and “partially skeletonized” — two were found without heads — and one boat contained six skulls, the coast guard said. The first boat was found in October, then a series of boats in late November.

Coast guard officials are now trying to unravel the riddle of where these ghostly boats came from and what happened to those on board.

(Excerpt) Read more at q13fox.com ...


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: adrift; boats; bodies; corpses; defectors; desperation; flotsam; ghostboats; ghostships; japan; jetsam; maritimesecurity; mystery; nkorea; norks; northkorea; refugees; seaofjapan; skeletons; skulls
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1 posted on 12/01/2015 1:18:16 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Do the currents come from China or North Korea? Shouldn’t be much of a stretch to solve if they do.


2 posted on 12/01/2015 1:25:09 AM PST by Norm Lenhart (`)
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To: Norm Lenhart

Maybe from as far as the Philippines where the muzz insurgents in the southern portion continue to cause problems?


3 posted on 12/01/2015 1:31:02 AM PST by john drake (Lucius Accius-Roman,170 BC - "oderint dum metuant" translated "Let them hate so long as they fear")
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To: john drake

Sounds like the most logical guess. Muzzloid scum is south of Japan. Mohammed, piss be upon him.


4 posted on 12/01/2015 1:44:34 AM PST by PA-RIVER
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Speaking of the Sea of Japan... there’s a controversy started by the ROK over the name in recent years. The Sea of Japan name has a much older record than the rather useless and dull name proposed by the ROK, but never fear, a pandering Democrat, Terry McAuliffe, is here to cram the dull thing into American textbooks for the promise of a few votes and some donations:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/06/us-korea-japan-virginia-idUSBREA150SB20140206#E4v4j63zXsRIjC65.97


5 posted on 12/01/2015 1:46:29 AM PST by piasa
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To: piasa

Not to mention it’s only the East Sea if you are west of it...


6 posted on 12/01/2015 1:48:22 AM PST by piasa
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To: PA-RIVER

They look like the kind of fishing boats in China

It could be pirates. Steal the tuna-kill the fishermen

But, then it is probably Bushes fault


7 posted on 12/01/2015 2:03:48 AM PST by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Probably another manifestation of the Obama Doctrine at some level.


8 posted on 12/01/2015 2:26:57 AM PST by keat
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To: Fai Mao

Victims of climate change no doubt.


9 posted on 12/01/2015 2:56:32 AM PST by tflabo (Psalm 1)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

This reminds me,

Anyone ever come up with an explanation for the severed feet showing up near Seattle?


10 posted on 12/01/2015 3:02:20 AM PST by Joe Boucher (the only good mooselimb is a dead mooselimb.)
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To: Joe Boucher

Fukushima?


11 posted on 12/01/2015 3:05:24 AM PST by ez (Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is... - Milton)
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To: ez

Exactly what I was thinking. Looked at a bunch of stuff on Utube yesterday and it don’t look good.


12 posted on 12/01/2015 3:10:02 AM PST by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: ez

No,
Over a couple years about 15 times severed feet have been found along the shoreline all wearing tennis shoes.


13 posted on 12/01/2015 3:10:19 AM PST by Joe Boucher (the only good mooselimb is a dead mooselimb.)
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To: ez; Foundahardheadedwoman; Joe Boucher; Berlin_Freeper
Fukushima?

Highly unlikely . I don't think that these fishing boats or the severed feet with tennis shoes found washing up on the NW shores of the US have anything to do with Fukushima or the tsunami.

As for these boats, it sounds more like North Korean defectors who got lost and starved to death (and given the choice of starving to death in North Korea or ending up in a prison camp or taking a chance of dying at sea - I'd take the chance) or they might have been tracked down taken out by NORK agents or pirates or Muzzies or Muzzie pirates or they were just plain old North Korean fishing boats (and by the article, the boats were old and primitive not modern fishing vessels - "made of wood and are old and heavy" and are evidently North Korean given the lettering on the boats and other evidence) and that they got lost at sea and they all starved to death.

The two bodies with missing heads? Cannibalism? I mean if I'm going to have to resort to eating a co-worker, I really don't want the head around looking at me with accusing eyes or smiling at me sort of like a Chinese "turkey".

A Christmas Story Chinese Restaurant Scene

14 posted on 12/01/2015 3:35:47 AM PST by MD Expat in PA
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To: Norm Lenhart

My thought, too. If I had to guess it was NORKS fleeing North Korea and either got killed by North Korean forces and left to float or they went cannibal during the voyage...


15 posted on 12/01/2015 3:43:05 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Berlin_Freeper

More victims of “Mephisto’s Trapezoid.”


16 posted on 12/01/2015 3:50:13 AM PST by Flag_This (You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The boats even look like they sailed right out of the last century.


17 posted on 12/01/2015 4:08:47 AM PST by o_1_2_3__
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To: MD Expat in PA

‘A Christmas Story Chinese Restaurant Scene’

I don’t remember that scene but it was great. Thanks. Did John and the SNL crew ever do Xmas humor? I really liked the Samurai Chef stuff.


18 posted on 12/01/2015 4:25:37 AM PST by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Dear CNN, there’s a big difference between ships and boats.


19 posted on 12/01/2015 4:50:48 AM PST by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Godzilla?


20 posted on 12/01/2015 4:52:31 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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