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whale watching swimmer

2007 Reader Submission
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Whale watching takes several hundred thousand people out whale watching each year off the coast of Massachusettes; providing the rare oppertunity to observe many Darwin canidates (as well as whales)...this one stood out. After a successful 3 hour trip out to view whales; a husband/wife couple were having a loud verbal arguement at the back end of the boat. The wife was heard to say....."why don't you just leave then..." The husband then handed a cigarette he was smoking to another passenger; and began to strip down to his underware. After neatly folding his clothes, and taking off his shoes he proceeded to launch himself over the rail and into the cold north atlantic waters. It was dumb luck that kept him from being dragged into the boats props and ground up. The boat turned and made every effort to get the man back on board. But at every attempt he ignored and continued to swim clear till he was in waters too shallow to bring the whale watching boat into without running aground. It soon became obvious that the man was quickly tiring in the cold water. Lucky for him that a fisherman in a small boat was there to grab him and pull him in. Now as it is, there is no law against jumping off a whale watching boat. But the authorities had been notified of the problem; and sent police to make sure they did not have to mount a rescue operation. As the smaller boat brought the man into the whale watching boat's docking float; the police were waiting at the top of the gangway; where they were just going to question the man. But he must have thought they had something else in store for him. So he ran up the gang way and took a swing at the first policeman standing there. They quickly subdued and cuffed him; and hauled him off to jail for attempted assault on a police officer. The wife waited till the next morning to bail him out of jail; when he proceded to walk through the small fishing/tourist village; down to the town pier and jump off the end. He was now the Harbor master's headache; who had to take out their boat; and supposedly pull him back out. No word on the outcome of the man's second swim

Submitted on 11/18/2007

Submitted by: eric joranson
Reference: personally witnessed

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Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Unless we get word of the swimmer's demise and references for verification this one will have to be content with a Personal Account. Thanks for the story, Eric

Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
What a strange story, Eric. I would have expected to have read about these antics in the Boston Globe or heard about it on the local news. If you know of any news accounts of this mooks antics please do send them in to us and we'll certainly vote for an HM, or if appropriate a full DA.

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