Whats up everyone what is gucci.
Im your host Ayman Hasan and welcome back to most amazing top 10.
Back with another urban legends video.
Okay automatically the first thing i thought of when i came to this video was the movie
Ghost Ship.
It came out in 2002, Emily Browning is the dead scary child aboard this ship.
I watched it when i was way too young and i was scared as hell.
The beginning where the wire cuts through everyone roitjgoisg i still remember it no.
ok Ayman.
Anyway i imagine this video is going to be like the movie but a lot less graphic hopefully
so yeah lets get into it.
This is the top 10 Scary Ghost Ship Urban Legends.
Starting us off with number 10 is the SS Ourang Medan.
This ones a good one so back in 1947 a cargo ship near the coast of Indonesia sent out
a distress call with the words “All officers including captain are dead lying in chartroom
and bridge.
Possibly whole crew dead.”
but before help even arrived a second message was sent in with two words ‘i die’.
Which is spooky as hell.
I wouldnt even know how to help if i was on the receiving end of that.
When the rescue workers finally boarded the ship they found all crewmembers dead with
their arms outstretched and their bodies contorted as if they froze fighting something off.
But there was no sign of death.
None of the bodies had any trauma or injuries on them they were just dead.
While the rescue workers were aboard the engine room caught fire so they had to abandon the
ship and let it sink along with the possibility of an autopsy investigation.
However even that version of the story was debated because a year later a newspaper article
came out stating a survivor said the crew died because the cargo which was sulphuric
acid had leaked.
Which makes this even shadier is that the SS Ourang Medan couldnt be found in any registry.
So did this even happen at all?
Or was it all just pure fabrication?
Let me know your thoughts.
Coming in at number 9 is the Lady Lovibond.
I feel like this one could be the premise of a spanish medieval telenovela its a mixture
of hate jealousy rage and most importantly love.
In 1748 the day before Valentines Day naturally, a captain set assail to celebrate his wedding.
His friend was also on board the ship to celebrate but he was far from enjoying.
He too was in love with the captains wife and out of hatred he steered the ship into
the Goodwin Sands and thus sinking the ship and killing everyone aboard.
Ever since the incident the ship is seen every 50 years sailing near the Kent area.
Its been seen in 1798, 1848, 1898 and 1948, a lot of boats even sent out rescuers thinking
it was a real ship but they just couldnt find the ship they closer they got.
Now this is an interesting story but the only thing that makes me skeptical is how did it
sink if it just hit a sandbank.
How can a sandbank damage a ship that much?
Would it not just be stuck atop of the sand?
Could the crew not just exit the ship and get on the sand?
Theres just some loose ends that dont add up for me here but im also no nautical expert
so all my questions could easily be answered and just be nonsense.
So theres that
At number 8 we have the High Aim No. 6.
Ah the irony, aim high they did but succeed they did not.
This fishing boat left Taiwan on Halloween day 2002 so this is most recent legend we’ve
had so far.
The boat was found a whopping 3 months after its departure by the Australian Navy.
when they found it the engine was on full throttle even though the main gas tank was
empty.
The auxiliary tanks were full but untouched.
They found at least 10 tons of bonito tuna kept cold but no crewmembers.
Eventually 1 crew member was found months later and he was arrested after confessing
that the the crew had worked with pirates and killed the ship's captain and main engineer.
But he never said why they did what they did.
And its not like they ran off with the loot which in this case were the 10 tons of tuna
so the motive is still a mystery.
Filling our number 7 slot is the Mary Celeste.
People have such official names for their boats and ships i swear i would name mine
something short and sweet like The Oyster or The Pearl.
Or is that lame?
Anyway on the morning of the 7th of November 1872 Captain Briggs, his wife and daughter
as well as a 7 member crew set out on a journey from New York to Italy on the Mary Celeste.
The journey was meant to take 1 month but the ship never reached its destination.
A british ship called the Del Gratia saw the Mary Celeste drifting in the Atlantic near
Portugal so the crew decided to investigate.
6 months worth of food was found as well as all the crews belongings but the lifeboat
had been used and deployed.
The floorboards were under 3 feet of water but the state of the ship was fine it wasnt
flooded and it definitely wasnt beyond repair.
The captain of the Del Gratia actually knew Captain Briggs and knew he was a very capable
sailor so the scene made no sense.
It went on to become one of the worlds most famous ghost ships to the point Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle used it as inspiration for his story J. Habakuk Jephson’s Statement.
Till this day no one knows what happened to everyone aboard.
Its speculated that they abandoned the ship thinking the damage was worse than it was
but then didnt survive after that.
Now at number 6 are the Ghost Boats.
Back in 2015 Japanese authorities had found an array of ghost boats near their coastline,
in the last 3 months of the year they found 12 wooden boats all carrying the decaying
bodies of 22 people.
A lot of them were partially skeletonized.
Two had no heads and one boat just contained 6 skulls.
While trying to guess and figure out where all these ghost boats and bodies were coming
from, they theorised that they must be coming from North Korea.
One of the ships said Korean People's Army on it and another one had a tattered bit of
cloth on it probably from their national flag.
So they think either maybe they were just fishing vessels that strayed off course or
they were filled with defectors trying to escape.
Coming in at number 5 is is The Joyita.
Back in 1955 a fishing and charter boat was lost at sea, missing its intended destination
by 5 weeks.
The air search mission couldnt find the boat anywhere but a merchant ship managed to find
it drifting 600 miles away from its origin with no crew or cargo aboard.
All they found was a doctors bag and a ton of bloody bandages with the radio tuned to
the universal distress signal.
Other than those clues they left behind no one knows what happened and the crew was never
seen again.
At number 4 is the Sajo.
Now Sajo wasnt a ship it was just a yacht belonging to a German sailor called Manfred
Fritz Bajorat who had been sailing around the world for over 20 years.
So yknow he had a bit of experience.
In early 2016 however, two fisherman found the yacht floating near the coast of the Philippines.
It was in really poor condition when it was found the main sail was broken and most of
the cabin was underwater.
Aboard the ship they found Manfreds dead body mummified sitting at a desk in the radio room
slumped over his right arm.
Autopsy reports show he had only been dead 7 or 8 days but the hot temperatures, salty
sea air and ocean winds caused his body to mummify rapidly.
He was last seen back in 2009 but a friend did say she had heard from him on his birthday
in 2015.
Its believed he died from a heart attack and the mast on his yacht broke after that since
as an experienced sailor he woudnt have gone into a storm while he was still alive.
Imagine no one had seen the yacht it wouldve still been floating around somewhere in the
world and his daughter wouldve had no idea what happened to her father.
The sea is such a vast and unpredictable place my mind would run wild.
Filling our number 3 slot is The Caleuche (ca-lay-oochay).
This one is a legend hailing from Chilota mythology.
The ghost ship can be seen near the island of Chiloe (chil-oh-aye) every night.
The ship itself is said to be a conscious and sentient being.
Despite it carrying the spirits of all the people who have drowned at sea the ship is
meant to be stunning, bright and always filled with party music and laughter if you do ever
manage to get a glimpse of it.
But that in and of itself is near impossible since it can be seen only for a few moments
before immediately disappearing or submerging itself underwater and continuing its journey.
The ship is run by a crew of drowned spirits who are brought to the ship by two Chilote
mythological figures, sirena chilota which are two mermaid sisters and Pincoya their
brother.
Once theyre aboard the ship they can continue living just as they were before.
Which honestly seems like a pretty good afterlife deal.
On the other hand other stories about the ship say it draws in sailors with its hypnotising
music and then enslaves them to be part of its crew forever.
And all these hypnotised sailors have one leg folded over their back.
And those arent even the only stories about the ship there are many more but these two
were my favourites.
Now at number 2 is the Carroll A. Deering.
In August of 1920 the schooner aboard with 10 crewmen set sail from Norfolk Virginia
to Rio de Janeiro with their cargo of coal.
The original captain of the ship got sick a few days before departure so he was quickly
replaced and off the ship went and they reached their destination safely.
A lightship keeper said he saw the ship on its way home and was hailed by an unidentifiable
crewman who claimed the ship had lost its anchors.
The keeper tried to report it but his radio wasnt working so he couldnt but what struck
him was that the crew seemed to be ‘milling around’ suspiciously for no reason.
The next day another ship saw the Deering near Outer Banks which was weird because that
wouldve been a strange course for them to take if the ship was on its way to Virginia.
A day later it was found aground and on the Diamond Shoals.
Its sails were still set but all the lifeboats were missing.
Due to bad weather it took surf boats 5 days to reach the ship and as expected it was completely
abandoned.
All the crews personal belongings were gone, papers, the anchors, even key navigational
equipment all gone.
Despite an extensive search no logs were found.
The most viable explanation people have come up with that is that a mutiny must have occurred
due to the crews apparent dissatisfaction with the new captain who already had an uneasy
relationship with the crew.
Is that not dramatic?
I feel like they were on their way home they didnt have to endure him for much longer did
they really have to go through all the trouble of crashing the ship and then deserting it.
I feel like waiting it out wouldve been easier but honestly to each their own.
And finally at number 1 is The Flying Dutchman.
I think this is the most well known ghost ship urban legend around.
I didnt know any of the ones on this list before but the flying dutchman ive heard of
from the Simpsons and of course from Pirates of the Caribbean.
And the legends surrounding the ship are plentiful.
Most people have seen it around the Cape of Good Hope during terrible weather conditions.
The ship always looks like its caught in the storm and on the verge of crashing into the
rocks before disappearing completely.
For ships that happen to see it while at sea its called the harbinger of death and destruction.
The story goes that Captain Van Der Decken wanted to establish a settlement near the
Cape of Good Hope for a break from the rough weather they were experiencing.
When the ship rounded the cape, a horrible storm commenced and the ship was in danger
of capsizing.
But even still against the wishes of his crew the captain forced them to go ahead even if
it meant theyd sail ‘until doomsday’.
Another story claims a fight ensued between the Captain and the rebel group amongst the
crew who wanted to turn back.
That eventually led the to the rebel leader being murdered and as his body hit the water
the ship itself spoke to the captain about him deciding to go on and the captain again
said hell try to reach it till the day of judgement.
Regardless of which story you believe, his last words in both are the reason behind why
the vessel is cursed to roam the seas forever, ghostly crew of dead men aboard, without ever
making ground in any port.
And thats all for todays video guys!
Personally im just irrationally afraid of sharks to the point i really dont ever want
to be on a cruise or really be out at sea for any reason.
Im good with water sports close to shore but anything further than that is just a hard
no.
let me know in the comments below whether you guys had heard of any of these before
and whether you have any theories as to what happened to these ships.
As always im your host Ayman Hasan and ill see you next time.
Byeee.