1. The men all dying at the same time without a sound is
not natural. People will die of thirst or exposure one at a time, depending on their
physical wellness.
2. The spirits of the sailors arising an
working the ship is not reality. Even if one believes in spirits, spirits would not be
able to grasp ropes or the wheel to control the ship.
3.
The ghost ship moving at a tremendous speed toward the ship is an impossibility. The
sails were full of holes, and the mariner's ship was not moving. There was no wind and
not from that direction either.
4. The ship moving at such
a speed that the mariner faints is also not possible. No ship can move that fast unless
it was jet powered.
5. Returning to his home port with no
crew, no navigation, no food is unlikely. Even with spirits guiding the vessel, they
would have little control over it.
These supernatural
events were supposed to tell the reader that a divine influence was in control, not the
natural world.
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