Nor Cal Whale Story

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Myrran

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This news is from the North Coast. This was posted by my sister on Facebook this morning. Great Story and a awesome pic. Hope you enjoy.


...The Whale...

If you read a recent front page story of the San Francisco
Chronicle, you would have read about a female humpback whale who had
become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines. She was
weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to
struggle to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards of line rope
wrapped around her body, her tail, her torso, a line tugging in her
mouth. A fisherman spotted her just east of the Farallon Islands
(outside the Golden Gate) and radioed an environmental group for
help. Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined
that she was so bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and
untangle her. They worked for hours with curved knives and
eventually freed her. When she was free, the divers say she swam in
what seemed like joyous circles. She then came back to each and
every diver, one at a time, and nudged them, pushed them gently
around as she was thanking them. Some said it was the most
incredibly beautiful experience of their lives. The guy who cut the
rope out of her mouth said her eyes were following him the whole
time, and he will never be the same. May you, and all those you
love, be so blessed and fortunate to be surrounded by people who
will help you get untangled from the things that are binding you.
And, may you always know the joy of giving and receiving gratitude.
I pass this on to you, my friends, in the same spirit.
 

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The picture is definitely from something else thought right? It is a great story and an amazing picture even if they are not connected in any way.
 
The picture is definitely from something else thought right? It is a great story and an amazing picture even if they are not connected in any way.
Our water is 48 degrees brrr without a hood and thick wetsuit, and rarely has vis over 40ft. That should answer the question if it was the same whale.
 
Yeah I dont think it is, but it sure work's.;)


It goes along with the "Thanking" part of the story but it detracts credibility IMO. Oh well, it was a good story even if they lied with the picture.
 
Almost sounds religious. And people interpreting that a whale may act and respond like a human with gratitude. Nice story though.
 

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