Speculations

Alvarenga surprised everyone when he confronted the press as media and the world was expecting a weaker and gaunt man. To some, his theory seemed a lie as his sound appearance was saying exactly opposite of what he had experienced. Nobody could believe that a man as healthy as him had spent more than a year in the sea as a castaway. But there were many witnesses who had seen both the men going out to the voyage therefore that doubt was given no value. Some even speculated that Alvarenga had eaten up his accompanier and that is why he was looking so healthy despite staying in the sea for so long.