I don't know if it's true, but I once read that whales (not sure if this applies to all) can't swallow humans. The prey whales consume is typically small, so whales have narrow throats that won't accommodate a human (especially one with diving gear on).
That being said and if this is true, then this sounds more like a comm of some sort. What if our "Jonah" here represents GEOTUS, and the whale is the DS? Note that it says "Jonah" was 45 feet deep in the water. GEOTUS = 45
"Jonah" also made the comment that he thought it was a shark, but it turned out to be a harmless whale that had "made a mistake."
"we were all busy working"
^This is the key.^ Those that are working and producing don't have time to sit around thinking of ways to "infiltrate every aspect of our lives." That's why the libs want to give handouts to everyone. Idle hands are tools of the devil.
"Incidence rises with rentals, I think."
It's been noted recently that big corporations are buying up private property for outrageous sums, supposedly for the purpose of taking property out of the hands of the private citizen to turn them into rental properties. Perhaps this is why -- it's a way to instigate more in-fighting among people in order to further lower the population.
A Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley:
Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order–all at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls. “A genius [who] who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine” (The New Yorker), Huxley was a man of incomparable talents: equally an artist, a spiritual seeker, and one of history’s keenest observers of human nature and civilization. Brave New World, his masterpiece, has enthralled and terrified millions of readers, and retains its urgent relevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as thought-provoking, satisfying work of literature. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascism during the 1930s, Brave New World likewise speaks to a 21st-century world dominated by mass-entertainment, technology, medicine and pharmaceuticals, the arts of persuasion, and the hidden influence of elites.
"Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English." —Chicago Tribune
Well, who knew? Kate Spade must have been Arkancided:
Kate Spade and the Clinton Foundation (Haiti):
http://thephaser.com/2018/06/kate-spade-found-dead-clinton-foundation-worked-w-her-in-haiti/
Kate was the Emeritus Chair for the New York Center for Children.
https://newyorkcenterforchildren.org/
Kate Spade Spin-off Company:
https://fashionista.com/2015/02/kate-spade-saturday-closed
Thanks for the trip down memory lane, OP.
I agree, OP. It sounds like comms to me, too. Who describes owls as "powerful owls" -- and more than once? The wording is just odd, but it does draw your attention, which is probably the point.
What's interesting is that 40 of them died. How many "powerful owls" do we have. Forty seems like a reasonable number.
"Many have suffered internal bleeding. Tiny wounds that should have healed seem instead to have proven deadly."
Gunshot wounds?
"Penetrating trauma such as being stabbed, shot, or falling on something sharp can also cause internal bleeding. Anything that enters the body has the potential to tear a hole into blood vessels which will result in bleeding internally."
https://simplyhealth.today/15-common-causes-of-internal-bleeding/4/
"trying to raise funds to test the livers of the owls. She thinks the birds have eaten rats or mice killed by shop-bought rodenticides"
Injected poison or an overdose of a blood thinner?
The second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) are substantially more potent than the first-generation compounds, and a lethal dose can be ingested in a single feeding.
http://saferodentcontrol.org/site/problems-with-rodenticides/
"spreading widely through the food chain."
Deaths are starting to occur from the top-downwards of the pyramid.
I can confirm that this site has changed. There had been two small periods after "Portfolio +" in the header, that would actually get you into some "hidden" pages if you clicked on them.
What's freaking me out right now is the 2020 bat quarter mention. I was just at Aldi's this past week to pick up a few things and when I put my cart back (it wasn't the cart I started out with), this is the quarter I got back. Although I keep an eye out for the different designs, this is the first time I'd seen the bat quarter. I instantly thought of the Wuhan wet market business, but then I dismissed the thought as just me being overly alert for this type of thing. But now....wow.
Ahhh, yes! Excellent deduction, OP!