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Keel hauling |
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This started as an experiment into a faster way of careening a ship without beaching her. However the crewmen found they could not hold their breath for long enough to do any serious scraping. From there it developed into a way of torturing prisoners. Who by means of ropes attached to their hands and feet would be dragged beneath the ship "until the barnacles rips open their belly and death comes as a merciful release". |
Kraken |
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A large tentacled sea monster of pirate lore, most historians believe the Kraken legend developed from sightings of giant squid. (See article on Laudanum). |
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