911 Whale Call

About

911 Whale Call refers to a viral video where a family are riding a boat when they spot humpback whales, leading some of the family members to panic and dial emergency services.

Origin

On September 29th, 2018, Facebook user Darren Luciana posted a video of his family on a boat when they spot humpback whales. Despite a male member of the family's wonderment, the others in the family panic and call 911 (shown below).

Spread

The video began going viral on October 8th, 2018, when Twitter user @_SJPeace_ tweeted the clip, gaining over 15,000 retweets and 35,000 likes (shown below).

Twitter users reacted at the absurdity of the idea of calling 911 on whales. User @eveewing posted a joke about the situation, gaining over 830 retweets and 2,600 likes (shown below, left). User @NifMuhammad gained over 130 retweets and 600 likes sharing the event (shown below, right).

Others made jokes referencing recent events in news where white people called the police on black people for seemingly innocuous acts, such as BBQ Becky and Permit Patty. User @batechar posted a GIF of BBQ Becky, gaining over 40 retweets and 1,200 likes (shown below, left). Twitter user also @alex_abads posted images of the white people at the center of those controversies in response to the whale videos (shown below, right).

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