Human in hibernation

[El Greco]

Japanese man in mystery survival.

Very interesting. I wonder what could be accomplished if we manage to control metabolism much more effectively than we can now.

 

[casebro]

You noticed the part about him losing lots of blood? I think that is what made his outer circulation shut down and only send blood to his brain. While it is true that his temperature dropped, he was not exactly exposed to Antarctic weather. Hmmm... makes me wonder about guys who "bleed to death". Are they really dead, or just conserving energy? Is their pulse just really, really slow?

 

[Soapy Sam]

The Oil Industry record is held by a Schlumberger wireline engineer who slept for 44 hours without getting up to eat or pee. Half man- half mattress.


I note it mentions multiple organ failure and hypothermia but not frostbite. Maybe the temperature was not that low.

Something doesn't quite feel right about this story.

 

[kellyb]

Something doesn't quite feel right about this story.

That's my impression, as well. If it were further investigated by some..outside experts...or something...I have a feeling it would end up making a lot more sense.
For now, I'm not buying it. I think somebody's probably mistaken somewhere about some key element of what actually happened.

 

[rjh01]

I am told a person who suffers from hypothermia cannot be declared dead until he is warm and dead.

At the start of WW1 solders came into hospitals, some doctors looked at them and declared them dead from blood loss. However they were pumped full of blood and they were OK. Blood transfusions saved many lives in WW1.

The other thing that is not verified is how long he was unconscious. He may have been wandering around for most of the time and then just passed out at the end.