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Real Survival Stories

Marooned on an Island: Watch Out for Dragons…

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

Society & Culture, Documentary, Sports, Wilderness, History

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

A leisurely scuba dive in Indonesia goes sideways when the group is caught in a fierce current. Swept out to sea, Jim Manning and his fellow castaways must find land urgently. But even if they make it ashore, what awaits them on terra firma may pose an even greater danger… A Noiser production, written by Joe Viner. For ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions If you have an amazing survival story of your own that you’d like to put forward for the show, let us know. Drop us an email at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.4

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0:07.0

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0:12.4

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0:14.2

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0:19.6

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0:21.7

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0:26.2

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0:29.5

It's 9 p.m. on June the 5th, 2008. Indonesia. Underneath a vast starlit sky, the waters of the Flores Sea are tumultuous.

0:44.7

Fierce currents swirl and split the swell.

0:50.8

Amidst the rolling waves, Bob's a lone piece of driftwood, a tree trunk, six feet in length.

0:58.0

Occasionally it gets dragged under, before being spat back out.

1:02.0

Clinging to it, a five-year-old. before being spat back out.

1:02.6

Clinging to it are five terrified human beings,

1:06.9

drenched and shivering in their wetsuits.

1:09.8

Among them, 30-year-old Britain, Jim Manning and his girlfriend Charlotte.

1:15.0

Jim looks around at the faces of his companions.

1:18.0

Pale moonlight shimmers in their panicked eyes as they hold on for dear life.

1:24.0

It did get rougher, the waves did get bigger, the wind picked up,

1:28.0

and the waves were crashing over our heads.

1:30.0

And I remember being really cold as well, like starting to get really cold at this point.

1:35.0

Jim tightens his grip.

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