History's Most Unbelievable Survival Story Is Actually True 

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Buried at sea. Thrown overboard. You should have said, “they set up a window on the edge of the boat, and he was defenstrated.”

In the past lobsters were far more plentiful and you could find many of them closer to shore in waters 5-8’ deep or less. After storms a great number of them would be washed ashore like crabs, and sometimes in massive piles. Unlike crabs who primarily use their legs for locomotion and have far less difficulty going back into the sea quickly, lobsters primarily use their tail fins underwater for propulsion and thus have a hard time walking on land. That’s why lobsters were once considered food for poor people, who would regularly descend onto the beach after storms with buckets and nets catching them by the dozen.

As a marine biologist I can confirm that, that is exactly how seal reproduction goes

Gurklak the caveman is super bummed he didn't make the cut. He fought 8 sabertooths and a wooly mammoth, survived an avalanche, lost an eye, then turned 12.

In commemoration of Selkirk and the book he inspired, the island where he was marooned is now called Alejandro Selkirk and the island next to it is called Robinson Crusoe (both part of the Juan Fernández Archipielago in Chile)

A classic and an impressive feat. For me as a Norwegian the the survival story of the crew on The Endurance with Ernst Shackleton in the Antarctic beats them all. This should be covered by your amazing storytelling. How their ship froze and got crushed by the ice, for them to get stuck on Elephant island when the ice retreated. A selected few had to row in horrible sea conditions to South Georgia (still in the Antarctic) and a mountain crossing over to Grytviken (Norwegian settlement) and got his whole crew saved is something else. Took them about 2 years in total. It's such an amazing story. Ernst Shackleton was horrible at planning, but what he lacked as a planner he made up for as a man and leader.

I had no idea this novel was based on reality. That certainly explains why one of those islands mentioned, off the coast of Chile, is Robinson Crusoe Island.

*Me wearing headphones at the gym*: they named their ship "Sinker"?

Is it me or does this guy just keep getting more and more dapper over time? Keep looking sharp good sir!!

I loved this book when I discovered it as a kid (still like it a lot) and being extremely introverted I wanted a Robinson Crusoe life. I've heard about Selkirk before but your video gave me more info on him. Very interesting! You always have great videos!

Humans always amaze me. We are often criticizied, yet stories like this, always inspire me. We are sometimes brilliant!

On a side note, if I remember correctly, the Cinque Ports was in the company of the St. George which was commanded by William Dampier who was also the overall commander when Selkirk was abandoned. Dampier then was sailing master of the Woodes Rogers ship Duke when Selkirk was rescued. By the way, if you want to tell a very interesting story then William Dampier should be at the top of your list. For those who would like a more in depth look I highly recommend the book "A Pirate of Exquisite Mind".

Reading this as a class and doing projects on this book was one of my more vivid memories in elementary school in New England, USA. It's one of those book every kid in the 80s and 90s I know for sure read in class here. I was an outdoors kid(fishing, hunting, camping, canoeing)so it resonated a ton with me. I've always had a huge fascination with survival stories like this I think because of this book. And another that's part of the curriculum here in the state of Maine(called Lost on A Mountain In Maine) about a young boy who survives on a mountain after a freak snowstorm for a while. And then around the same time the movie Alive came out when I was a little kid which again just blew my mind with how they ended up surviving...Then in HS I must have found and read every single true survival story I could find. And every once and a while like now I refresh them by finding other's takes on certain stories like this channel does(and does quite well without much useless "fat").

Go to Middlesbrough on a Friday night to be able to make conversations about people being thrown through windows

Oh my word! That is unbelievable stuff and imo your best video yet. I had no idea that this was the case. What an amazing man and really illustrates just how far a human being can push themselves. Wow.

I've finally realized why I like thoughty2, it's because he is mostly unbiased when reporting something.

His mishap in church that he was going to be reprimanded for was: throwing someone out of a window as he farted! A bum’fiddle!

42 - What about ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS??" Eating Martian Space sausages and burning Mars rocks to produce Oxygen...

this guy was left on an island that ships stopped at to resupply with extra clothes, 2 weapons and bedding. not terribly surprising he could survive.