Where did walking the plank originate?

Question

I hear that there was never any record of pirates making people walk the plank. If this is true, where did this come from?

Answer 1

Walking the plank is a form of execution popularly (but incorrectly) believed to have been widely practiced by pirates. As usually described, it involved the victim being forced to walk off the end of a wooden plank or beam extended over the side of a ship, thereby falling into the water, to drown, sometimes encouraged by bound hands, and/or in shark-infested waters (these predators often follow a ship). In fact, there is no evidence of this practice ever being widespread. It has, however, become a major part of modern imaginings of pirates, and is frequently depicted in literature and films. It is thought to have first been popularized in the novel Peter Pan.

Answer 2

Hollywood movies, old ones with Errol Flynn, Usually with lots of Tarzan-ian rope swinging

Answer 3

It is from the movies, Real pirates did not use it

Answer 4

that prase comes from pirates who put people overboard while out to sea. ?

Answer 5

stories such as "peter pan"