Survival Stories

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He Was Forgotten in a Cell for 18 Days and Somehow Lived

This is the absurd true story of an Austrian guy named Andreas who the police literally forgot in a holding cell for 18 days and walked out like it was a weird sleepover gone wrong.Read More

The Bloke Who Kept Fighting Until Given Leave

A Japanese soldier hid in a Philippine jungle for 29 years refusing to surrender until a superior officer finally turned up with written orders.Read More

The Bloke Who Got Hit By Lightning Seven Times (And Lived To Moan About It)

Roy Sullivan survived seven separate lightning strikes while working as a park ranger, which makes him the unluckiest lucky man in recorded history.Read More

133 Days Adrift, Ate Seagulls, Still Sound

Proper mad: a fella floated for 133 days, drank rain, ate birds and turned a bit of canvas into a wardrobe and kept his humour.Read More
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