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[Moshie]

Revealed: Heartbreaking Love Note Mummified German Sea Captain Left To His Wife


The German adventurer whose mummified body was discovered last weekend left a final emotional love note to his wife, it has been revealed.

The mummified body of German sea captain Manfred Fritz Bajorat was found by two fishermen last weekend - just 50 miles from the Philippines.

But a final note was discovered alongside Manfred’s body - in which he gave an emotional farewell to wife Claudia.

He wrote: ‘Thirty years we’re been together on the same path. Then the power of the demons was stronger than the will to live.

‘You’re gone. May your soul find its peace. Your Manfred.’

Manfred’s body was discovered seven years after he was last seen - and was discovered alongside the emotional note.

 

[Evis Geniul]

Revealed: Heartbreaking Love Note Mummified German Sea Captain Left To His Wife


The German adventurer whose mummified body was discovered last weekend left a final emotional love note to his wife, it has been revealed.

The mummified body of German sea captain Manfred Fritz Bajorat was found by two fishermen last weekend - just 50 miles from the Philippines.

But a final note was discovered alongside Manfred’s body - in which he gave an emotional farewell to wife Claudia.

He wrote: ‘Thirty years we’re been together on the same path. Then the power of the demons was stronger than the will to live.

‘You’re gone. May your soul find its peace. Your Manfred.’

Manfred’s body was discovered seven years after he was last seen - and was discovered alongside the emotional note.

Does it say how he died?

 

[DirtyDiamonds]

Does it say how he died?

From the link:
It is believed that he was married to Claudia before he broke their union to go travelling. She died of cancer in 2010.

It isn’t known what caused Manfred’s death - but a heart attack is believed to be one of the likely possibilities.

 

[VIIIXIII]

Was just reading about this earlier today. This is one of the coolest stories I've read in a while. Dude died, and the boat just kept drifting around with his corpse for years.

 

[Airbornemama]

Was just reading about this earlier today. This is one of the coolest stories I've read in a while. Dude died, and the boat just kept drifting around with his corpse for years.

Really? Now that is amazing. Where were you reading about it at, I'd love to read it also.

 

[McM]

He was dead from a heart attack since seven days.

Very 'beautiful' death.

 

[sincisor]

i love sailboats. preferably without the mummies and not half sunk.

 

[Moshie]

Dead German in drifting yacht had heart attack: Philippine police


A German sailor whose mummified body was found on his drifting yacht off the southern Philippines died from a heart attack just one week before his body was discovered, an autopsy has revealed.

Veteran seaman Manfred Fritz Bajorat was found dead on his 40-foot long vessel by two fishermen last Friday, with his mummified body pictured hunched over a table in the yacht's main cabin.

It was not known at the time how he died, but police confirmed today that an autopsy had revealed he suffered a heart attack about seven days prior to his body being discovered.

'The cause of death is acute myocardial infarction based on the autopsy by (the) regional crime laboratory,' national police spokesman Chief Superintendent Wilben Mayor said.

'The German national is estimated to have been dead for more or less seven days,' he added, citing a statement by police in the southern Philippines.

Police had earlier confirmed Mr Bajorat's identity based on documents found aboard the yacht but said they had no idea where he was heading or had sailed from.

He left his native Germany two decades ago and spent the last 20 years of his life sailing around the world having lost his long-time wife Claudia several years ago.



Police in the town of Barobo, on the east coast of Mindanao island, where his body was taken, said the German embassy was currently in the process of arranging for a relative to fly to the Philippines.

'It appears he has a daughter based in Germany and the embassy is to fly her here to identify the dead body,' Chief Inspector Dominador Plaza, the Barobo police chief, said.

Police earlier launched an inquiry to determine whether Mr Bajorat had been the victim of a crime, but the autopsy result now indicates otherwise.

The area where his white-hulled 44-foot yacht boat was found is some 100 kilometres (60 miles) off Barobo. The vessel was discovered by fishermen who found it with a broken mast adrift on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean on Friday.



Germany's Bild daily newspaper published pictures of Mr Bajorat's mummified corpse hunched over a table in the main cabin, and cited forensics experts who explained that a combination of tropical heat, dry wind and salty sea air can quickly preserve or mummify a corpse.

German-language documents, old pictures of a family visiting Paris landmarks, rice and tinned food also lay scattered in the cabin of the boat, which had taken in water and was listing, police said.

One document photographed by police indicated the boat had obtained clearance from maritime police in Sao Vicente in 2013, although it was unclear if it was issued in Cape Verde or Brazil, as both have ports of the same name.

Bild quoted an old friend as saying Mr Bajorat 'emigrated 20 years ago, first to the Netherlands, then he wanted to travel around the world with his wife'.

'I haven't seen him since then,' said the friend, who added that he had stayed in contact with Mr Bajorat via Facebook once or twice a year.



'The last time was a year ago. At the time he said he wanted to go on (another) around-the-world trip,' said the friend.

The sailor's wife of some 30 years, Claudia, died from cancer aged 53 on May 2 2010, most likely on the Caribbean island of Martinique.

Paying tribute to his wife at the time, Mr Bajorat wrote online: 'Thirty years we're been together on the same path. Then the power of the demons was stronger than the will to live. You're gone. May your soul find its peace. Your Manfred.'

He went on to sail the Atlantic, the Pacific, around the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean, and the Agean.

So they believe he wasn't out for too long before he died. He was so far off course.

 

[VIIIXIII]

Really? Now that is amazing. Where were you reading about it at, I'd love to read it also.

Right hurr

 

[snatch]

 

[Evis Geniul]

He was dead from a heart attack since seven days.

Very 'beautiful' death.

Seven days? He sure ripened up quick. Maybe seven years.