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THE US sailor who claims to have survived 66 days at sea by
eating raw fish and reading his Bible has hit back at sceptics, saying:
“God knows I’m a truthful man”.
Not a scratch ... Louis Jordan walks from the
Coast Guard helicopter to hospital in Norfolk, Virginia after being
found off the North Carolina coast.
Louis Jordan made headlines when he was rescued last Thursday after being stranded 330 kilometres off the North Carolina coast.
The sailor was spotted drifting on his stricken sailboat by the German-registered Houston Express tanker and taken aboard.
He refused medical treatment — despite his claim that he had suffered a broken shoulder — and was keen to conduct television interviews without delay despite his apparent ordeal.
Jordan’s skin was pale and unblemished — his rescuers had expected him to be severely sunburnt and covered in blisters.
The 37-year-old, however, hit back at doubters who questioned how he could be in such good shape after surviving by catching rainwater in a bucket.
His family says he sailed out of a marina in Conway, South Carolina on January 23, and hadn't been heard from since
“God knows I am a truthful man,” Jordan told the Mail Online.
“My family knows I am telling the truth. The people who know me know that.”
The amateur sailor, who went missing on January 22, said he got through his ordeal by reading his Bible cover to cover and catching fish by trailing dirty clothes in the ocean.
He also described in great detail how he attempted to eat a jellyfish as he was desperate for food.
“One day I caught a jellyfish and I know you can eat some types of jellyfish,” he told the Mail Online.“I
put it to my lips and it stung so badly ... I spat it out. I had to put
charcoal in my mouth for 45 minutes to suck out the toxin.”
Survival expert Erik Kulik, of the True North Wilderness Survival School, told the Mail Online there was a lot about Jordan’s story that didn’t add up.
“I would have expected him to be severely dehydrated,” he said.
Kulik said Jordan should have been wobbly on his feet when he was rescued, but appeared to walk perfectly after his rescue.
Jordan told the Mail Online his shoulder injury had healed after two months at sea and that he had survived through “lots of prayer”.
He said: “I don’t mind being criticised. To paraphrase the Bible — fools hate to be criticised but wise men love to be criticised.”
Not a scratch ... Louis Jordan walks from the
Coast Guard helicopter to hospital in Norfolk, Virginia after being
found off the North Carolina coast.Louis Jordan made headlines when he was rescued last Thursday after being stranded 330 kilometres off the North Carolina coast.
The sailor was spotted drifting on his stricken sailboat by the German-registered Houston Express tanker and taken aboard.
He refused medical treatment — despite his claim that he had suffered a broken shoulder — and was keen to conduct television interviews without delay despite his apparent ordeal.
Jordan’s skin was pale and unblemished — his rescuers had expected him to be severely sunburnt and covered in blisters.
The 37-year-old, however, hit back at doubters who questioned how he could be in such good shape after surviving by catching rainwater in a bucket.
His family says he sailed out of a marina in Conway, South Carolina on January 23, and hadn't been heard from since
“God knows I am a truthful man,” Jordan told the Mail Online.
“My family knows I am telling the truth. The people who know me know that.”
The amateur sailor, who went missing on January 22, said he got through his ordeal by reading his Bible cover to cover and catching fish by trailing dirty clothes in the ocean.
He also described in great detail how he attempted to eat a jellyfish as he was desperate for food.
Doubts grow ... Louis Jordan says he survived 66 days at sea by reading his Bible cover to cover and eating raw fish.
Survival expert Erik Kulik, of the True North Wilderness Survival School, told the Mail Online there was a lot about Jordan’s story that didn’t add up.
“I would have expected him to be severely dehydrated,” he said.
Dramatic rescue ... US Coast Guard members hoist Louis Jordan from the motor vessel Houston Express.
Jordan told the Mail Online his shoulder injury had healed after two months at sea and that he had survived through “lots of prayer”.
He said: “I don’t mind being criticised. To paraphrase the Bible — fools hate to be criticised but wise men love to be criticised.”
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