- “This is extremely rare,” NOAA’s Blaire Mase said, adding “We’ve never had a record of a stranded killer whale in Florida or the Southeast United States.”
- A man was taking a morning walk on the beach around 6 a.m. when he came across the orca estimated to weigh three-and-a-half tons.
- The man believed it was alive but was unsure because it was still dark outside, so he called the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), WESH 2 reports.
