Whether you are a Christian or not, there is a really good chance that you have heard the story of Jonah and the whale.
As the story goes, back in the day (about 780 years BC - or BCE, if you prefer), a man named Jonah was swallowed by a whale. He spent several days in the whale before the behemoth spit him up. And, according to the story, he lived to tell the tale.
Now, it sounds like we have our own New England version of Jonah.
According to WMTW, a 56 year old lobster diver was swallowed by a whale early Friday morning.
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