2008/06/17 02:17

傳說:

1990年9月24日

一艘拖網船在北大西洋航行
在離冰島西南約360公里的地方
船長卡爾突然發現附近一座冰山上有一個人影

他舉起望遠鏡觀看該人影
發現冰山上有一位遇難的婦女發出求救手勢

這位婦女穿著很過時

當她被救上船後
船長問她一些個人資料以及在這裡的原因

她竟然回答說:
我是鐵達尼號上的乘客
叫作文妮考特
今年29歲
剛才船沉沒時
被一陣巨浪推到冰山上
幸虧你們的船趕到救了我

她被送往醫院做了一下檢查
發現她的精神正常
除了沉船受到的驚嚇以外......
血液和頭髮的化驗也證明她確實是30歲左右

這是怎麼一回事呢?
1912年失蹤到現在竟然一點都沒有衰老的跡象?
當然
鐵達尼號的乘客名單確實有這位考特太太

這件事發生不到一年
1991年8月9日
歐洲的一個海洋科學考察小組正在冰島西南387公里處考察時
意外地救起了一名60多歲的男性

當時這名男性坐在一座冰山的邊緣
他穿著白星條制服
嘴裡猛吸他著的煙斗......

猜猜他是誰?

他就是鐵達尼號的船長史密斯......

他獲救時一口咬定時間是1912年4月15日
還勸阻救助人員不要救他
史密斯當時應該是140歲的老人
但看起來仍然像60歲

當然啦
誰會去相信他的鬼話
上岸後他就被送進精神病醫院了

精神病心理學家對他進行了一系列的檢查後
認為他的生理和心理都很正常

而且通過保存在航海記錄中的指紋驗證
可以確認他的身份就是船長史密斯

這很明顯了吧?
除非這世界上真有二個指紋一樣的人

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真相:

這則傳言的源頭來自美國專門造謠的期刊 World Weekly News...

事實上, World Weekly News 刊載鐵達尼生還者共有三部曲, 除了溫妮考特太太與史密斯船長外, 還有最後一篇鐵達尼寶寶. 這些故事都是假的, 純為博君一笑...鐵達尼寶寶當然是虛構的, 史密斯船長眾所皆知與船共沉, 全世界有一大堆人等著要解開鐵達尼沉沒的真相, 若真發現史密斯船長生還, 豈不鬧翻天了?

至於溫妮考特太太就要特別說明一下了:
Southampton 的 Mrs Winnie Minnie Coutts , 確實是鐵達尼的乘客, 1876 年生, 船難時是 36 歲而非 29 歲. 另外還有一個問題, 很大的問題! 溫妮考特太太原本就是生還者之一(搭上第二號救生艇), 1960 年 2 月 29 日過世, 享年 84 歲. 看來 WWN 編故事還挑錯主角...

Mrs Winnie "Minnie" Coutts (née Trainer)

Mrs William Coutts (Winnie ‘Minnie’ Trainer), 36, was born in Ireland on 2nd February, 1876. She moved to London, England and was married to William Coutts and had two sons, William and Neville.
In 1912 she was living in Southampton. Her husband had been working in New York as an Engraver. After a year he was able to send enough money for Minnie and the boys to join him. To further save money Minnie bought third class tickets (ticket number C.A. 37671, £15 18s).
She boarded the Titanic, with her two sons, at Southampton to join her husband in Brooklyn, New York.
On the night of the disaster Minnie was awaked by the commotion outside her stern cabin. She looked out to see what was happening but decided to wait for official orders before wakening her sons and taking action. Soon she could wait no longer and dressed her two sleepy children, but could find only two lifebelts in her cabin, which she secured on her two sons. She darted into the chaotic hallways but found herself lost. A crewman directed her up to the lifeboats but she found her way barred by a gate. Fortunately another crewman happened to pass who gave her alternate directions and his lifebelt, asking her to pray for him if she be saved. Minnie did find her way to the boat deck where she located lifeboat 2. She encountered problems, however, when the officer in charge of that boat’s launching refused to let her elder son William enter because he looked too old in his straw hat. She was finally able to persuade the officer to let the nine-year-old pass.
The family moved to Pittsburgh in 1920. Mrs Coutts and Neville left for California about 1940, and later moved to Maplewood, New Jersey, where she lived for the rest of her life. She never liked to talk about the Titanic.
She died on 29 February 1960, aged 84.

發現鐵達尼號穿越時空生還者, 原本是 World Weekly News 捏造的文章, 沒想到流言一傳再傳, 甚至被某些書籍收錄成案例, 做為時空旅行存在"證據"!