Navy sailor who went missing for a week was found covered in his urine, feces on ship

The Navy sailor who went missing from his ship for a week was found in a sweltering engine room covered in his urine and feces, according to a report.

Peter Mims was also carrying a water bottle, Easter peep candy and an empty jar of peanut butter when a search crew found him hiding on the cruiser Shiloh on June 15, the Navy Times reported.

Mims’ disappearance on June 8 sparked a manhunt in the Asia-Pacific. Officials thought he had gone overboard. He was known for making bizarre comments to his shipmates, according to the Navy Times.

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“Mims was known for outlandish claims, such as he could stop running engineering department engines by pulsating electricity with his body, that he could shoot fireballs out of his hands, that he had a friend who had a motorcycle with the same engine as the ship, that he had been to space, and that before the Navy he was going to work for NASA because he had reached the pinnacle of how strong a human could be,” an investigation by the outlet reveals.

He also suffered from mental illness which he wasn’t treated for aboard the ship, according to the report.

The investigation found Capt. Adam Aycock refused to call for a man overboard after Mims went missing, and a survey revealed his crew had been overworked and underwent depression. Mims also thought people were trying to kill him, according to the investigation.

The Navy has begun the process of dismissing Mims from the service.

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