I was with my husband all the years he was in the Star of the East. John Killam, the wife of the Captain, wrote a letter stating that "there is not one word of truth in the whale story. The ship in the story is The Star of the East a British 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 relevant Star of the East was not a whaling vessel and its crew list did not include a James Bartley. Davis, who pointed out many inconsistencies. More recently, the facts were carefully investigated by historian Edward B. The French scientist De Parville published a report of the alleged incident in the Paris Journal des Débats in 1914. Stone, who related a similar story involving a massive "man-eating shark". This was followed about a week later by another article that briefly summarised some responses from readers, followed by a third article by William L. William Justin Harsha, along with some initial observations. In 1896, an article titled "A Modern Jonah Proves his Story" was published in the New York World it quoted a brief portion of this story, as told by Rev. He died 18 years later and his tombstone in Gloucester says "James Bartley – a modern day Jonah." In some accounts, however, he was supposed to have returned to work within three weeks.
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It was said that Bartley was inside the whale for 36 hours, that his skin had been bleached by the gastric juices, and that he was blind the rest of his life. He survived the ordeal and was carved out of the stomach by his peers when they, not knowing he was inside, caught and began skinning the whale, because the hot weather otherwise would have rotted the whale meat. "Jonah: 'See.I told you guys it is possible,'" tweeted Matt Capps, pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Apex, N.C.The story, as reported, is that during a whaling expedition off the Falkland Islands, Bartley's boat was attacked by the whale and he landed inside the whale's mouth. Massachusetts lobster diver survives being swallowed by whale: 'I was completely inside' - Paul Chitwood June 12, 2021 I’m wondering if the former president of a Baptist university who told me that no one still believes Jonah was swallowed by a whale has seen this? 😂 "I'm wondering if the former president of a Baptist university who told me that no one still believes Jonah was swallowed by a whale has seen this?" tweeted Paul Chitwood, president of the International Mission Board. The story was discussed frequently on social media within the Christian community. Jooke Robbins, director of Humpback Whale Studies at the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown, Mass., told the Cape Cod Times the humpback whale likely swallowed Packard by accident. Packard, who was rescued by his crewman, Josiah Mayo, was taken to the Cape Cod Hospital. But I still had my regulator on my mouth.
I was actually in his mouth probably a good 30 seconds. It was either he spit me out, or he swallowed me. He was going to do with me what he wanted to do.
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My only thought was, how to get out of that mouth? And I realized there was no overcoming a beast of that size. Packard said he was at the mercy of the whale's desires. I thought my legs were broken, but I'm all bruised up. "All of a sudden, he went up to the surface, and just erupted and started shaking his head, and I just got thrown in the air and landed in the water," Packard said.
Loaded with heavy scuba gear and still able to breathe, Package tried fighting the whale, which began "throwing his head side to side." Packard said he eventually "saw light." Packard told the Cape Cod Times he thought about his family, including his boys, ages 12 and 15. And I thought to myself, Okay, this is it. I'm in a whale's mouth, and he's trying to swallow me. did I just get bit by a shark? And then I felt around, and I realized there was no teeth. "All of a sudden, I just felt this huge bump, and everything went dark," he told CBS Boston.
He estimates he was 45 feet below the surface when the whale swallowed him. On Friday, though, Packard became the hunted.
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