James Bartley

James Bartley (1870–1909) is the central figure in a late nineteenth-century story according to which he was swallowed whole by a sperm whale. He was found still living days later in the stomach of the whale, which was dead from harpooning. The story first appeared in anonymous form in American newspapers. The anonymous article appeared in the St. Louis Globe Democrat of Saint Louis, Missouri, then the note appeared in other newspapers with the title "A Modern Jonah" or something similar in multiple newspapers. The story was later reprinted in international newspapers, such as the Yarmouth Mercury in England, Great Yarmouth, on August 22, 1891, under headlines like ‘Man in a Whale’s Stomach’ and ‘Rescue of a Modern Jonah’.