Did Monongahela really catch a python?

Did Monongahela really catch a python?

Python has always been a frequent visitor in science fiction movies. In classic film and television dramas, they can be found in the depths of forests, oceans and even airplanes. Monty python moves on the TV screen with its huge body beyond people's cognition, which gives people a strong visual impact and increases the sci-fi effect of sci-fi movies. We all know that the python is just a monster created by people to satisfy their curiosity, but at 1852, a letter came from Jason, the captain of the whaling ship Monongahela in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. Sibari's letter shows that they have captured the sea python.

So did Monongahela really catch pythons? Is this true after all?

According to this letter, 185 1 13 1 month, the whaling ship Monongahela carried out the task of killing sperm whales near Maxas Islands in the South Pacific. At this moment, Captain Sibari was attracted by the crew members who shouted urgently on the deck. According to the crew's report, there is a huge black shadow moving in the ocean ahead. Sibari quickly stood on the mast and observed with a telescope.

He thought that this huge shadow was the sperm whale they had been looking for for for many days, but then he found that this shadow was so huge that it could never be their common whale.

This shadow is about 30 meters long, and its widest part is close to 15 meters. Captain Sibari immediately ordered a small boat to look for it. When approaching the shadow, the crew found that the monster had a small, pointed head and a slender tail, just like the sea python written in the log book. ? Stick it with a steel fork! ? Captain Sibari immediately gave the order. At that time, more than a dozen crew members of three or four ships made a decisive decision and stabbed the python with steel forks. Suddenly, blood splashed on the sea.

The python quickly fled after being injured and rolled in the sea in an attempt to overturn the boat with the waves. The crew risked their lives to stalemate with the python, and finally subdued it and killed it.

However, on the way back, the Monongahela unfortunately sank. According to the records, the logs at that time showed that all the staff members were killed, but how did this story spread? According to the new york Tribune of 1852, the Monongahela met a gypsy shortly before it sank. Captain Sibari personally wrote this story and gave it to its crew. As soon as the gypsies came back, they handed this letter to the local newspaper, and it was quickly spread publicly in the newspaper. In this case, the credibility of such things seems to have been effectively improved.

But this is not the case. In fact, according to the certification of the Maritime Bureau, the Monongahela sailed to the Arctic Circle for whaling as early as 1950. I don't know why, but I haven't been in touch since then. According to the sailing habits at that time, a large fishing boat, especially a whaling ship, often went out to sea for two or three years or even longer, and would not come back in a short time.

So it is impossible for Monongahela to sail to the South Pacific again at 195 1. 1855, the hull wreckage of the Monongahela was found near the Aleutian Islands. Research shows that this fishing boat has sunk for a long time.