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    Sucked it off

    The Myth - A sinking ship creates enough suction to pull a person under if that person is too close (as was rumoured to occur when the RMS Titanic sank).

    Sinking Titanic Myth | Mythbusters Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia

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    Actually I think it's an urban myth that this is an urban myth!

    I read a book on the Titanic, and only one or two people on the deck when the ship went down survived, including a young Japanese guy who was bleeding profusely from his nose and ears when they pulled him into a lifeboat, indicating that he had been pulled down to a considerable depth by the undertow. Another survivor actually said he felt himself being pulled down until everything went dark, but then felt himself lifted by a giant air bubble welling up from the ship below.

    You could actually test this by sinking a toy ship in the bath, after sprinkling a few ants on the ship!
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      #3
      Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
      urban myth
      Can't really be an "urban" myth, in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. A "maritime" myth, maybe?

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        #4
        Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
        Actually I think it's an urban myth that this is an urban myth!

        I read a book on the Titanic, and only one or two people on the deck when the ship went down survived, including a young Japanese guy who was bleeding profusely from his nose and ears when they pulled him into a lifeboat, indicating that he had been pulled down to a considerable depth by the undertow. Another survivor actually said he felt himself being pulled down until everything went dark, but then felt himself lifted by a giant air bubble welling up from the ship below.

        You could actually test this by sinking a toy ship in the bath, after sprinkling a few ants on the ship!
        Or watch what happens to the gammons when the economy sinks.

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