First, their names. The man calls himself “Mikhail.” The woman is “Vera.” They say they are Russian. But nobody has any record of them. No missing persons reports. No relatives asking questions. Nobody in Russia has ever heard of them.
Is that suspicious? I’ll let you decide. But wait, there’s more. Their clothes are in suspiciously good shape. After 25 years of island life, your clothes look like a zombie ate them. Their clothes look like they just stepped off the rack at a 1990s mall.
And the big one: They have no boat wreckage. None. Not a scrap of wood. Not a piece of fiberglass. Just a couple of people and a story.
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The Plot Thickens (Or Falls Apart)
So, what is the truth? Is it a hoax? Like, a really elaborate hoax for attention? Or maybe a bizarre social experiment?
Some people think they were criminals on the run. Others think they were survivors of a shipwreck no one reported. A few even whispered about them being spies. A couple of Russian castaways who forgot to be subtle about their cover story.
