Ship Trap Island Essay

Mystery of Ship Trap Island Solved

Two days ago, a ship sailed into Rio de Janeiro's harbour, carrying bizarre cargo; human remains. After running multiple tests, forensic pathologists collectively determined that the corpse belongs to a man who goes by the name General Zaroff, a Cossack man. The captain of the ship carrying Zaroff's carcass, Captain Nielsen stated, “A few weeks ago, were just sailing past Ship-Trap Island when one of our passengers, a man named Sanger Rainsford, fell overboard. Unfortunately, we didn't notice until the next day, and by then we assumed that he was dead. So we when we saw a body floating on a piece of debris, of course we thought it was Rainsfords corpse. You’d imagine our surprise when we realized it wasn’t him. We hauled the carcass onto the deck and made our way back to shore immediately!”

The yacht came from the infamous “Ship-Trap Island.” For those lucky few who do not know about this daunting island, “Ship-Trap Island” is a place sailors dread whenever they come near its vicinity. “Sailors have a curious dread of the place. I don't know why. Some superstition--", said Whittney, a sailor on Nielsen's yacht.

One of the other sailors on the same boat, and one of Whitney's friends, brought a story, revealing the truth about this mysterious island.

The man’s name is Sanger Rainsford. Upon interviewing him, we were able to get the full story He went on to talk about how, after falling off the yacht, he swam to the shore of Ship-Trap Island, desperately seeking help. When there, he was astonished to see a house.“It was this black place,” Rainsford said, “Then I saw this light from a window. I hobbled towards it and knocked on the heavy door. I was both ecstatic and terrified. Ecstatic because I found other civilization and frightened because there was this beast of a man standing in front of

me.”
Rainsford explained how he was led inside and brought before a man, General Zaroff, who was quote, “pleasant to talk to.” But Zaroff had ulterior motives. Rainsford told us how Zaroff would hunt the humans, like Rainsford, who ended up on his shore, for sport. Zaroff forced Rainsford to participate in this inhumane activity. Rainsford
In one of Zaroff’s journals we found an entry confirming Rainsford’s claims. "I suggest to one of them that we go hunting. I give him a supply of food and an excellent hunting knife. I give him three hours' start. I am to follow, armed only with a pistol of the smallest caliber and range. If my quarry eludes me for three whole days, he wins the game. If I find him, he loses.”
But, shockingly, Rainsford said that Zaroff hunting him for sport wasn’t the worst part of his exploit.