Dead body of German adventurer found mummified inside abandoned yacht

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February 29, 2016 4:52 PM

The mummified dead body of a German adventurer was found drifting on his abandoned yacht in the Philippines.

Dead body of German adventurer found mummified inside abandoned yacht

Manfred Fritz Bajorat, 59, was discovered by two fishermen aboard his yacht in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Barobo town in Surigao del Sur. Daily Mail reported.

The 40-foot long yacht, named SAYO, had been cruising around the world for the past 20 years.

His body was sitting near to the radio telephone as if he was trying one last desperate Mayday call to save himself when he died.

Investigators revealed that dry ocean winds, hot temperatures and the salty air helped preserve his body.

It is unclear how long Manfred, who has been identified thanks to paperwork on board, has been dead or what killed him.

Police are trying to retrace his last voyages and find the last people to speak with him.

In 2009 in Mallorca he met another world sailer called Dieter who told Germany'v BILD newspaper: 'He was a very experienced sailor. I don't believe he would have sailed into a storm. I believe the mast broke after Manfred was already dead.'

His body was taken for an autopsy in Butuan City, the yacht was towed for a police inspection into the port of Barobo.

Police spokeswoman Goldie Lou Siega in the Philippines said; 'We have no evidence of a second person aboard and no weapon was found on the yacht.'

Dr Mark Benecke, a forensic criminologist in the city of Cologne, told BILD: 'The way he is sitting seems to indicate that death was unexpected, perhaps from a heart attack.'

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