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I'm calling it now. Captain Dissolution will debunk this.

Unless he’s started drinking heavily recently, I think he is still Cpt. Disillusion

His father's lack of any reaction at all is entirely possible, but makes it seem suss to me. On the other hand if you did fake it, certainly you'd have some reaction there. So paradoxically it making it seem suss, makes it seem more likely to be real? Gah, leveling.

I think the lack of reaction is plausible: shock/surprise and a naturally-calm demeanor. There's no sense in shouting if there's no one to hear you. He only starts shouting when his son is visible.

(I have been calm in emergencies in the past, so I know I don't "freak out")

If it were me, I probably would have quietly said "fu.." under my breath while I just sat there either waiting for debris to pop up or try not to get eaten myself.

I can't find it now but there is another news report that explains how it's physically impossible for this whale to swallow something that big. At most it could hold a person in its mouth before spitting it out.

I'm not sure that, from the perspective of a non-english-speaking kayaker, I would make a huge distinction between the English words "swallow" and "gargled".

> At most it could hold a person in its mouth before spitting it out

Which is what we see in this video so I don't understand why you bring that up here.

Yeah there's something slightly suspect - I've been fooled too many times and alarm bells are going off with this one.

"Getting eaten by a whale" is a pretty long standing hoax topic it seems. James Bartley being just one example.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bartley

The historicity is always suspect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah

...what is there to debunk?

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