Viking-Age Hunters in Epic Battle with Gigantic Fish: A True Story?
In an unparalleled display of historical fishing tales, a "detailed" report from the 17th-century (because records from the 14th-century just weren't dramatic enough) tells of Ólafur, the Viking quasi-myth, who apparently grappled with a blue whale—the ocean's equivalent of a skyscraper. Armed with nothing but sheer guts and probably an anachronistically large harpoon, Ólafur embarks on the ultimate 'fisherman's tale' off the coast of Iceland. Commenters, swelling with newfound marine expertise, debate the practicalities of ancient whaling techniques while casually ignoring the narrative flair typical of century-old second-hand sagas. This saga floats somewhere between earnest history and the fantasy section, much like the fabled whale itself.
