Was Jonah Bleached White?

Its digestive juices had permanently bleached his skin a deathly white, he lost his hair and was nearly blind. For two weeks he was delirious, and it was a month before he could tell how he'd fallen into the whale's mouth, felt the huge teeth grate over him as he slid down into its throat, then stomach.

Did Jonah's hair turn white?

The crowds would have gathered around him like an unbelievable, jaw-dropping sight. No doubt, like stories of James Bartley, his skin probably bleached white from the first degree burns of stomach acids upon his exterior, his hair covered in fish guts and plankton, covered in seaweeds and half-digested fish.

Was Jonah bleached?

"Though according to the report his skin was bleached by the gastric acids and he was permanently blind from the incident, Bartley lived 18 more years and toured the world recounting his experiences as the modern-day Jonah.