 The publisher also wrote that the castaway's skeleton would have been found alongside the diary – which never happened.In 1976, American author Peter Agnos published "The Queer Dutchman", a fictionalised account based on the version of 1730.Many authors about sodomy, Ascension Island, or castaway stories read either the version of 1730 or the version of 1976 and decided to include parts in their own publications, not realising they were quoting from a fake story.