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Workers opened a whale in 1937 and found something inside that still doesn’t have a name

Ellsworth Toohey
May 27, 2026
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By Boorman - http://lordgeekington.wordpress.com/cadborosaurus/, Public Domain, Link

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…

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