det står lite grann på wikipedia med referenser till diverse böcker.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flannan...ystery_of_1900
Enligt den utredning som gjordes då så kom man fram till att det som
sannolikt hade inträffat var att de hade spolats bort av en våg.
Citat:
From evidence which I was able to procure I was satisfied that the men had been on duty up till dinner time on Saturday the 15th of December, that they had gone down to secure a box in which the mooring ropes, landing ropes etc. were kept, and which was secured in a crevice in the rock about 110 ft (34 m) above sea level, and that an extra large sea had rushed up the face of the rock, had gone above them, and coming down with immense force, had swept them completely away.[22]
Sedan så finns det som vanligt en mängd andra teorier och spekulationer.