A Real Life Cast Away?

This story is crazy!  I loved the movie Cast Away, and this might be a real life version of that.

A fisherman, thought to be from El Salvador, washed ashore on the Marshall Islands and claims he survived more than a year adrift in the Pacific Ocean, drinking turtle blood and catching fish and birds with his bare hands.

Jose Salvador Alvarenga, 37, told officials he set sail on a fishing trip from Mexico in late December 2012 - some 6,200 miles away - but was blown out to sea. Thomas Armbruster, the U.S. Ambassador to the Marshall Islands said, "It was supposed to be a one-day fishing expedition, but they were blown off course by the northern winds."

Alvarenga reportedly had a very bush beard and was having trouble walking on what were very skinny legs. Authorities confirmed it certainly looked like he had been at sea for a very long time. In a statement, El Salvador's Foreign Ministry said it was working with Mexican authorities to return him to Mexico, and then on to El Salvador. (Reuters)