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A man in the stomach of a sperm whale

This incredible incident occurred in 1891, when the English ship "Star of the East" & raquo; engaged in whaling in the Falkland Islands. One day, a huge sperm whale was noticed from the vessel, the animal was struck directly in the head with a well-aimed shot. The wounded sperm whale dived into the abyss, and two boats were lowered from the ship.

& quot; For the sailors, it turned out to be a complete surprise when a suddenly emerged sperm whale suddenly showed activity unprecedented for his injury. With a powerful blow of a huge tail, it is literally a splinter.ki blew one of the boats

Despite the prey, the whalers were in worse mood, because the crew of the smashed boat sperm had two people missing. Most likely, stunned by the blow of the tail of the mortally wounded giant, they choked and drowned. The captain made in the logbook of the death of two sailors, whalers commemorated the dead comrades, drinking a glass of whiskey. There was neither strength nor mood to prey. Cutting sperm whale weighing 40 tons was taken only after 15 hours.

The carcass cutting procedure was unexpectedly interrupted when the whalers reached the giant's stomach. In himobviously someone was moving! The stomach was carefully opened and suddenly they saw a twisted, mucus-covered human body. It was James Bartley, one of two whalers who disappeared during a fight with a sperm whale. The unfortunate, whose pulse was barely detectable, was quickly washed from mucus, rubbed with alcohol and wrapped in blankets. Only three weeks later, James, who was 15 hours old as he was recorded as dead, finally came to his senses.

Fully gray-haired Bartley told that he didn’t even understand how after a boat crash he ended up in a sperm whale’s throat. Just suddenly it became terribly dark, and his body went down nabout some pulsating slippery pipe. The terrible stench and lack of air literally drove crazy. His desperate attempts to get outside did not lead to success, he lost consciousness. From time to time, James would come to his senses, but then he would again fall into oblivion.

When Bartley woke up in the cabin, for a long time he could not figure out what happened to him — had he been to hell or had he had a whole nightmare? 15 hours in the belly of a sperm whale, fortunately, did without bad consequences for his health. James sailed the seas for many years, safely passed through World War I, andAstil has a lot of children.

It should be noted that the case of a broken boat "Stars of the East" & raquo; is not exceptional. Wounded sperm whales often show great aggressiveness, they killed quite a few whalers and even sank several whaling ships.