I flew out-of-state to pick up a car I won on an eBay auction, and the seller didn't show up. Now he's claiming it was in a fender bender today and he can't sell it to me. In the meantime, I'm stranded. Suggestions? [more inside]
posted by Pater Aletheias on Nov 5, 2007 - 35 answers

Do people really get stranded on deserted islands and survive? [more inside]
posted by ebeeb on Jun 4, 2006 - 16 answers

I am looking for movies with only a few main characters and little to no secondary characters. The main characters talk alot about philosophy, or politics or love or something, anything interesting really. (more inside). This type of movie often takes place in a deserted locale for much of the film... a few people get lost on a camping trip, or stranded on an island, or they share a jail cell together.. [more inside]
posted by JokingClown on Feb 9, 2006 - 81 answers

I don't watch Lost, but I was wondering: Has anything comparable ever actually happened? Has there ever been a historical instance where several people were stranded in the wilderness for a long and indeterminate period of time and had to make do? The more recent the better, but I'm interested in anything (I've already heard the story of Andrew Selkirk, the "real life" Robinson Crusoe).
posted by borkingchikapa on Nov 10, 2005 - 36 answers