From 1965-66, a group of six Tongan schoolboys were shipwrecked on the island of ʻAta (several hundred kilometers south of Tofua) and then survived for 15 months before being rescued by an Australian millionaire who, upon visiting the island out of curiosity, came upon the naked bearded men when scanning the island's coast through his binoculars. It took the men several months to create fire and the flame was maintained through wind, rain and gale, with each taking shifts to protect it. Before making fire they lived primarily on coconuts and raw seafood. After being documented by ABC News in America the story faded away; many of the men involved live on Lifuka island.