Two hikers get lost in a park in Japan and a very large SOS made of birch trees leads rescuers to the pair. But the two hikers swear they had nothing to do with the sign and a subsequent search reveals human remains and a disturbing audio recording left at the scene...

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It’s not unusual for those in their early twenties to want to get out into the world and explore it. Plenty of young people have found themselves backpacking across foreign lands, sleeping in hostels and meeting strangers in strange places, that will become lifelong friends, sharing lifelong memories. But it’s dangerous. Let’s not forget that. Anything that fits the bill of adventure - must naturally be so.

Sources:

MSNBC, How this journalist found herself in the middle of a Panamanian true crime story

Koude Kaas Cold case blog (information compiled from various sources)

News from Dutch investigators on the finding of the backpack and its content

Cell phones record the last moments of the Dutch women

Dutch women had no plans to leave their accommodations in Panama, says landlady

Ouders Kris en Lisanne: Het voelde gelijk al niet - RTL LATE NIGHT

Lost in the Wild

'Reddingsteam was dicht bij vermiste Kris en Lisanne in Panama'

In den Kleinen Hap

Imperfect Plan / 2

Daily Beast- The full story

There are many similarities between the fictional stories of Robinson Crusoe and the Tom Hanks film, Castaway. Man becomes stranded on a deserted island, following a wreck. Man first struggles to survive, before becoming one with his surroundings, and thrives. Man is rescued, and finds himself missing life on the island. But there is one major similarity that is often overlooked, and that is that both of these critically acclaimed, fictional survival stories, are based on the real life Marooning of Alexander Selkirk.

Sources:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/europe/oddities_europe.shtml

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinque_Ports_(1703_ship)#CITEREFFunnell1707

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Selkirk#Life_on_the_island

http://www.voting.ukscientists.com/dorothy/robcru.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IegTcO1vY7M&t=612s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodes_Rogers

The Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk, The Real Robinson Crusoe by John Howell 1837

https://books.google.ca/books?id=bfAXAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

A Voyage to the South Sea, and Round the World by Captain Edward Cooke 1712

https://archive.org/details/voyagetosouthsea01cook/page/352/mode/2up?q=selkirk