The Man Who Cheated Death by Hiding Inside a Cooler for 400 Days 

Imagine having to live on a boat and nearly die multiple times and have the only other person with you die halfway through and then when you come back to society and everyone calls you a liar and people try to sue you.

Unbelievable how most people’s first reaction to him coming home after suffering for a whole year is “I don’t believe you🖕😡”

One of my friends' grandfathers was a tongan fisherman. He was at sea for over 100 days drifting and apperently it was the fish eyes that was his saving grace to get liquids. I couldn't imagine living through what he did. Same with this story.

My optometrist said that if you're stranded in nature with no good water source, you should drink the liquid found inside of eyeballs (preferably from an animal rather than your own)

Here's a tip if you're lost at sea without water: Watch where the turtles and snakes are coming to the surface. They come up to breathe, but also to drink. If you can observe them drinking or otherwise lingering at the surface for longer than it takes to replenish their breath, taste the water. Freshwater is less dense than saltwater, and pools of freshwater will form on the ocean's surface after rain. This freshwater is how air breathing marine animals stay hydrated, especially during migrations or periods when they don't eat. If you confirm that the turtle is drinking freshwater, drink your fill and catch whatever you can in any container you've got. This is how the Polynesians survived extensive voyages across the sea whenever they ran out of coconut water or had too much of it (excess coconut water throws off your body's electrolytes).

Can you even sue someone even if he did cannibalize the other one? In normal society, that is a crime, yes. But in an intense survival situation, is it still?

Lesson is, even when in distress and beat down, The State will punish you.

"Hot take, there's too much ocean" has got to be one of the best brew quotes of all time 😂

Pro fisherman: "I don't need oars nor a flare gun. What is the worse that can happen."

Great episode, but I gotta nitpick about how the detail of him passing a polygraph test was framed. Polygraph testing is pseudoscience, and should *always* be presented as such.

"The familiar feeling of 4 walls pressing against you" I'm sorry, but no, that is not a familiar feeling...

I think it's selfish to not let your friend eat you to stay alive, especially when the insects, birds, & fish will devour you anyway.

It boiled my blood hearing that the family of his dead friend tried to sue him after all that he went through. Unruly people. They are evil.

That doesn’t seem fun…

bro just wanted to do some fishing and then had to fight the hardest fight to ever blight a man.

Poor Jose didn’t even have a Wilson on the boat with him once Ezekiel was gone…

Not necessarily applicable here but good general advice... always run two motors even if one is just 5 horsepower. Why? Because if the big one goes boom the Lil one can still get you home

I'm surprised he survived that long without resources. Thanks for the story, Brew. They never fail to surprise me.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Dumping 500 pounds of catch only to be eating sea birds and random things, oof

If I died in a survival situation like that I would actually want the others to eat me. Let my body have a purpose and keep others alive if Im no longer using it.

He wrote a book, 438 days breathtaking, Incredible story

That's just like the Robertson family who was surrounded by killer whales and they were forced to abandon their yacht and had to spend 38 days in the Pacific Ocean, also my mom read the book about that event and she was amazed by how the family survived after 38 days in the Pacific Ocean

"Hot take? Too much ocean" Was this line written by a Groudon?

Sorry if this is too morbid I don’t understand why people are so judgmental about cannibalism in severe emergencies like this. Like I wouldn’t be happy about someone I love being eaten, but if they were already dead and it meant that other people got to live I wouldn’t judge the person who ate them

Forgot how much I loved learning from Brew's videos!

lesson learned: pee taste better than blood

I'd give him 500 grand and sue anyone suing him.

Cannibalism is a pretty awful topic to discuss, but history has shown a general forgiveness for eating another person, provided that the person died of natural causes and there was no other choice for survival. For the 1972 crash, the survivors were told by their religious officials they had committed no sin before God, because they had not murdered anyone. There are many cases historically of people resorting to survival cannibalism and being forgiven for it.

"How a man survived" 2 men are stranded Welp, I already know it doesn't end well for one of them...

Even if he ate the other person, no reason to sue. Like this is such an extreme situation... I would just be like "it's okay, mate".

He has nothing to prove to anyone

There is a podcast called "Marooned" that tells "Tales of the Catastrophically Lost". They covered this one in a pretty early episode. I would recommend it to anyone who likes stories like this.

So um note to self, always have oars if going on water. Got it.

Imagine spending a year of not seeing something, but then suddenly you see something

This video was more horrifying than every horror stuff i have seen ever. I was not ready for this. I felt terrified throughout whole video and cried when he survived.

and that's why these radio things always have these small solar panels like calculators. already seen one

The one can of soda at the bottom of the cooler nobody drank:

Oh no, we have no sails or oars and the radio isn’t working. Better throw all of our gasoline and fish overboard.

This needs a movie (with the guy’s consent of course)

How likely is it he ate that guy anyway?

"Hot take, there's too much ocean." Brew is part of Team Magma, apparently.

If I was in Ezequiel’s position, I would’ve made my friend promise the opposite, since I wouldn’t need my body anymore at that point.

Wow! Remember to bring flairs and food on fishing trips like those!

Wow. Amazing story. I'm glad you are keeping it alive.

Wow!😮 That was horrifying. Thank you for sharing his story.

Land, right there, but alas a storm blew them away and farther from shore. It's like a real-life Odyssey, and also very unfortunate.

"...there was no way jose could-" *pauses video, head in hands, sobbing*

Thanks brew for the cheery bed time story. You the best.

This story really saddened me 😢

Must have been good practice for the lockdown. I'll bet he just sailed right through it.

How is it possible that no movie studio wants to make a movie about this?

what a nightmare!

i wonder if i would fare even half a good as he did in loneliness, also im glad he is ok. (edit: fare)

I think I probably would have just lost my marbles and ended it all if I were in that situation, but then, I'm not a fisherman and barely have any experience with the sea aside from a quick paddle on a cold, north sea coast beach...

Why would he care if he ate him .he would be dead and wouldn't feel anything. I would want my friend to eat me .if i was allready dead i woukd want to be able to help him survive . Especially so he coukd tell my family whst happened. He could glady help me .

Desalination kits should be on such vessels.

The vastness of the Pacific Ocean gives me anxiety . Nope. Nope NOPE

I would be so mad about throwing out the poles in the storm id never recover

Stuck at sea for a year plus😮 that's horrific

that must have been crazy difficult!!!

Everything he states about loneliness is what happens to me being around people. I am always alone as I can be but never lonely.

Don’t think I didn’t catch that Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner quote!❤

I wont lie, this was one of the videos that somehow nearly made me cry

I hope I will live to see the day when people stop mentioning polygraph results like they matter in any way.

He had caught 500 lbs of fish by hand?

Bro took a kid out to sea without any of the usual necessities. Idk how I feel about this.

finaly he post after 200 yrs

Infinite food glitch

Yea we need a movie fr that’s wild

This story only tells us one thing be well equipped to face the dangers of the sea.

If you're eating a carnivore diet, your need for vitamin C decreases.

Who does he think he is Indiana Jones?

Added book in Amazon

Dio suffered this 100x

Ain't no way I'm getting on a boat that small in an ocean.

POOR TURTLES😭

Today's the first day i watch a brew video without eating Panda Express while i watch

that was a good story.

im so happy for him; athiests, release he would have gave up if he didnt beleive in god

I think the story can sometimes save your life even if some things are tough to handle.🤔❓😱⛵💨⛈️💯

16:55 Loneliness has very little to do with being alone.

Its sp sad hes goes like that after survive

8:32 Calm down, Maxie! (ORAS/RSE)

I notice the Iron Maiden reference at the 52 second mark.

Anchor doesn't work like you think!

They found plastic bottles out in the ocean, which helped them survive. One of the most isolated places on earth and they found plastic bottles. We’re doomed. 😢

Brew's hair looks like crumpled paper

new fear: b o a t

Didn't know you could eat jellyfish. ?? Surely been stung in the mouth and stomach is more damaging than not eating at all??

Brew 🙂

Weird. I didn't get your vid in my feed for a long time

The sea is not your friend

So uhm, when is the video gonna live up to its name? I hear a lot of "they ate this" and "they drank that"...

are you that one guy from khan academy tell me I’m tweaking

*oooh, so thats why I'm cuckoo for coco puffs*

rache bartmoss

Well, this is interesting

I thought there was no laws on the sea . Thought if someone died it was an sgteement that they would be eaten. Wouldn't bother me if i was dead .would be glad to help a mate out who is dying 😂

He's a cool dewd

no way jose lol