In August 1937, workers at the Naden Harbor whaling station in Haida Gwaii were cutting up a harpooned sperm whale when they found something in its gut that nobody recognized. Ten feet long, with a horse-like head, a long neck, small front flippers, and a fan-shaped tail — not a known fish, not a shark, not anything in the standard field guide. — Read the rest
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