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Glowstick
He said at about midnight his nephew looked at the navigator on his watch and noticed that he was 44 miles off the coast. ... About 3 am, Bugros swam up ashore but because of complete exhaustion and dehydration, he could not move until daybreak.
I am even more skeptical if the above reporting correct. 44 miles in 3 hours??? Gotta be typo and it was 4 miles.
Agreed on Typo at 44 miles the curvature of the Earth would have not allowed him to see the light he followed either, even at a decent elevation.