The mysterious death of Pelorus Jack led to the rise of different theories about what might have happened to him.

Some claim it was Norwegian whalers who harpooned him near the entrance to Pelorus Sound in April 1912.
It is also said that a man, on his deathbed, confessed that his father had killed a sidetracked dolphin after a storm and that he was there to help him. This deed haunted the man his entire life. People figured the murdered dolphin must have been Pelorus Jack.
According to a quite likely account by Charlie Moeller who worked at French Pass, Pelorus Jack died of old age and was washed up on a beach.

Pelorus Jack, New Zealand’s beloved dolphin, has already become legendary. Numerous songs were written in his honor, for instance, 1921’s piano parlor song “Pelorus Jack” by Peter Cole and Henry Rivers.

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