“Lost at sea” is classic cover for hiding that someone has been captured, moved into protective custody, or being setup with new identity.

Tom Hanks is the most “in your face”example of this. He faked his own death as Michael Rockefeller, age shifted new identity by roughly 15 years, and then made a movie about it to mocks us. The movie is called ‘Cast Away’ (2000). Yes, “Mike from NYC” is Michael Rockefeller son of Nelson Rockefeller.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0162222/

Note it is “Cast Away” and not “Castaway” intentionally. Appears to be part of the mocking as it is reference to unchecked “spell casting” of making everyone believe he is someone he is not. Top tier evil dude is the REALITY once the spell is broken.

At the time, his disappearance was major international news. His body was never found,[6] and he was declared legally dead in 1964.[7][8]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Rockefeller

Riiiiiiight....one of the sons of one of the wealthiest dudes on the planet (who happened to be expert swimmer) just “poofed” right out of existence after a mysterious “boating accident”, and his body was never found. This is why all my guns are at the bottom of some lake...wink...wink.

Look at the license plate on the wall: “Mike from NY”; Search yandex.com for “Tom Hanks with Oprah and clock”