.. why would a whale scare you.. you think they're just gonna show up at the front door with pitch forks.

Anything is possible when a lot of money is at stake. There are numerous movies and television series built around that premise.

You mess with a person's well-being (heart, wallet, etc)... those are high stakes that we're better off to just avoid outright. Emotions get the best of people at times, which is why we have non-stop new content on crime scene investigation shows and the like.