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<blockquote data-quote="Monkeypants" data-source="post: 131113" data-attributes="member: 2708"><p>Fact check on the whale story, just in case someone thinks they might try this and survive-</p><p></p><p>More recently, the facts were carefully investigated by historian Edward Davis, who pointed out many inconsistencies. The ship in the story is <em>The Star of the East</em>; a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" target="_blank">British</a> ship by the same name existed and sailed during the time in which the incident allegedly occurred and could have been near the Falklands at the right time, but the real <em>Star of the East</em> was not a whaling vessel and its crew list did not include a James Bartley.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bartley#cite_note-Davis-2" target="_blank">[2]</a> Moreover, Mrs. John Killam, the wife of the Captain, wrote a letter stating that "there is not one word of truth in the whale story. I was with my husband all the years he was in the <em>Star of the East</em>. There was never a man lost overboard while my husband was in her. The sailor has told a great sea yarn." Davis suggested that the story may have been inspired by the "Gorleston whale", a 30-foot <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rorqual" target="_blank">rorqual</a> killed near Great Yarmouth shortly before in June 1891 that generated a lot of publicity.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bartley#cite_note-10" target="_blank">[10]</a></p><p></p><p>While the veracity of the story is in question, it is physically possible for a sperm whale to swallow a human whole, as they have been known to swallow giant squid whole.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bartley#cite_note-11" target="_blank">[11]</a> However, such a person would drown or suffocate in the whale's stomach.</p><p></p><h2></h2> <h2></h2><h2></h2></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Monkeypants, post: 131113, member: 2708"] Fact check on the whale story, just in case someone thinks they might try this and survive- More recently, the facts were carefully investigated by historian Edward Davis, who pointed out many inconsistencies. The ship in the story is [I]The Star of the East[/I]; a [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom']British[/URL] ship by the same name existed and sailed during the time in which the incident allegedly occurred and could have been near the Falklands at the right time, but the real [I]Star of the East[/I] was not a whaling vessel and its crew list did not include a James Bartley.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bartley#cite_note-Davis-2'][2][/URL] Moreover, Mrs. John Killam, the wife of the Captain, wrote a letter stating that "there is not one word of truth in the whale story. I was with my husband all the years he was in the [I]Star of the East[/I]. There was never a man lost overboard while my husband was in her. The sailor has told a great sea yarn." Davis suggested that the story may have been inspired by the "Gorleston whale", a 30-foot [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rorqual']rorqual[/URL] killed near Great Yarmouth shortly before in June 1891 that generated a lot of publicity.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bartley#cite_note-10'][10][/URL] While the veracity of the story is in question, it is physically possible for a sperm whale to swallow a human whole, as they have been known to swallow giant squid whole.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bartley#cite_note-11'][11][/URL] However, such a person would drown or suffocate in the whale's stomach. [HEADING=1] [/HEADING] [HEADING=1][/HEADING] [/QUOTE]
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