The mystery of the mummified body of a German
adventurer who was found dead on his yacht off the coast
of the Philippines has taken a new twist after a haunting
note and photos were uncovered.
Manfred Fritz Bajorat, 59, whose body was discovered by
two fishermen, wrote a thirty two word memorium his
beloved wife Claudia, who died from cancer aged 53 on 2
May 2010.
'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,' it
read.
These tragic final words were discovered on a forum for
sailors on the Internet called kaktusguenther.de.
Mr Bajorat's body was found sitting near to the radio
telephone as if he was trying one last desperate Mayday call
to save himself when he died.
Christopher Rivas, 23, a resident of P-4 Poblacion, in
Barobo, was fishing together with a friend nearly 40 miles
from the coast when he spotted the yacht, painted white and
whose sail was broken from afar.
The 40-foot long yacht, named SAYO, had been cruising
around the world for the past 20 years.
Inside the cabin, much of which was underwater, were found
photo albums apparently showing his wife, family and
friends, and clothes and tins of food were strewn all around.
It is unclear how long Manfred, who has been identified
thanks to paperwork on board, has been dead or what killed
him - although authorities believe there was no foul play
involved.
A friend told BILD that he last heard of him one year ago on
Facebook for his birthday.
Dry ocean winds, hot temperatures and the salty air helped
preserve his body.
Police are trying to retrace his last voyages and find the last
people to speak with him.
He broke up with his wife in 2008, who had been on his
travels with him, and she died two years later of cancer.
Photos from an album in the cabin have been uncovered,
showing a family in happier times which testify to the life on
land that Manfred sailed away from.
One image shows a wife, his daughter Nina, a friend and his
partner, enjoying a picnic on a wooden table beneath sun
dappled trees.
Another badly battered picture shows Manfred and a baby,
presumably his daughter, with the words: 'Our first time with
our little Button on the sea.'
Other fragments are snapshopts of Notre Dame in Paris and
Claudia and Manfred enjoying a drink at a Parisian sidewalk
cafe with the wording above; 'Drink Coca Cola.'
Yet another shows more familiar landmarks of the French
capital including the grave of the Unknown Warrior and the
Arc de Triomphe.
Other pictures from inside the yacht show the state of chaos
in which it was found - clothing, footwear, books, paper -
among the detritus. And a touch of humour too in the sign
screwed into a bulkhead: 'This is a swell ship for the
skipper....but a hell ship for the crew.'
Source : dailymail
adventurer who was found dead on his yacht off the coast
of the Philippines has taken a new twist after a haunting
note and photos were uncovered.
Manfred Fritz Bajorat, 59, whose body was discovered by
two fishermen, wrote a thirty two word memorium his
beloved wife Claudia, who died from cancer aged 53 on 2
May 2010.
'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,' it
read.
These tragic final words were discovered on a forum for
sailors on the Internet called kaktusguenther.de.
Mr Bajorat's body was found sitting near to the radio
telephone as if he was trying one last desperate Mayday call
to save himself when he died.
Christopher Rivas, 23, a resident of P-4 Poblacion, in
Barobo, was fishing together with a friend nearly 40 miles
from the coast when he spotted the yacht, painted white and
whose sail was broken from afar.
The 40-foot long yacht, named SAYO, had been cruising
around the world for the past 20 years.
Inside the cabin, much of which was underwater, were found
photo albums apparently showing his wife, family and
friends, and clothes and tins of food were strewn all around.
It is unclear how long Manfred, who has been identified
thanks to paperwork on board, has been dead or what killed
him - although authorities believe there was no foul play
involved.
A friend told BILD that he last heard of him one year ago on
Facebook for his birthday.
Dry ocean winds, hot temperatures and the salty air helped
preserve his body.
Police are trying to retrace his last voyages and find the last
people to speak with him.
He broke up with his wife in 2008, who had been on his
travels with him, and she died two years later of cancer.
Photos from an album in the cabin have been uncovered,
showing a family in happier times which testify to the life on
land that Manfred sailed away from.
One image shows a wife, his daughter Nina, a friend and his
partner, enjoying a picnic on a wooden table beneath sun
dappled trees.
Another badly battered picture shows Manfred and a baby,
presumably his daughter, with the words: 'Our first time with
our little Button on the sea.'
Other fragments are snapshopts of Notre Dame in Paris and
Claudia and Manfred enjoying a drink at a Parisian sidewalk
cafe with the wording above; 'Drink Coca Cola.'
Yet another shows more familiar landmarks of the French
capital including the grave of the Unknown Warrior and the
Arc de Triomphe.
Other pictures from inside the yacht show the state of chaos
in which it was found - clothing, footwear, books, paper -
among the detritus. And a touch of humour too in the sign
screwed into a bulkhead: 'This is a swell ship for the
skipper....but a hell ship for the crew.'
Source : dailymail
