Ghost ship hunter document

The ghost ship hunter document appears to be a page from a journal kept by one member of the first group of ghost ship hunters. It is written on paper and started a movement of people who followed the original ghost ship hunters and searched for ghost ships in other locations around the St Helena islands.
The writer is only ever mentioned once, in which they refer to themself as Hussain.
After 10 days the ghost ship hunters spotted a ghost ship and took supplies from it. The hunters then appear to have dissappeared after selling their supplies to people in Hawkes bay.
It is debated by some whether the document is falsified or not, however the then town of Hawkes Bay did experience a sudden bloom in infrastructure and population.

Purpose

Record results of ghost hunting.

Document Structure

Clauses

There are ten days recorded in the document.

Historical Details

Background

The ghost ship hunters were a group of 5 people who traveled to Hawkes bay after a ship crashed off the coast. They hoped to spot another ship and salvage materials.

History

The document inspired many other groups to predict where ships might be spotted from and search for them.

Public Reaction

Most of the public were excited by the contents, as it proved that there may be a way to improve society to its pre-world war III state.

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Ghost ship hunter document

Day one:

Hawkes Bay is home to a very small town and a forest. There's also a farm, which is where we are staying. Derk Jones managed to get us a room in the farmhouse, but of course we'll have to pay our way, which means that we have to do at least 5 hours of work each day, on top of hunting for the ghost ships.
The wreckage of the crashed ghost ship sticks out of the bay like a.

Day 2:

Spent five hours farming. Most of us hate it. No ships. Robin and the Derks are about the only people who like it, but then they grew up in Grieford and Hillpiece.

Day 3:

Jamei spotted what they thought was a ghost ship off the coast, turned out it was just fog. However we got our hopes up and a lot of us skipped farming, meaning we need to do more tomorrow or farm at night. Derk and I decided to farm at night, ehich is why this page is grassy. Or whater it is-y.

Day 4:

Jamei and Robin spotted something on the horizon, however it dissappeared into the fog.

Day 5:

Nothing happened today. Aside from Derk Jackson cutting one of his fingers off with a scythe. Of course, I had to deal with that. 'Hussain can you deal with this injury' 'Hussain can you deal with that injury.' I'm tired. We're getting nowhere with this.

Day 6:

Derk Jackson has been resting, the farmer did give him a day off, except the remaining four of us need to do an extra hour of work today. Nothing spotted, we're all too tired from working.

Day 7:

Derk Jones and Robin spotted what Robin claims is the same ship as from Day 5 returning, she thinks that it must be circling around off the coast and appreaching slightly closer each time.

Day 8:

Robin has requested time off to watch for the ghost ship. Now the rest of us have to do six hours of work each day, which is exhausting. I'm worried about Derk Jackson as his finger, or what remains of it, could get infected.

Day 9:

Today was a day.

Day 10:

At dawn Robin and Derk Jackson woke us up to say that they had spotted the ghost ship off of the coast of the bay. Derk Jones was not happy at being disturbed, but perked up when they said they'd spotted a ghost ship. We took a small boat (reminder: Cost of boat was 10 fish per hour, totalled to 40 fish) out to the ship, and boarded it after about 30 minutes.
The Ghost ship is amazing. The stuff on board was far beyond known technology, which makes me sad. A panel of light in the middle of the top deck displayed the message 'Signal lost' as well as the date in old format: 16th July 2253.
But what was more interesting was the supplies. Tons of food, tons of water bottles (mostly with water). Tons of other miscelanious miscalanias miscellaneous supplies.
Jamei and Robin got startled by some bones which fell from the top of the mast, the remains of the dead crew. We loaded several storeage crates full of food water and supplies onto our boat, beore heading back to the shore.

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Type

Journal, Personal

Medium

Paper

Location

Hawkes bay

Authors

• Hussain

Signatories (Characters)

• Derk Jackson
• Derk Jones
• Hussain
• Jamei
• Robin