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Towed a Whale

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soldiers by two consecutive leaps that were later measured and found to expand forty feet eleven inches, believe it or not. In a moment I'll tell you about the man who towed a whale with one hand. Donald McCauley was out setting lobster pots with his five brothers when they discovered a dead whale off Lewis Island in the Hebrides. He was warned by officials that

it would be crowned property if it washed ashore. Not wanting to lose their prize to the crown, Donald McCauley came up with what seemed like an impossible solution. He cut a hole in the whales pale big enough to insert his hand and with the help of his brothers pulling it the oars of their boat told the monster out to sea they leave it or not

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