Everything went dark’: Massachusetts lobster diver says he was trapped inside whale’s mouth off Cape Cod

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June 12, 2021, 04:43 PM

sns3guppy

Everything went dark’: Massachusetts lobster diver says he was trapped inside whale’s mouth off Cape Cod

At least the whale didn't blubber about it.

June 13, 2021, 11:40 AM

P210

You know what they say about fish stories.

June 13, 2021, 12:52 PM

Perception

I would attribute the whale "shaking its head" to it trying to dislodge the diver stuck in its mouth. It might not have been a head shake like humans do, but it can't exactly reach in there and pick its teeth like we can when we have an undesirable stuck in there.

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June 14, 2021, 09:05 AM

Hound Dog

quote:
His sister, Cynthia Packard, originally told the Cape Cod Times that her brother broke a leg, but he said later that his legs are just bruised.

This is what stands out to me.

It is (IMO, of course) a plausible story. But, key changes to details like this are often 'tells' that the story may be BS.

I don't know if the story is believable, as I am not a Cetacean expert. According to Google, "Humpback Humpback whales feed on shrimp-like crustaceans (krill) and small fish, straining huge volumes of ocean water through their baleen plates, which act like a sieve."

I don't know if it's really plausible that a filter-feeder like a Humpback could physically ingest a human, even by accident (although, looking at that YouTube video on Page 1, it seems plausible). It just sounds hokey. I am not saying the guy is a liar, but I do have my suspicions. . .