Mummified body of German man found -WARNING: link contains a graphic image

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/01/mummified-body-of-german-man-found-in-yacht-adrift-off-philippines
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The mummified body of a German sailor has been found by fishermen on a yacht floating off the Philippines.

Police were investigating after two men made the discovery on Thursday. Officers determined from identity documents found on the boat that the dead man was Manfred Fritz Bajorat, aged 59.

Inspector Mark Navales, deputy police chief of nearby Barabo town, said that while the cause of Bajorat’s death was unclear there were no signs of foul play.

Bajorat had reportedly been sailing the world on his yacht, Sayo, for the past 20 years.

Reports said he had not been sighted since 2009. But a friend told the media that he had heard from the mariner in 2015 via Facebook.

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1. For Then

I want to die young at the end of the day
On the High Sea, with face to the sky,
When agony is but a dream far away
And the flight of my soul is a bird soaring by.

Let there be no sad tears as I draw my last breath,
at one and alone with the sky and the sea,
No sobbing, nor prayer, nor laments of death;
I only would hear the deep waves cover me.

To die when the bright glow of twilight is fading,
And catches the waves in its last net of light;
To be like that sun as its luminous shading
Expires and is lost in the arms of the night.

To die, and die young: before time has destroyed
The delicate fabric illusion has spun;
When life can still say:"I am yours,"
but the void Of a final echo tells us death has won!

- Gossamer Stories,
Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera,
Translated by John A. Crow

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2. Lovely

Seriously if you've been on the water for 20years, I can't think of a nicer way to die - and what a bonus to be mummified. That's a truly amazing photo - he must have been pickled with sea salt over the years.

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3. To die doing what you love. We should all be so lucky. nt

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4. Hah, saw the image, said to myself 'looks like a heart attack'.

Got down to the bottom of the article, saw the forensic guy thought 'possible heart attack'.