I don't know why people always say it's so tough and maddening to be alone. It really isn't that bad and has it's advantages even. Besides this woman had the necessary skills. She would have missed her people sure, but i doubt she experienced any major mental crisis. It's not like some industrial yuppie getting stranded acting like Tom Hanks in the movies. Quite a few people literally seek out solitude even.
18 Years without Human contact. not sure about you but to me that is a Blessing. Being alone is Magical Peaceful i did it for 2 years i cut contact with all People! it was the best time of my life!!!
I know what you mean. I enjoy being on my own and rarely get lonely/bored. But I accept that many people will find this unusual and may even feel sorry for me, lol
@kukukaka968 : most of the times it is GOD that lead you softly & willingly away from people. Did HE not make you, weave you in your mother's womb? HE knows what we need! regards
Such a shame she died , so brave , resilient , mentally strong , capable on her own to get food and build shelter etc etc , l spent a long time in the army , not sure l could match this amazing woman .
I think that, her body did not have immunity to the viruses the mainland people were carrying, and unfortunately the medical science had not evolved to cure it.
It's my favorite book too. I have the old copy with the cover thats a picture of her island and her standing with her white dog, the island is pictured kind of like a map. It's beautiful.
As a kid... Island of the Blue Dolphin's was one of my favorite books! I guess l read it at least 50 times! I had no idea that it was based on a true story!
This incredible story should be heard all over the world.......truly amazing and remarkable woman! Of course, that story was how the movie THE BLUE LAGOON became so sucessful.......because it was based on her life.
I saw the movie" Island of the Blue Dolphins " when i was perhaps 8yo .The movie was released 1964. It affected me greatly and touched my heart even now aged 67yo. So wonderful to see this documentary wow...what a beautiful soul this amazing girl was. I didn't know this sad story was true.😢
When I was about 17, I was living in a small town in the woods of northern Arizona. I had been there since I was 12. The local teenagers and younger crowd would throw big parties in the woods every weekend. Kegs, bonfires, and all that. One weekend the party was being thrown in a far away spot. The furthest of all the party spots. I filled my tank to full before heading out with a friend of mine. As far as it was, it took about a quarter tank to get there. We party and of course, drink too much. I wake up the next morning to find I'm sleeping in the cab of my truck. Nothing new there. I poke my head up and look around and see my friend sleeping in the bed of my truck. I also see we're in the middle of the forest. I don't see a road nearby or anything else. I wake my friend up, hoping he knows where we are. He remembers as much as I do, which is nothing about where we are, or why. We can see the tire tracks in the large grassy area were in, so we decide to follow them back to the road. Figuring we drove off from the party spot to get some sleep. I start the truck and it's out of gas. Now we're tripping. We had enough gas to travel very far. We prayed someone just syphioned the gas at the party, and we didn't drive for miles and miles into nowhere. We're hungover. No food. Very little water. No cell phones yet, this was the 1990's. We start walking, following the tire tracks, hopefully back to the nearby party spot, where people we know still are, sleeping in their vehicles. The tracks keep going on for what seems like forever. We can't believe we drove that far into the forest, off road. We also notice that we aren't recognizing anything around us. And we know our area pretty well. We hike to the top of a nearby hill to get a better view of the surrounding area. Our town is at the base of the biggest mountain in the area, we've been lost before and found our way back by spotting the mountain and going to it. You can see it from miles away in every direction. We get to the top of the hill, we see for miles in every direction. We don't see our mountain. Or anything we recognize. Or civilization in any form. We spend that whole day, that whole night and almost the whole next day wandering lost in the woods. I thought we were gonna die for sure. We were eating pinion pine nuts from pine cones. Drinking water from a little stream we found. Built a shelter to sleep in next to a dirt road. Complete with pine needle beds and a roof. We found the road towards the end of the first day and by following it we got to help by the end of the second day. We eventually saw electricity poles following a road that branched off from the one we were following. We followed the road with electric poles running along side it and came to a little subdivision of homes. The first home we saw also saw us walking down the street because we were causing their dogs to bark. They asked if we were lost as soon as they saw us. They gave us a ride back to our place, along with bottles of water and snacks. We were outside of a town that was a good distance from our own. No one even knew we were missing, as far as our family, because they were used to us disappearing on weekends. Took two days of searching to find my truck.
Did u ever figure out how u got so far from where u were supposed to be. I mean did u drive there on your own or did someone else drive u out there cuz ubwere so drunk and left u there as a cruel joke?
I loved the book and movie, "Island of the Blue Dolphins." When I learned it was based on a true account I learned all I could about her, sad she passed so soon but it makes sense. Thank you for this, RIP Juana Maria
Given her "tribe" had been living on the island for many decades at least, I don't understand why when she was left behind she struggled to find shelter on the island . Surely her people had constructed some form of habitation during their time living there ?
That's what I came here to say. They lived there as a tribe, so she must have had shelter already and knowledge of food acquisition. That isn't to take away the struggle of living alone for that long.
Strange how there was rumors of this woman on the island yet nobody landed to save her sooner she needed medical treatment they just didn't have nor understood her survival needs tragic
At first I thought wow! But then I remembered that she was at home. So all she needed was already there! She knew the flora and for a, all she needed to do was get on with her day!
I know Right! I remember reading that book in grade school and the teacher acting like she was some Westerner dropped onto a deserted island trying to figure everything out on her own. It definitely sucks that she didn't have her People there with her, and I'm sure she mourned for them, and wondered how they were doing (given what historically happened to indigenous peoples the fate of staying alone on the island might have been kinder), but even kid me thought at least she was at home, and being an adult (or at least old enough to have a kid) she would have well known the flora, fauna, and every part of that island, knowing intimately how to survive there. Heck the homes and tools were still left there. The real hardest thing would have been the loneliness and disconnect from her People.
That was my first thought. Why didn't the video even mention that? Opposite what the video reports, food, shelter, and clothing would have been no problem, but loneliness would have.
Local people have a slightly different version. 1. She died of WMD! In this era it means "Weapon of Mass Destruction". Back then it meant "White Mans Disease" 2. Her tribe was coaxed into moving to the mainland. She refused. Many attempts were made to find and "rescue" her. 3. When she got to the mainland there were no members of her tribe in Santa Barbara. No one spoke her language. They had all been sold off and trained as "house servants" and the like. 4. How long did her tribe live there? They "walked" there - before the "Flood"!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts! It's important to consider the local perspectives and experiences that shape these stories. I appreciate your comment.
I read the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Fascinating story! I've been trying to research this myself. Where were the rest of her tribal members when she was rescued 18 years later? I heard they couldn't find anyone to translate her language.
Juana Maria would not have died of a change in diet. She was killed by a virus (harmless to Europeans) or else cholera (water containing sewage) or dysentery (contaminated food). At that time, viral and bacterial infection wee virtually unknown. Also, how did they work out she had been missing for 18 years?
You bring up some important points about the causes of Juana Maria's death. The understanding of diseases has come a long way since then, and it's fascinating to think about the historical context. As for her being missing for 18 years, it's a mystery that highlights the challenges of record-keeping during that era.
@@epicsurvivalstories At the back of my mind I thought about N. American Indians which were almost wiped out by the European common cold. The incubation period for the common cold would be several days. Without natural immunity, a cold could be fatal, possibly within a week following exposure of the virus.
Her tribe was "relocated" 18 years earlier. She refused to go. Also local version is that she had a newborn son. She communicated that he had died while fishing off shore in a small "homemade" boat.
@@davesanders9203 Dave -- The relocators were arrogant to uproot people whose home was that island. Normally , people are forcibly relocated to thieve their lands and resources. Imagine if a person living in the EU were dumped in the Congo!
People of that time were much more resilient and trained than most people of today. I remember hearing the story of a young 8 year old boy who travelled from NY into Colorado by himself. This was in the 1800s. You couldn’t find an 8yo today who could survive something like that.
If she had been living with her tribe before the forced removal there would have been infrastructure there for her at first, giving her time to work out how to survive once what had been left behind was used up or worn out. Brought up in a simple subsistence society she would have learned how to do and make whatever was needed to survive. Surviving would have kept her busy and not dwelling on her future prospects too much. One of the worst things would have been the lonliness. Thank you for this interesting story.
I am confused about the story. She was living on an island with 200 to 300 people. They removed everyone, but she has left behind. Where did those 200 to 300 people live? Did they not have homes / structures? Also what had they been eating while living on the island? They also would’ve had the water issue figured out. A lot of questions.
They actually ended up with my family working as servants and ranch hands. Only a handful have been documented by researchers. One young man named Thomas lived with my 3rd great grandmother for almost 50 years.
@@chrishousley2577🤣 sure. Actually they ended up with my 67th , 3rd removed Auntie named Marge. They all became aviators, most are now blimp pilots except one, her name is Consuela and she works for my aunts family that live in Springfield. Marge is her boss, there’s a man named Homer, she tries to avoid him, two kids that she adores but the boy can’t get to be a bit difficult to handle at times. True story
People lived on this island for ages. The tools, clothing, food sources, and shelter she used were not her inventions, they were not new to her. The only thing new and challenging to her was being alone.
Good vid, except that she didn't have a son. She was only 9 or 10 years old. So how could she of had a child. She was a child. That's why a lot of you who read the book 'Island Of The Blue Dolphin', you read it in elementary school for that reason....as well as it focuses on girls being survivalists in an abandoned situation. In terms of her looking for her son, a story told that she was looking for her little brother. Her little brother died on the island, then it was just her.
If I possessed the knowledge and necessary skills to survive all alone on an island for 18 years, I would be ecstatic to do it. I’m sure I would also die shortly after returning to “civilization” from a broken heart from having my peace and quiet ripped away from me.
If the island was abandoned by 300 people surely there would already be houses/ hut etc plus tools, limited supplies and other useful resources she could use.
the whole tribe lived on this island, why did she need to build a shelter? where did the tribe live in before? but still, living there all on your own is really challenging, great, she managed to survive for so long! sad, she died, she should've startet eating the different food slowly
I did a book report on it as a kid in the 70s. Copied the back, the nun figured it out (shock)..... got an F. Dumbest part is I read it, multiple times, and liked it. I was just lazy.
Surely some of her tribespeople would have heard the news of her rescue. Since only 18 years had gone by, and 200 to 300 we removed from the island. Soneone from her tribe who spoke her language would have made contact.
I find this story funny. Seems fake. They said she was left behind during the evecuation. Why then is she looking for how to build a shelter instead of simply going back to her house.
@@gemox3225 sheesh, some of you will try and create an argument from anything. Why should we be researching anything. Going by the story we just listened to. There’s a lot of missing information. I agree with that comment. She is indigenous to the island that inhabited 200 - 300 people. There would be their dwellings and tools etc… left behind. She would have knowledge of food, water resources. This story as just told seems a bit funny and fake. No, I’m not researching anything. The story teller should give complete information ✅
I don’t understand why it was such a struggle For survival when she had been living with her people there her whole life. Didn’t she already have living structures? Sure it’s harder alone, But it’s not like she got dropped there from somewhere else.
The way she died,was also how, prisoner's of war from the prison camp's during the 2,WW,and Japanese prison camp's,died because those rescued,were given food, their bodies couldn't adjust to,
to survive as a native person in its natural environment should be not that hard (if there are no danggerous animals around)... but to be alone for 18 years is terrible. everybody would be a "freak" after this.
This story makes no sense. If I got left behind, I would not waste time and energy looking for food and making tools and shelters. I would go to the village the refugees left and pick up what I needed there. The people leaving probably did not take time to dissemble their houses and they could not take everything with them.
she was a member of a tribe according to your story . being that way embraces you to live in harsh conditions but a city girl or guy might not make it or should I say will not make it.
People of native culture carry all the knowledge for survival and coexistence. Her loneliness, though, is a true achievement. This visualisation doesn't provide much, rather the opposite
This takes does not add up, why would she need to rebuild when her own tribe had lived there for who knows how long, housing would still be there, infrastructure, water food sources, it's like where I live now only all the people are gone, everything else is still here!
Epic story of human desire to survive and live ,a fragile mind would not survive this .this was a very strong person.
Totally! This story is a wild ride, and it shows just how tough people can be when the going gets tough!
I don't know why people always say it's so tough and maddening to be alone. It really isn't that bad and has it's advantages even. Besides this woman had the necessary skills. She would have missed her people sure, but i doubt she experienced any major mental crisis. It's not like some industrial yuppie getting stranded acting like Tom Hanks in the movies. Quite a few people literally seek out solitude even.
Forgot to add she is buried in Santa Barbara mission. There is a sign with a brief story about her. Its a nice tribute to her.
I really appreciate you sharing that information! It’s wonderful to know there’s a nice tribute to her at the Santa Barbara mission.
Thanks for sharing, appreciate it 👍
18 Years without Human contact. not sure about you but to me that is a Blessing. Being alone is Magical Peaceful i did it for 2 years i cut contact with all People! it was the best time of my life!!!
I know what you mean. I enjoy being on my own and rarely get lonely/bored. But I accept that many people will find this unusual and may even feel sorry for me, lol
@kukukaka968 : most of the times it is GOD that lead you softly & willingly away from people. Did HE not make you, weave you in your mother's womb? HE knows what we need! regards
If this actually was your best time in your Life wouldn’t you live always like that
In the book, it said she had some brief contact with otter hunters wife for a few seasons.
@@Elijah8890weird though?? RITE? NO, NOW ID RATHER BE ON Social MEDIA COMMENTING. HAHAHAHA. COMPLETE OPPOSITE LIFESTYLE😂🤣😆
Such a shame she died , so brave , resilient , mentally strong , capable on her own to get food and build shelter etc etc , l spent a long time in the army , not sure l could match this amazing woman .
It's truly heartbreaking, isn't it? Her strength and resilience were inspiring, and her story will continue to motivate many of us.
I think that, her body did not have immunity to the viruses the mainland people were carrying, and unfortunately the medical science had not evolved to cure it.
@@dom4068 Or refeeding syndrome.
@@JimD77
What's that??🤔
@@JimD77The narration says probably with dysentery, and refeeding syndrome does not show signs of dysentery to my knowledge.
Island of the Blue Dolphins has been my all time most favourite book. I read the book in the mid 60's
Thanks for your comment! Maybe this is your reminder to read it again.
I share your vintage, it seems. I found the book in the school library, and it was inspirational.
Yes! I read it in elementary school and have enjoyed reading it many times since ❤
This was the first book I bought at a book fair. I still have it and my husband even ended up reading it.
It's my favorite book too. I have the old copy with the cover thats a picture of her island and her standing with her white dog, the island is pictured kind of like a map. It's beautiful.
What a very strong woman. She survived 18 yers being alone yet only lasted 7 weeks when introduced to new people, new food and new surroundings. Sad.
As a kid...
Island of the Blue Dolphin's was one of my favorite books!
I guess l read it at least 50 times!
I had no idea that it was based on a true story!
This incredible story should be heard all over the world.......truly amazing and remarkable woman! Of course, that story was how the movie THE BLUE LAGOON became so sucessful.......because it was based on her life.
I saw the movie" Island of the Blue Dolphins " when i was perhaps 8yo .The movie was released 1964. It affected me greatly and touched my heart even now aged 67yo. So wonderful to see this documentary wow...what a beautiful soul this amazing girl was. I didn't know this sad story was true.😢
When I was about 17, I was living in a small town in the woods of northern Arizona. I had been there since I was 12. The local teenagers and younger crowd would throw big parties in the woods every weekend. Kegs, bonfires, and all that. One weekend the party was being thrown in a far away spot. The furthest of all the party spots. I filled my tank to full before heading out with a friend of mine. As far as it was, it took about a quarter tank to get there. We party and of course, drink too much. I wake up the next morning to find I'm sleeping in the cab of my truck. Nothing new there. I poke my head up and look around and see my friend sleeping in the bed of my truck. I also see we're in the middle of the forest. I don't see a road nearby or anything else. I wake my friend up, hoping he knows where we are. He remembers as much as I do, which is nothing about where we are, or why. We can see the tire tracks in the large grassy area were in, so we decide to follow them back to the road. Figuring we drove off from the party spot to get some sleep. I start the truck and it's out of gas. Now we're tripping. We had enough gas to travel very far. We prayed someone just syphioned the gas at the party, and we didn't drive for miles and miles into nowhere. We're hungover. No food. Very little water. No cell phones yet, this was the 1990's. We start walking, following the tire tracks, hopefully back to the nearby party spot, where people we know still are, sleeping in their vehicles. The tracks keep going on for what seems like forever. We can't believe we drove that far into the forest, off road. We also notice that we aren't recognizing anything around us. And we know our area pretty well. We hike to the top of a nearby hill to get a better view of the surrounding area. Our town is at the base of the biggest mountain in the area, we've been lost before and found our way back by spotting the mountain and going to it. You can see it from miles away in every direction. We get to the top of the hill, we see for miles in every direction. We don't see our mountain. Or anything we recognize. Or civilization in any form. We spend that whole day, that whole night and almost the whole next day wandering lost in the woods. I thought we were gonna die for sure. We were eating pinion pine nuts from pine cones. Drinking water from a little stream we found. Built a shelter to sleep in next to a dirt road. Complete with pine needle beds and a roof. We found the road towards the end of the first day and by following it we got to help by the end of the second day. We eventually saw electricity poles following a road that branched off from the one we were following. We followed the road with electric poles running along side it and came to a little subdivision of homes. The first home we saw also saw us walking down the street because we were causing their dogs to bark. They asked if we were lost as soon as they saw us. They gave us a ride back to our place, along with bottles of water and snacks. We were outside of a town that was a good distance from our own. No one even knew we were missing, as far as our family, because they were used to us disappearing on weekends. Took two days of searching to find my truck.
Sheesh that's scary, glad you guy's made it out of there!
Your story would be better if you added some of your thoughts throughout it, conversations you had amongst each other & such
Dude yikes! Y’all are crazy
I hope that you learned a lesson or two!
Did u ever figure out how u got so far from where u were supposed to be. I mean did u drive there on your own or did someone else drive u out there cuz ubwere so drunk and left u there as a cruel joke?
I loved the book and movie, "Island of the Blue Dolphins." When I learned it was based on a true account I learned all I could about her, sad she passed so soon but it makes sense. Thank you for this, RIP Juana Maria
There's a movie?! 😱
@andrewwashere82 Yes, movie same name as the book - no spoilers, but it's worth a read and watch
@@JackieSkellington Yea, I read the book. I forgot about it until this video. Now I need to buy it, I want to read it again.
@@andrewwashere82 me too
Given her "tribe" had been living on the island for many decades at least, I don't understand why when she was left behind she struggled to find shelter on the island . Surely her people had constructed some form of habitation during their time living there ?
White men come and destroy her tribe duh..shes the only that escaped.
That's what I came here to say. They lived there as a tribe, so she must have had shelter already and knowledge of food acquisition. That isn't to take away the struggle of living alone for that long.
Interesting name, Maria Juana.
If I recall correctly from the book, she thought it was bad luck to live in the abandoned village, and she burned down all the homes.
Agreed, and why didn't they say "Hey, Donde esta Maria??" when being evacuated....someone must have missed her
My daughter & I loved the book when she was younger. I had no idea (or I forgot) it was based on a true account! Thank you for this video!
That's wonderful to hear! Thanks for watching!
Really sad that she died after being rescued 😢
That's definitely the tragic behind this story. Thanks for your comment!
Strange how there was rumors of this woman on the island yet nobody landed to save her sooner she needed medical treatment they just didn't have nor understood her survival needs tragic
Great Video and very interesting.
Thank you! I'm glad you found it interesting. Your support means a lot!
At first I thought wow! But then I remembered that she was at home. So all she needed was already there! She knew the flora and for a, all she needed to do was get on with her day!
I know Right! I remember reading that book in grade school and the teacher acting like she was some Westerner dropped onto a deserted island trying to figure everything out on her own. It definitely sucks that she didn't have her People there with her, and I'm sure she mourned for them, and wondered how they were doing (given what historically happened to indigenous peoples the fate of staying alone on the island might have been kinder), but even kid me thought at least she was at home, and being an adult (or at least old enough to have a kid) she would have well known the flora, fauna, and every part of that island, knowing intimately how to survive there. Heck the homes and tools were still left there. The real hardest thing would have been the loneliness and disconnect from her People.
@@millersam07 18 years solitary is no joke.
That was my first thought. Why didn't the video even mention that? Opposite what the video reports, food, shelter, and clothing would have been no problem, but loneliness would have.
Local people have a slightly different version.
1. She died of WMD! In this era it means "Weapon of Mass Destruction". Back then it meant "White Mans Disease"
2. Her tribe was coaxed into moving to the mainland. She refused. Many attempts were made to find and "rescue" her.
3. When she got to the mainland there were no members of her tribe in Santa Barbara. No one spoke her language. They had all been sold off and trained as "house servants" and the like.
4. How long did her tribe live there? They "walked" there - before the "Flood"!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts! It's important to consider the local perspectives and experiences that shape these stories. I appreciate your comment.
guess she made a good choice. better to live free and alone than someone's slave
Great story. I subscribed 😊
AWESOME human spirit ❤❤. THANKYOU
Thanks a ton! Love that vibe! Let’s keep spreading that awesome spirit together!
Hey epic survival storry! Great storry. I love the illustrations. Keep on going
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I read the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Fascinating story! I've been trying to research this myself. Where were the rest of her tribal members when she was rescued 18 years later? I heard they couldn't find anyone to translate her language.
Yes, they didn't find anybody. Good questions!
I’ve read the book , I think every female should read it .
I'm so glad to hear that! It's definitely a powerful read that resonates with many. What was your favorite part?
Juana Maria would not have died of a change in diet. She was killed by a virus (harmless to Europeans) or else cholera (water containing sewage) or dysentery (contaminated food). At that time, viral and bacterial infection wee virtually unknown.
Also, how did they work out she had been missing for 18 years?
You bring up some important points about the causes of Juana Maria's death. The understanding of diseases has come a long way since then, and it's fascinating to think about the historical context. As for her being missing for 18 years, it's a mystery that highlights the challenges of record-keeping during that era.
@@epicsurvivalstories At the back of my mind I thought about N. American Indians which were almost wiped out by the European common cold. The incubation period for the common cold would be several days. Without natural immunity, a cold could be fatal, possibly within a week following exposure of the virus.
Her tribe was "relocated" 18 years earlier. She refused to go. Also local version is that she had a newborn son. She communicated that he had died while fishing off shore in a small "homemade" boat.
@@davesanders9203 Dave -- The relocators were arrogant to uproot people whose home was that island. Normally , people are forcibly relocated to thieve their lands and resources. Imagine if a person living in the EU were dumped in the Congo!
Hard not too be beyond astonished at the woman!! But very hardy!!
Great story. Overall, is more than Awesome the detail & the animation pictures. I Love it.
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Great video 😊
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
18 years on the stranded island actually sounds peaceful
One my favorite books
It’s always great to hear when someone shares a love for the same book! What part resonated with you the most?
Very interesting. And her sadness at the end of a brave lost soul.
I'm glad you found it interesting! The journey of a brave soul can be both captivating and heartbreaking.
People of that time were much more resilient and trained than most people of today. I remember hearing the story of a young 8 year old boy who travelled from NY into Colorado by himself. This was in the 1800s. You couldn’t find an 8yo today who could survive something like that.
Splendid tale of survival, and the longing to be free. Aprapo for times such as these. We yearn to be free. There are no options.
Thank you for your thoughtful comment!
If she had been living with her tribe before the forced removal there would have been infrastructure there for her at first, giving her time to work out how to survive once what had been left behind was used up or worn out. Brought up in a simple subsistence society she would have learned how to do and make whatever was needed to survive. Surviving would have kept her busy and not dwelling on her future prospects too much. One of the worst things would have been the lonliness.
Thank you for this interesting story.
I am confused about the story. She was living on an island with 200 to 300 people. They removed everyone, but she has left behind. Where did those 200 to 300 people live? Did they not have homes / structures? Also what had they been eating while living on the island? They also would’ve had the water issue figured out. A lot of questions.
Agree with your questions and honestly find that story strange to say the least.
They actually ended up with my family working as servants and ranch hands. Only a handful have been documented by researchers. One young man named Thomas lived with my 3rd great grandmother for almost 50 years.
@@chrishousley2577🤣 sure. Actually they ended up with my 67th , 3rd removed Auntie named Marge. They all became aviators, most are now blimp pilots except one, her name is Consuela and she works for my aunts family that live in Springfield. Marge is her boss, there’s a man named Homer, she tries to avoid him, two kids that she adores but the boy can’t get to be a bit difficult to handle at times. True story
Made up story, ai pictures
@@Cmon-Man😂
Island girl ❤ brave young woman ❤
Totally!
People lived on this island for ages. The tools, clothing, food sources, and shelter she used were not her inventions, they were not new to her. The only thing new and challenging to her was being alone.
Island of the Blue Dolphins, really good read if you're a fan of "living off the land" type of books like Hatchet or Sign of the Beaver.
It's funny how you make it sound like she had to survive on that island but that was her home all along. She was native to that island.
But suddenly she was alone, that is quite a difference...
Also she was a young girl. Imagine your daughter having to survive on her own for 18 years alone tomorrow
Good vid, except that she didn't have a son. She was only 9 or 10 years old. So how could she of had a child. She was a child. That's why a lot of you who read the book 'Island Of The Blue Dolphin', you read it in elementary school for that reason....as well as it focuses on girls being survivalists in an abandoned situation. In terms of her looking for her son, a story told that she was looking for her little brother. Her little brother died on the island, then it was just her.
If I possessed the knowledge and necessary skills to survive all alone on an island for 18 years, I would be ecstatic to do it. I’m sure I would also die shortly after returning to “civilization” from a broken heart from having my peace and quiet ripped away from me.
Haha, that's a great comment and probably true!
Very true
Anyone know where I can find an island like this to get away from the weirdos of this world we live In these days 😂💯😜
Good question ;)
Try the magnificent Himalayan ranges ..
Beautiful images; where are they from?
First of all how old was she when she was left on the Island? many missing facts....thanks for introducing this story...
If the island was abandoned by 300 people surely there would already be houses/ hut etc plus tools, limited supplies and other useful resources she could use.
the whole tribe lived on this island, why did she need to build a shelter? where did the tribe live in before?
but still, living there all on your own is really challenging, great, she managed to survive for so long! sad, she died, she should've startet eating the different food slowly
ammazing great.
Thanks for your feedback! I'm glad you think it's amazing!
I read Island of the Blue Dolphins to my daughter.
That's such a beautiful story! I hope she enjoyed the adventure.
Didn't know that you had a place called the channel islands in America. We have the channel islands here in the UK but yours look much nicer.
RIP Juana Maria
I would be so happy to be alone on dessert island.
Juana Maria died only weeks after she was found. It is important to note that her diet changed so much that she became ill.
Enjoy it ❤
Thanks for watching!
I went there 2 years ago and finally found the hidden treasure
thats nothing ive been alone for 41 years
Amazing grace 🎉celebrate god and juana maria
Read this book at school 😢
For sure! This book is a must-read. Can't wait to hear what you think about it!
There is good movie about that.
nvr heard vis story, sad endn...........
I did a book report on it as a kid in the 70s. Copied the back, the nun figured it out (shock)..... got an F. Dumbest part is I read it, multiple times, and liked it. I was just lazy.
Surely some of her tribespeople would have heard the news of her rescue. Since only 18 years had gone by, and 200 to 300 we removed from the island. Soneone from her tribe who spoke her language would have made contact.
I don't get it, a population was there before, why did she need to form/ develop new tools of her own?
She was originally living on this island, so what made it so difficult now
Basically she lived a traditional lifestyle, alone for 18 years, then was 'rescued' and died shortly afterward.
Is that Rod Sterling doing the narration
I find this story funny. Seems fake. They said she was left behind during the evecuation. Why then is she looking for how to build a shelter instead of simply going back to her house.
You obviously haven't done any research on it.
@@gemox3225 sheesh, some of you will try and create an argument from anything. Why should we be researching anything. Going by the story we just listened to. There’s a lot of missing information. I agree with that comment. She is indigenous to the island that inhabited 200 - 300 people. There would be their dwellings and tools etc… left behind. She would have knowledge of food, water resources. This story as just told seems a bit funny and fake. No, I’m not researching anything. The story teller should give complete information ✅
why did she have to make a shelter if she lived there prior? were there no previous shelter? curious.
I don’t understand why it was such a struggle For survival when she had been living with her people there her whole life. Didn’t she already have living structures? Sure it’s harder alone, But it’s not like she got dropped there from somewhere else.
Why was finding shelter such a struggle? After all the island had been in habited.
The way she died,was also how, prisoner's of war from the prison camp's during the 2,WW,and Japanese prison camp's,died because those rescued,were given food, their bodies couldn't adjust to,
200/300 people lived on the island ?
Then why did she have to make a shelter ?
Wasn't there plenty of places to live when everyone left ?
If she only knew that just on the other side of that tiny island, there was a Home Depot, a 7-Eleven and a Taco Bell. Bummer.
what is the name of the movie
The film has the same name as the book "Island of the Blue Dolphins"
Age at death? Are any of the photos authentic?
Very interesting use of AI images and audio read back from the book…. 😮
to survive as a native person in its natural environment should be not that hard (if there are no danggerous animals around)... but to be alone for 18 years is terrible. everybody would be a "freak" after this.
This story makes no sense. If I got left behind, I would not waste time and energy looking for food and making tools and shelters. I would go to the village the refugees left and pick up what I needed there. The people leaving probably did not take time to dissemble their houses and they could not take everything with them.
Sad end
Definitely!
They came back to finish the job
Why would she have to “learn to survive” if she was from there? Seems like she’d already know how to do that??
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Good old Mariajuana.
Her name was karana
so much raving. just get on with it !!!!
So all the island residents moved our Mariah stayed and she had to build a shelter, not possible,
First lady of this island
Haha, love that! Thanks for watching!
Ignore the autocorrects please, you can make up the true inkling.
she was a member of a tribe according to your story . being that way embraces you to live in harsh conditions but a city girl or guy might not make it or should I say will not make it.
People of native culture carry all the knowledge for survival and coexistence. Her loneliness, though, is a true achievement.
This visualisation doesn't provide much, rather the opposite
Sorry but if she was left on the island where her tribe lived, wouldn't she already have the huts and all other materials needed for survival?
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Thank you for your support!
Beautifull story. But she couldn't have died from fresh fruits 😂😂😂😂.. Maybe comment flue or something else she wasn't immune to❤
Thank you for your feedback! That's possible as well.
The dung of bulls.
Cool story...the voice was too dramatic
@azdrifter3968 Did you and your friend have a sore bum when you woke up ?
Would hv been better stayi g on irland
Probably a Pisces 2.
This takes does not add up, why would she need to rebuild when her own tribe had lived there for who knows how long, housing would still be there, infrastructure, water food sources, it's like where I live now only all the people are gone, everything else is still here!
Is this video made with AI?
2:52 why ai give her some type of duck foot lol human feet aren't shapped that way at all. Lmao
She makes Bear Grylls look like an amateur.
Because he is, he's hilarious finding boats and shovels in the middle of nowhere 😂
Was she rescued....just to die ...