Casimir Polemus

{{Short description|Supposed sole survivor of three shipwrecks}}

Casimir Polemus is the name of a man supposedly involved in three separate shipwrecks, being the sole survivor of each.

He was born in Ploërmel, France, in the 19th century.

• He sailed with the Jeanne Catherine, which was wrecked off Brest on July 11, 1875.
• Five years later, he again sailed on the Trois Frères, which was wrecked in the Bay of Biscay on September 4, 1880.
• Two years later, he again sailed on L'Odéon, which was wrecked off Newfoundland on January 1, 1882.

Ripley's Believe It or Not reported the legend, assuming that it was true.{{cite book | last = Mooney | first = Julie | title = Ripley's Believe It or Not! Encyclopedia of the Bizarre: Amazing, Strange, Inexplicable, Weird and All True! | publisher = Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers | location = New York | year = 2004 | isbn = 1-57912-399-6 | page = 22 }}