Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Day 2: The ?Free Diver Mystery

Having said nothing exciting happened yesterday, in the evening, my supervisor, Dr Adel was called to examine a body the Search + Rescue had found in the water.

It was a bit surreal.

Yes, it was a body. But all the humanly features had gone. We were left with mainly bone (apart from the intestines, which was definitely not a pretty sight).

Dr Adel estimated it had been in the water for ~21 days. The body came with the last remaining bits of Lycra on his R arm and L foot + a long flipper, size 11-12. The ribs were a bit mangled. Dr Adel guesstimated him to be free diver (ie, from the beach), possibly attacked by sharks or maybe a propeller..? But there have been no missing reports lately. So it's a bit of a mystery..


Must dash. Meant to be meeting Dr Adel... Now.

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