A plausible hypothesis except for the fact that the cargo – made up of 1701 barrels of alcohol for industrial use headed for the port of Genoa – was found. Then somebody demonstrated that Abel Fosdyk had never existed and that the news was, as we would call it now fake news, created only to sell a few extra copies of the papers.Īnother hypothesis taken into consideration was that of a pirate attack. The most surprising thing is that there were readers who believed this very improbable version of events. The stage collapsed, and a pack of starving sharks took care of the rest, while Fosdyk, the only survivor, was able to save himself by clinging to a beam until he reached the African coast. According to Fosdyk this is what happened: Briggs made a bet with the crew that he could swim, fully dressed, and dove into the water to prove his point, preparing beforehand a small stage overlooking the sea so that his wife and the sailors could view his efforts.
In 1913 a diary appeared, written by a certain Abel Fosdyk, who claimed to be a friend of Captain Briggs and told how he had been secretly smuggled on board the Mary Celeste to escape American police. There is the story of the attack from a giant octopus, which ate the entire crew and, as dessert enjoyed the sextant and a lifeboat. This one is the hardest to prove or disprove. There are those who mentioned the Bermuda Triangle, forgetting that the brigantine had never even been close to Bermuda! Those who suggested kidnapping by aliens. These are the theories.Īs we saw in the previous article, there are many writers, sailing experts and “detectives of mystery” that have tried to respond to the question: what could have pushed the crew to abandon the Mary Celeste in the open ocean? Part Two: Theories On 5 December 1872, off the coast of the Azores Islands, a merchant ship encounters a ghost ship.
Articolo di Liguria Nautica The Mystery of the Mary Celeste.
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