Four die after drinking from bottles found in sea

BBC:

Four Sri Lankan fishermen have died and another two are critically ill after consuming an unknown liquid from bottles they found while at sea, according to local media reports.

The sailors were said to be on a fishing trip when they retrieved the bottles around 320 nautical miles from Tangalle, a town on the southern coast of the island.

The Sri Lanka Navy told reporters the fishermen had drunk from the bottles thinking they contained alcohol.

Terrible.

Also, I don't think I am gastronomically adventurous enough to try anything from any unknown bottle floating in the ocean (excepting a survival situation…then…maybe).

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