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The second incident occurred a couple of days before the extreme banana boat ride. As usual, after breakfast, Natalia went to the beach with her mother and sister. But when they arrived, they saw an ambulance. They approached to see what had happened. It turned out that a young man, about 23—25 years old, had dived into the water and hit his head on the rocks. He was being carried on a stretcher past Natalia and her sister. When he saw them, he became happy, even sitting up on the stretcher. He stopped the medics and said strange words to Natalia and her sister:

– «Get out of here. They want to kill you. Just trust me – you cannot be here. Go back to your city, home.»

Everyone nearby asked Natalia and her sister:

– Do you know this guy? Are you acquainted with him?

Natalia replied that she and her sister were seeing him for the first time and that he must have been confused or delirious from a concussion. The ambulance took him away. Nevertheless, the weight of his words left a very heavy impression on Natalia. She asked the locals about the young man and was told that he was a local, working at the beach, knew the seabed very well, and was a strong swimmer. Everyone was surprised that he had dived so carelessly, especially since there had been a storm warning and many beaches were closed.

A day later, Natalia learned that the young man had died in the hospital. The heavy feeling from his words deepened. Although she understood that she was in a foreign city on vacation, unknown to anyone, and it was unclear who might want to harm her and her sister, she initially thought it was a meaningless coincidence and forgot about it. Only later did she realize that the young man might have been telling the truth, and that the way the local athletes had taken her and her sister on the banana boat could have been their last experience in life. The man lying on the mattress near the buoy had likely been a deliberately placed witness to their potential tragic fate.