Dick Van Dyke rescued by porpoises

It might sound like something from one of his movies but Dick Van Dyke recently claimed that he was once rescued by porpoises.

The 84 year old was apparently out on his surfboard and fell asleep before waking up unable to see the beach.

I went out once and fell asleep on (a surf) board. I did. And I woke up out of sight of land, and I looked around and I started paddling with the swells and I start seeing fins swimming around me, and I thought, ‘I’m dead.’ They turned out to be porpoises. They pushed me all the way to shore. I’m not kidding. – Washington Post

The much loved actor shared the story on a visit to The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson last week.



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