Chinese man rescued after 7-day sea ordeal; endures hallucinations, eats raw crabs to survive
Tourist suffers from oozing skin sores due to overexposure to the sun, fishermen find him hanging onto a buoy in a ‘delirious’ state
A Chinese man who was left floating in the sea for seven days has miraculously survived by eating raw crabs.
The man, surnamed Qin, was rescued by two fishermen from Chengmai county of southern Hainan province in early June following his harrowing experience at sea, the Pengbo News reported.
His ordeal began on May 27 when he was walking on the beach at Haikou, the capital city of Hainan, and was swept into the water by big waves, recalled Qin, a 39-year-old tourist from Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.
He had never been swimming in the sea before and had no life-saving equipment with him at that time.
As Qin was swept into deep waters he could not call for help because his mobile phone was lost.