Banvard claimed the Arctic Re Projector
could locate whale movement within a
twenty mile radius
2007
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They claimed that the Narwhal Sonar
Buoys attracted the leviathans with
expediency
2007
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Off of Gaspe, ready to dive for the
elusive whale
2007
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Barnum was constantly making ill-advised
improvements to the Arctic Re-Projector
2007
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Now you know what a Whale-O-Graph looks
like
2007
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Banvard and the whale meter
2007
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Banvard and the Arctic Re-projector
2007
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It was awful luck, she had definitely
seen them cast out the cetacean
broadcaster
2007
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You don’t just spontaneously decide to
forge the existence of whales. No, one
has to plan these things
2007
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Detail: You don’t just spontaneously
decide to forge the existence of whales.
No, one has to plan these things
2007
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Uncovering and dissecting a hoax is hard
work but reporters and publishers are
very good at that kind of thing
2007
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While reading the expose at the whale
research station, Barnum realizes the
hoax is up
2007
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