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The Curse of Mapp Caye?
posted (November 26, 2019)
And, a large part of that is because they know very well that so far this year alone 8 men have gone missing from Mapp Caye - 5 were found murdered, while three are still missing.

Mark Neal knows their pain and terror all too well. In January of this year, his brother, lobster fisherman Evan Neal and two of his workers disappeared on that very same Caye. Almost a year later, they still don't have closure.

But the search for these latest missing men has given the Neal family one sliver of hope - and that's because the bullet-riddled boat police found on Sunday appears to be one of the two stolen from Evan Neal all those months ago.

We spoke to Mark Neal about it via telephone:

Mark Neal, Brother Disappeared, Map Caye, January
"And that boat looks like one of the ones that he has the last one that they couldn't find and I got a feeling that's it. I think police say they found it shot up and I they said they found a glove inside it and a red hat. Also I understand they found bullet holes and I would hope that they may still find some remains from my brother somewhere in that area or we could find him, because January will make one year. I could imagine the other families, especially for those 3 young men who are still missing at sea. They can get some closure, that would be great."

Reporter
"It's like Mapp Caye has a curse."

Mark Neal
"Yeah, I was looking at that you know. I was just discussing that the other day and I said something is wrong, because it all surround between Mapp Caye. I think something needs to be done more drastic that just patrolling that area. Whether they put a camp or a base out there, because that area is really out of hand. Some kind of demonic system is out there and that's my hope for the families out there to kep the faith and never stop. People going into that area, my thing is keep away from the area or just be careful."

Neal plans to go to the Coast Guard and confirm whether it is his brother's boat tomorrow.

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