The Disturbing Forty-Year Mystery Of The “Sarah Joe”
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Marcus Lowth
- February 15, 2019
- September 28, 2021
- 9 min read
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The small fishing boat, the 'Sarah Joe' left the coast of Hawaii with five semi-experienced, although not professional sailors on board in February 1979. It wouldn’t be seen again for over a decade. And even then, it was thousands of miles away on a small island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
The Sarah Joe
Even more chilling, all of the crew seemingly vanished into thin air. All except one, whose partial skeletal remains were discovered in a makeshift cairn-like grave near to the location of the ruined vessel. They would ultimately prove to be one of the missing men, Scott Moorman. What’s more, and equally disturbing, a strange ritualistic discovery in this shallow grave would add yet more dark mystery to an alrea...
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Marcus Lowth
Marcus Lowth is a writer with a love for UFOs, aliens, and the Ancient Astronaut Theory, to the paranormal, general conspiracies, and unsolved mysteries. He has been writing and researching with over 20 years of experience.
Marcus has been Editor-in-Chief for several years due to his excellent knowledge in these fields. Marcus also regularly appears as an expert on radio talk shows including Troubled Minds and Unexplained Radio discussing these topics.
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In my opinion the crew died slowly on board during the next weeks or months of disappearing. As they were dying the bodies were buried at sea by the survivors.
The last to survive was Moorman who died on the boat but remained on board during years until the boat got stuck at these remote island.
After some time a random native fishermen boat reached the island and found the boat with the remains of Moorman still on it (probably just the bones).
Of course they didn’t know the whole story of the lost boat so they decided to burrie the bones as a sign of respect. They also include the book with him because they thought it may be important for the deceased.
Some time later the US team found the boat and the tomb.
It make sense…