[Oddsville]

Well, whenever I think of Strangers boat I always imagine him being the only one who can hear it. Such as, throughout the whole game we never see it do anything that would imply that its alive. But it has a backstory such as it was Strangers grandfathers (or any other familly member.) boat and when his Grandfather died Stranger belived that his soul was still in the boat.

To me this would give the whole idea of a "living" boat so much of an actual backstory and emotion.