NEW : There are conflicting reports as to when the man and his boat disappeared . Juan Carlos Alvarenga washed up in the Marshall Islands last year in a small boat . He requested a cut like the one worn by the men on Ebon , the atoll where he was found , she said . He claims to have been adrift for about six months after setting off from Mexico . Alvarenga says he lived off fish , birds , turtles , rainwater and urine while adrift .
NEW : There are conflicting reports as to when the man and his boat disappeared . Juan Carlos Alvarenga washed up in the Marshall Islands last year in a small boat . He claims to have been adrift for about six months after setting off from Mexico . Alvarenga says he lived off fish , birds , turtles , rainwater and urine while adrift .