Man survives 438 days at sea, gets an unpleasant surprise when he's found

[post_page_title]Eating jellyfish[/post_page_title]
One of the most incredible things that Alvarenga did to survive is something that we obviously do not recommend. Alvarenga would grab jellyfish by their heads, put them into his mouth, and swallow them whole.

According to Alvarenga, this helped him stave off hunger for a little bit. He also said that while swallowing the jellyfish hurt the top of his throat for a little bit, he was still happy to be eating something.
[post_page_title]The garbage patch[/post_page_title]
One of the sad things about humanity is the fact that so much of our garbage ends up floating around in the ocean. However, this helped to save Alvarenga’s life. For instance, he would regularly find plastic bottles floating around in the middle of the ocean, and he would use them as rain storage.

He would also find bags full of garbage which would sometimes have things like carrots and cabbage inside. And all this in the middle of the ocean!