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DFG57 t1_iyo08pi wrote

Well, let's see. You left the BAR and then what happened? Maybe retrace your steps.

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GetlostMaps t1_iyo16uy wrote

PFO

That's what we call it in Australia.

Pissed and Fell Overboard. (In Australia Pissed means drunk.)

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106503204 t1_iyo1pvz wrote

Doing something stupid, too embarrassed to say lol

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[deleted] t1_iyo25zn wrote

I know exactly how he managed to find himself swimming: that all-inclusive, no limit drink package.

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dukeimre t1_iyo3i3q wrote

It's interesting - you'd think he wouldn't be embarrassed to say that he was drunk, right? And yet he denies it: "He'd had drinks on the Valor, but was not inebriated, Grimes told ABC. He doesn't remember leaving to find a bathroom, he said."

Possibilities:

  • He was ashamed to say that he was blackout drunk.
  • He was so blackout drunk that he has forgotten being blackout drunk.
  • Someone slipped him a roofie.
  • He was doing something else that was really risky (like climbing over the railing) or that he might see as shameful (like trying to commit suicide), so he chose to lie.
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NotQuiteGoodEnougher t1_iyo4p54 wrote

Replying to bronkscottema (#848,117)

Or, TBH he was suicidal, hit the water and changed his mind. Treaded water for 15 hours, and thought he'd rather not divulge the 'reason'.

Of which I totally respect. I just hope he gets some mental health treatment if necessary.

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[deleted] t1_iyo7ic7 wrote

He left his family in the evening, just to go to the bathroom and then he was supposed to come back to them just a few minutes later.

He didn’t.

They didn’t report him missing until 12pm, the next day!

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Kamwind t1_iyo7mso wrote

I am more interested in why all the sensors that are suppose to detect someone falling overboard did not work.

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Rosebunse t1_iyok5re wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#848,435)

That isn't terribly odd. It is a cruise, they could have thought he was somewhere else partying. Plus, 12pm is the time I suspect a lot of cruise passengers wake up.

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WhyDidIClickOnThat t1_iyok6k9 wrote

I think if I fell off a cruise ship the moment would be very clearly etched in my mind. Unless I was blind shitfaced drunk. Like him.

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Good200000 t1_iyok94m wrote

Lawyer told him not to say anything, so they can sue for big bucks

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Rosebunse t1_iyok9jo wrote

He could have sustained some sort of head injury on the way down.

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RandomUsername600 t1_iyon4ps wrote

Confusion and memory loss are symptoms of hypothermia so he could be telling the truth.

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g0ll4m t1_iyonw9r wrote

I’m gonna go out on a limb here… he was fucking shitfaced and fell off the railing

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gottahavemyvoxpops t1_iyoxgig wrote

Replying to dukeimre (#848,256)

Yeah, I'm thinking it's the last option. He was in the water for 15 hours. If he were blackout drunk, the adrenaline would have worn off long before the alcohol did. He would have got sleepy and drowned. Same with the roofie.

I think the suicide or dumb stunt option is more likely. And I don't think it's necessarily that he's ashamed to admit it. It might be that he feels (or has been advised) that there could be legal ramifications for what he did, as far as the rescue operation goes. Or even something as simple as the cruise line banning him from future cruises might be on his mind. (He said he wouldn't mind going on another cruise, since he didn't really get to go on this one!)

So it might be a situation where he doesn't want to say anything so not to put himself in any legal or civil trouble. "I don't recall" is a classic answer from lawyers/politicians under oath, and that's essentially what he's saying here.

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[deleted] t1_iyp3f8p wrote

He was doing the old Titanic “I’m the King of the World!” and slipped, and he’s too embarrassed to tell anyone.

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snausagesinablanket t1_iypa4ji wrote

Replying to dukeimre (#848,256)

>He was ashamed to say that he was blackout drunk.
>
>He was so blackout drunk that he has forgotten being blackout drunk.
>
>Someone slipped him a roofie.
>
>He was doing something else that was really risky (like climbing over the railing) or that he might see as shameful (like trying to commit suicide), so he chose to lie.

He was wanking and fell in when he lost his balance.

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you_bastid t1_iypnvxn wrote

Replying to microm3gas (#850,356)

I’m not talking about getting it in, that’s easy. But when you’re in a sealed environment with a certain amount of bars and there’s a traceable history of people getting sick it wouldn’t be too hard to find the source.

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Pog1983 t1_iyppoah wrote

Replying to dukeimre (#848,256)

He likely hit the water pretty hard. I was in the Coast Guard for 10 years. I helped pulled one or two people out of the water during my time. That fall is pretty long. He may have TBI. Also, all of your other suggestions could be true as well...

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TacoCommand t1_iyprby5 wrote

Replying to Dorkus_Mallorkus (#850,509)

Oh jeez. That's dumb. It just encourages cocktails. And I get it, cocktails are the real money makers. But that just seems like an overall dangerous policy.

15 beers? Wade Bogg used to pound 50 beers and eat a roast chicken!

RIP Wade Boggs. (Note: Wade Biggs is still very much alive, jabronis).

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Feeling-Resident-857 t1_iypt8xu wrote

it’s an interesting theory, but i’m having a hard time believing that anyone would think this guy was roofie-worthy…

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12baakets t1_iyq91af wrote

He was thrown overboard by an assassin. He doesn't want any investigation into it, so he's saying he doesn't remember. He fully remembers what happened that night.

Of course he could have been drunk.

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Kind_Ferret_3219 t1_iyq94v8 wrote

He was just skinny dipping in the Gulf of Mexico. Doesn't everybody do that?

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Cannaewulnaewidnae t1_iyqbln1 wrote

Dude was taking a piss off the back of the boat

We know he 'went to use the bathroom' ... and no drunk person in history has ever considered themselves to be drunk

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nmgonzo t1_iyqrduo wrote

i wasn't offeicer, drunk.

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Ahandlin t1_iyrjj0y wrote

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say he fell. I could he wrong, he could have jumped

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BuckNutley t1_iyrmmlr wrote

Drunk, couldn't find a washroom or didn't like what was going on in the washroom he found, and decided to just piss in the water...I'd love to see a picture of the boat so I could find the spot he fell from using my trying to piss theory.

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SternLecture t1_iyror16 wrote

Maybe he got verbally abused by ol Greg and blocked out the memories.

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billman71 t1_iys2lsk wrote

Replying to dukeimre (#848,256)

The guy fell how far into the water? Then treaded water for around 23 hours... I'm thinking this rules out the likelihood he was plastered drunk or roofied at the time.

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Kamata22 t1_iyuxavr wrote

Replying to dukeimre (#848,256)

Something else: Dramamine for seasickness + plus alcohol. Lots of cases of people just walking over the side due to Dramamine induced hallucinations. It isn't reported very much.

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Smoovemammajamma t1_iyw3ntj wrote

Its pretty obvious he saw MiB performing some operation and they flashed him with a neuralizer

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