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I read about it in a book and since it's since a minor footnote in history, all Wikipedia has to say about it is:
"By 1917, all but one of the male inhabitants had died. Many had perished from scurvy,[172] while others, including Arnaud, died during an attempt to sail after a passing ship to fetch help.[173] Lighthouse keeper Victoriano Álvarez was the last man on the island, together with 15 women and children.[174] Álvarez proclaimed himself 'king', and began a campaign of rape and murder, before being killed by Tirza Rendón, who was his favourite victim. Almost immediately after Álvarez's death, four women and seven children, the last survivors, were picked up by the U.S. Navy gunship Yorktown on 18 July 1917.[168][175]"
To give you an idea, Clipperton Island is a tiny, worthless island about a thousand miles south of Mexico. Its only slight claim to fame was guano mining, but that was quickly exhausted and it wasn't even good quality guano. The atoll, which is dominated by a huge brackish lagoon, is absolutely inundated with sea birds, who shit everywhere and are constantly making noise. But worse, there's the Clipperton Crab that literally eats everything. Food, wood, leather, etc. And they absolutely swarm the island.
Now imagine the Hell of being stuck on a tiny island, with rough weather, with hellish crabs and birds, and then the lowly lighthouse keeper goes apeshit and starts raping everybody.
