Jonah and the Whale
Fishermen are among the greatest storytellers in the world. Did you hear the tale about the big fish that got away? Many fishermen stand next to their catch and snap a photo because we cannot always believe the tales they tell. The photo is proof their fish story is true.
The Bible contains the biggest fish story ever told about a runaway prophet named Jonah who got swallowed by a big fish, perhaps a whale, and lived to talk about it. But is it true? No photos exist of Jonah standing next to the whale that swallowed him or of the whale spitting Jonah out of its mouth. Can we believe Jonah’s fish story? If it is true, why does it matter?
For what it’s worth, a veteran lobster diver named Michael Packard tells a fish story similar to Jonah’s. A little before eight o’clock in the morning on June 11, 2021, Packard recalls swimming with schools of sand lances and strippers about ten feet from the ocean floor off the coast of Massachusetts, an area where humpback whales come to feed. Commercial lobster divers like Packard plunge deep into the ocean off Cape Cod and snatch lobsters off the sandy bottom.
“All of a sudden, I felt this huge shove and the next thing I knew it was completely black,” Packard said after his release from Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis. “I could sense I was moving, and I could feel the whale squeezing with the muscles in his mouth. Less than a minute later, Packard saw light again as the whale expelled him from its mouth.
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