Was it a hallucination? A different ship with a similar name? Or is the SS Michelle still out there, waiting for the right fog to return?
I don't have the answer. But next time you look out at a grey, choppy sea, remember: the ocean gives up its dead reluctantly. And sometimes, it gives up its ships one piece at a time. ss michelle
There are ships that sink, and then there are ships that disappear . The SS Michelle falls into the latter category—except, unlike the Mary Celeste , she didn’t just vanish once. She vanished twice. Was it a hallucination