Fungie the dolphin is missing - Or is he?

Pinch Flat · 15-10-2020 11:02pm #1

Ah jaysus. As if 2020 couldn't get any worse

https://www.facebook.com/12FungieForever12/

"15th October 2020... SADNESS.... We all have been knowing that one day the day would come that Fungie would not show up in his beloved bay.... For the past two days Rudi and I have been searching for Fungie everywhere. There is absolutely no sign of him. Today I raised the alarm and I deepfull have to thank Mary and Mick O'Neill from DINGLE BOAT TOURS who were so kind to take us on an very long search along the coastline and search in places we could not reach with our own small boat because of the waves.. Meanwhile two other boats started a long search as well. We cannot give you any more information than what we know.. Fungie is missing... The bay has been very quite this week... and on Monday morning we spent a wonderful couple of hours with Fungie in the tranquility of the bay.. I never expected that the film I made of Fungie that morning.. could be the last film I shot of him. We all keep hoping for a miracle.... but the bay feels really empty without him. As you will understand.. we are very upset for it looks like we have lost our best friend.. Fungie was part of our life for 29 years.. But Fungie was part of a lot of peoples lives. He was and is and will always be loved all over the world. Rudi and I feel priviledged that we were able to share so much of Fungie with friends who love him.... with people who wanted to meet him.. with people who seeked comfort by him... Fungie is special to so many people in so many ways. For Rudi and me he will always be a part of our life for the place he has in our heart is there FOREVER. We will continue the search for him... and we keep hoping.. As you can understand we are very upset at the moment and will not get into any speculations... or questions... nor do we appreciate any disrespectful remarks. We have shared our life with Fungie with you because we knew he would always put a smile on someones face... I am sure that this will come as a shock to many people... We cannot tell you for sure if he is alive or dead.. It is just as simple as that. If Fungie crossed the dolphinrainbow bridge... than he will leave a big empty space behind him for many.. Dingle will never be the same.. but keep Fungie alive in your hearts.. and he will live forever..."

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Temptamperu · 15-10-2020 11:08pm

I heard fungi was just an ould lad in a plastic suit.

Dtp1979 · 15-10-2020 11:11pm

So he’s missing for 2 days and assumed dead? Maybe fungi is adhering to level 3 restrictions and not visiting anyone.

sabat · 15-10-2020 11:11pm

Up in heaven with RBG and Síoda now...

barney shamrock · 15-10-2020 11:11pm

I'd say theres about 20 different "fungis" down there.

cannotlogin · 15-10-2020 11:18pm

Fungi will turn up (or a replacement lookalike) and they'll spin out a yarn that he was social distancing and went into isolation due to covid. They ain't going to let that money spinner die.

Quantum Erasure · 15-10-2020 11:23pm

Fungie is dead!
Long live Fungie!

sabat · 15-10-2020 11:25pm

barney shamrock wrote: »

I'd say theres about 20 different "fungis" down there.

Just like your sister.

coffee_cake · 15-10-2020 11:25pm

It says they don't know if he's dead

[Deleted User] · 15-10-2020 11:26pm

So, no evidence that he's dead at all?

Jesus lads, don't go away for a weekend, they'll have the service booked and the plot bought!

byhookorbycrook · 15-10-2020 11:27pm

He was seen earlier. The ocean swimmer Nuala Moore confirmed it with local boats

whisky_galore · 15-10-2020 11:31pm

RIP Fungus, ur wid Lady Di and de angles now.

Edgware · 15-10-2020 11:35pm

They're busy in Kilgarvan pumping up a replacement

gogo · 16-10-2020 12:41am

Thoughts and prayers hun

Insect Overlord · 16-10-2020 12:50am

barney shamrock wrote: »

I'd say theres about 20 different "fungis" down there.

Pretty sure the original was verified as one of the oldest solitary dolphins in the wild sometime in the last 12 months or so.

Might have even been a Guinness World Record.

s1ippy · 16-10-2020 12:56am

https://twitter.com/SkipperEditor/status/1316881851361992705?s=20

Not dead, go away and shut up please.

Arghus · 16-10-2020 12:58am

I had a friend who lived down in Dingle for a while and referred to it as a Dolphin ridden fuckhole.

440Hertz · 16-10-2020 1:00am

Is it possible the lack of tourism and tourists has just caused him to wander off for a while. He usually seeks out human interaction and may not be getting it.

completedit · 16-10-2020 1:02am

Fungoat

[Deleted User] · 16-10-2020 1:06am

He's probably just socially distancing himself. Dolphins are pretty smart, after all.

.anon. · 16-10-2020 1:40am

Had the pleasure of meeting Fungie the dolphin at a charity do once. He was surprisingly down to earth, and VERY funny.

ted1 · 16-10-2020 2:01am

Fake news!!! Just like 2 unlimited hrs very much alive

[Deleted User] · 16-10-2020 2:27am

I note the hysterical obsessives deleted the original Facebook post lamenting Funghi's demise. My cat disappeared for an hour once and I cried for a week. Some people are too clingy for their own good, however the "Welcome to Funghi Forever" crowd are plain bonkers.

Sgt Hartman · 16-10-2020 6:40am

Fungie never dies, only the dolphins that play him. Ooh yeah!!

Odyssey 2005 · 16-10-2020 6:51am

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

Fungie never dies, only the dolphins that play him. Ooh yeah!!

Bit like Trigger's brush

mr_edge_to_you · 16-10-2020 6:59am

barney shamrock wrote: »

I'd say theres about 20 different "fungis" down there.

Exactly.....just like the Healy Raes.

Poochie05 · 16-10-2020 7:36am

He's not dead, he was taking a break

Eduard Khil · 16-10-2020 7:40am

He's not dead he was living with Peter Griffin's drunken Irish dad

Sky King · 16-10-2020 7:48am

barney shamrock wrote: »

I'd say theres about 20 different "fungis" down there.

Believe. My neighbour had a sheepdog called Shep for about 60 years.

Turns out he was killing them and cutting them up.

Ah no I made up that last part, and I exaggerated the time frame but the rest is true. My neighbour has a sheepdog called shep.

punisher5112 · 16-10-2020 7:50am

Fungi died years ago, another takes its place every so often....

byhookorbycrook · 16-10-2020 8:49am

https://twitter.com/buailtin/status/1316996890806935553?s=21

Fungie the dolphin is missing - Or is he?

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