Sep 13, 2018

Mysterious ghost ship reappears after 9 years lost at sea

There are many ghost ship stories – both real and fictional – that have sent chills down our spines through the ages, but none are quite as thrilling as the completely really tale of the Sam Ratulangi. This cargo ship had been lost at sea for nearly a decade, with anyone long having lost hope of ever finding it again, before reappearing without explanation just a couple of miles off the coast of a village in Myanmar.

Washing up on shore

If you’ve ever spent time on a beach, you’ll know that occasionally something unexpected can wash up on the shore. Maybe that’ll be a message in a bottle, some driftwood, or perhaps even a giant squid.

Something entirely different washed up on the shore in Myanmar this year: a ship that had been reported missing nine years ago. Perhaps it was presumed to have sunk, so no one thought to go out and look for it, but the huge ship revealed itself after spending years at sea.

There are tales of sailors being lost at sea, forever drifting on the waters of the ocean, haunting those ships who come near it.

Had the crew of this ship mysteriously disappeared, and were they now returning to the shore to haunt the living? There were no ghosts confirmed to be onboard this huge vessel, but who can say for certain what happened to the crew onboard? The ship is enormous, and it’s pretty hard to imagine someone not seeing this drifting out on the ocean, so why had it reappeared?