Modern Mysteries

'Ghost ships' baffle authorities in Japan

By T.K. Randall
November 28, 2015 ·  16 comments

Were the boats and their crews the victims of a storm ? Image Credit: CC BY-SA 2.0 David Pickersgill The mysterious ships, which started to show up along the coast of Japan back in October, have been the subject of an ongoing investigation with officials desperate to unravel their secrets.

To date 11 ships have turned up, some showing signs of damage and each with its entire crew found deceased. Some of the vessels also appeared to have been adrift for quite some time.

One possibility is that the boats are from North Korea - a theory backed up by the discovery of Korean writing on both the vessels themselves and on the clothing worn by the crew.

Some have suggested that the vessels may have been fishing boats that had become lost at sea.

Source: NT News | Comments (16)

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