James Barclay c1921, newspaper report - he was alive in a whales stomach - source?
Martin Matthews
video) that there was a man some time around 1921 who was a whaler.
He was swallowed by a whale and then recovered some time later by his
shipmates as they butchered the whale. He survived the experience!
You can probably guess why this story could be of interest:-)
DP showed a cutting but I was wondering if anyone knew where it came
from and how to get a copy?
TIA
Andy McMullon
<URL:mailto:ste...@bowness.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 10:56:51 -0000, "Edward Green"
> <ebg...@lineone.net> wrote:
>
> >becuase the book of Jonah is clearly a story becuase none of the characters
> >seem to exist in history?
>
> Did Nineveh not exist, and has it not been found by archaologists?
Yes.
> Isn't Jonah mentioned in Kings?
2 Kings 14:25 I believe
> Did Jesus believe Jonah existed?
Why wouldn't he?
On what grounds could we decide about the historicity of the story?
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Andy: skyp...@bigfoot.com / http://www.mcfamily.demon.co.uk
Colin Baynes
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I've come across this in Julian Barnes' "A History of the
World in 10 1/2 Chapters". The bare facts are as follows:
He was James Bartley, the date was actually 25th August
1891, Bartley's ship was the 'Star of the East' and was
sailing off the Falklands at the time of swallowing. Bartley
was subsequently delirious for 2 weeks but began to recover
and eventually returned to normal health, except that the
whale's gastric acids had blanched his skin and he remained
albino for the rest of his life.
The case was examined by a M. de Parville, scientific editor
of the 'Journal des Debats', in 1914. He found it 'worthy of
belief'.
Apart from this and Bartley's account of his experience, the
book gives no more detail about the case.
I would have thought a cutting would be hard to come by, but
have you asked Mr Pawson if you could examine his?
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Colin