CNN Erin Burnett OutFront February 5, 2014 00:58:00
Castaway, jose salvador alvaranga left mexico on a one-day fishing trip he was with a teenage fisherman. after their boat was blown off course, he says his companion refused to continue eating raw food and eventually died. throughout what would be a 5700-mile journey, he says he survived on fish, birds and turtles. >> how did he catch a turtle? >> reporter: it wasn't exactly like when the flying fish dropped from the skies in "the life of pi." alvaranga says the turtles did come banging against the boat. so that all he had to do was grab them. skeptics abound. tweeting out "that's one chubby c...