Stormalong was known as Captain Alfred Bulltop, but some legends also refer to him as "Old Stormy," and "Old Stormalong." He was captain of the Courser, a ship so large that it wouldn't fit into Boston Harbor and even got stuck in the English Channel. Tales go that its masts soared to so high that they had to be lowered to avoid hitting the sun and moon at certain times of the day or night (via American Folklore).
But Stormalong's ship wasn't the only thing big — the captain himself was reported to be some 30 feet tall. Not only that, but he was a whopping 18 feet tall when he was born, per Salem Ghosts. According to legend, he left Cape Cod when he was 12, where he was hired to work on his first ship. As Stormalong grew older, he became the only person large enough to steer the Courser.
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