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I Thought I Had £100K Whale Vomit On My Hands But It's Worth NOTHING
Ken Wilman thought he'd found 'floating gold'...
A man who spent two years thinking he owned a £100,000 piece of rare whale vomit has discovered it is actually a completely worthless rock.
Ken Wilman thought he'd found 'floating gold' on the beach in Morecambe, Lancashire when he stumbled across a 3kg lump of the highly sought-after sick - known as ambergis.
He was walking his boxer dog Madge along the beach in January 2013 when he stumbled across what he believed to be a piece of rare and previous sperm whale slurry.
A French dealer offered him 50,000 Euros if it turned out to be real, and some experts said it could be worth twice as much.
But he had his dreams of riches snatched away from him after an expert in America informed him that the smelly yellow-grey rock has absolutely zero value.
Ken said: ‘If I had my time over again, I would kick the rock to one side and walk away. I wish I'd never found it.
‘I’ve got to accept what happened and get on with it.’
Documentary maker Peregrine Andrews broke the news to Ken after befriending him when he heard about his find while producing a Radio 4 programme called Ken, Madge and the Strange Rock.
After visiting Ken at his Morecambe home, he sent a chunk of the smelly yellow-grey rock to Christopher Kemp, an American author who wrote a book about ambergris.
Peregrine said: ‘He emailed me back and said it’s definitely not ambergris, although he didn't know what it was.
‘Then I had a text from Ken telling me Madge had died. He was in complete shock and then I had to tell him it wasn't real ambergris.’
Peregrine has since contacted a dealer in New Zealand who has promised to send Ken a 2g piece of real ambergris.
Although it is virtually worthless, Ken is delighted at the gesture.
Ken said: ‘When Peregrine told me, I nearly broke down. I cant believe there are nice people in the world, like this lady, who feels sorry for me and wants
to send me a piece of ambergris.
‘I’ve kept a level head about things and I'm trying to find humour in the situation.’
