Jonah 2.0

Jonah and the Whale   (1621 painting by Pieter Lastman)

The Book of Jonah has been called way too far-fetched.  Yet this week’s headlines seem to echo its story line.

An experienced diver was searching for lobsters off the coast of Cape Cod when he was swallowed by a whale.  Yes he was.  For real.

His thrashing about within the cavernous mouth felt irritating enough for the beast to then spit him out. The diver had two things going for him:  He was much bigger than the whale’s esophagus, and this baleen had no teeth.

But who would believe that such a thing could happen?  Certainly not those who sit back and smugly say that it can’t.

Resources

https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2021/06/11/humpback-whale-catches-michael-packard-lobster-driver-mouth-proviencetown-cape-cod/7653838002/

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