-—”Upon further reflection, I am inclined to believe this is a hoax.”-—
“I caught a couple of nice ones, kissed them on the snout and let them go,”
Sounds like a fairy tale.
My take is if he is smart enough to survive for for 17 days, he should have been found sooner. It is hard to believe a 70 year old man that spent the day fishing from a kayak decided fishing sucked and decided to hike a mile or so to better fishing grounds and got lost. It just doesn’t add up...