Man Survives 24 Days Adrift At Sea With Only Ketchup Bottle

This isn’t something you read every day…

A man spent 24 days adrift in the Caribbean Sea with only Ketchup to survive on.

Elvis Francois floated in his boat over 120 nautical miles away from his original destination.

Francois was eventually found by Colombia’s Navy, when asked how he survived, Francois stated he survived by a bottle of Ketchup on the boat.

Man survives at sea for 24 days by eating ketchup and garlic powder. pic.twitter.com/OynUq6wSxr

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Sailor Survives 24 Days at Sea Eating Ketchup and Food Seasoning https://t.co/jvmi7eutHY

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NBC 2 News shared more details:

A man who spent 24 days adrift in the Caribbean Sea says he survived by eating little more than ketchup.

Elvis Francois, 47, was found 120 nautical miles northwest of Colombia’s Puerto Bolívar after a plane saw the word “help” engraved on the hull of his sailboat, the Colombian navy said in a statement Thursday.

“I had no food. It was just a bottle of ketchup that was on the boat, garlic powder, and Maggi (stock cubes), so I mixed it up with some water,” Francois said in a video provided by the Colombian army.

Francois, from the island nation of Dominica, said he had been making repairs to his boat near the Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin in December when adverse weather conditions pulled his boat out to sea.

He said he lacked navigational knowledge and was unable to maneuver his boat back to shore — spending weeks lost at sea.

“Twenty-four days — no land, nobody to talk to. Don’t know what to do, don’t know where you are. It was rough,” he said. “At a certain time, I lose hope. I think about my family.”

He said he lacked navigational knowledge and was unable to maneuver his boat back to shore — spending weeks lost at sea. https://t.co/7JwJBkUtcn

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ABC 6 News got the scoop too:

A man who spent 24 days adrift in the Caribbean Sea says he survived by eating little more than ketchup, CNN reported.

Elvis Francois, 47, was found 120 nautical miles northwest of Colombia’s Puerto Bolívar after a plane saw the word “help” engraved on the hull of his sailboat, the Colombian navy said in a statement Thursday.

“I had no food. It was just a bottle of ketchup that was on the boat, garlic powder and Maggi (stock cubes) so I mixed it up with some water,” Francois said in a video provided by the Colombian army.

Francois, from the island nation of Dominica, said he had been making repairs to his boat near the Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin in December when adverse weather conditions pulled his boat out to sea.