These Stranded Teens Lived A Real Life 'Lord of the Flies'

Unhappy Homecoming

Not everyone was so impressed by the survivors. After 15 months, the boys from Tonga had been long presumed dead. Their funerals had already happened and money had been lost. Families were broken, and their girlfriends had all moved on. Everything had changed for them in only a year's time. Their happy return wasn't so happy after all...

Immediate Arrest

The least happy of all was their former enemy, Mr. Taniela Uhila. The fisherman had lost his livelihood to these hooligans, he was crushed. How does a fisherman make his living without a boat? When he discovered his boat was missing, he pressed charges. The boys were arrested on Tongan shores the minute they returned. It was all too much...

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.