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- ↑ [The article "A Modern Jonah Proves his Story." appeared in the newspaper called New York World (April 12, 1896), and not in the New York Times as erroneously repeated in several investigations.
- ↑ [Robert B. Durham, "Modern Folklore"]
- ↑ "Could a Whale Accidentally Swallow You? It Is Possible | Smart News | Smithsonian". Smithsonianmag.com. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ↑ Tinker, Spencer Wilkie (1988). Whales of the World. Brill Archive. p. 62. ISBN 0-935848-47-9.
- ↑ J. M. Ledgard (2013). "Submergence", p. 33-34. Coffee House Press, Minneapolis. ISBN 978-1-56689-319-0.
- ↑ Robert B. Durham, "Modern Folklore"
- The research about newspapers as "A Modern Jonah" The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, July 2, 1891, from Wheeling, W. Va.; "The Modern Mr. Jonah" The Helena Independent, July 14, 1891, Helena, Mont., "A Real Living Jonah" Wood County Reporter, July 30, 1891, Grand Rapids, Wis., (U.S.A), and the correction of the article published in the New York World (April 12, 1896) by Jose Castaneda.
