SS OURANG MEDAN - FACT OR FICTION?
As our readers well know, Government is infamous in its attempts at hiding information from those who are too wise to fall for their lies, and see through the veil of deception that they pull upon the common people. One of the more famous examples from the last century is, of course, SS Ourang Medan - the "supposedly" Dutch merchant ship whose whole crew turned up dead thanks to its mysterious gargo. Story goes that in 1948, two American vessels traveling the Straits of Malacca received a mysterious S.O.S. signal from a ship identified as Ourang Medan. The message went on to say that the whole crew had died... and moments later, the person sending the message announced that he, too, would die. Afterwards, there were no further communications from the ship, and the two vessels investigating it found nothing but a ghost ship littered with bodies which later exploded.
Well, the story does not end there. Apparently, a survivor of Ourang Medan's crew was found on the Taongi Atoll by an Italian missionary and the natives. This German man told tales of the whole crew succumbing to 'something' and dying as a result, leaving none but him alive. According to some stories, the man then succumbed to his wounds and died, but we, dear readers, have confirmed otherwise. This German man, apparently named Hughard Lampe, was photographed only few months later Majuro - and we have the proof! Who the child with him is, however, we know not. The article continues on page 3...
The photo that was with the nonsensical article was as strange as the writing itself. It was a blurry mess, clearly taken in a hurry, and showed a black-and-white view of a busy street in some foreign city. However, like a sore thumb, two people stuck out from within that crowd. A small child dressed in rather extravagant clothes, and a man leading her by the hand... a tall man with light-colored, wild hair and piercing eyes that sweeped the crowd. One could practically feel the crimson stare of those eyes through the photo.