[kaktuskid]

“Timothy”..the only pop song about cannibalism...or did they eat the ship’s dog? (Now we know what happened to “Shannon”!)

[dfwgator]

“Timothy”..the only pop song about cannibalism

Rupert Holmes wrote that. You may know him better from his other song, "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"

[Dr. Sivana]

or did they eat the ship’s dog?

They were miners (not sailors), and the record company tried to spin the song as being about the mule. The Buoys themselves said, "Nope. Timothy was a miner."