An Eerie Discovery
When the Silver Star arrived, they noticed no signs of damage to the Ourang Medan. They tried to communicate with the ship, but there was silence on the radio. After several calls, the Silver Star crew formed a boarding party to see what had happened on the ship and what they found was horrible.
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As they boarded the Ourang Medan, they found the deck littered with the dead bodies of the ship’s crew. Their bodies were contorted, some of them were still pointing at something, and all of their faces had frozen looks of terror. It was as if they saw something unimaginable before they died.