Finding the whale that nearly killed me
Filmmaker Tom Mustill and his friend Charlotte Kinloch were nearly crushed by a whale out at sea. Tom grew obsessed with the incident and decided to track down that same whale.
Filmmaker Tom Mustill and his friend Charlotte Kinloch were on holiday in California when they were nearly killed by a whale out at sea. Tom couldn鈥檛 stop thinking about the incident, and decided to embark on an epic odyssey to find that same whale again. He made a documentary about his experience called Humpback Whales: A Detective Story. Tom and Charlotte spoke to Outlook鈥檚 Emily Webb.
Picture: The humpback whale that nearly killed Tom Mustill and Charlotte Kinloch
Credit: Kate Spencer Fast Rafts
Production credit: The whale song is courtesy of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, and it was mixed by Danelle Cline
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