ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – A large whale washed ashore at Anchor Point, drawing tourists and locals on Monday morning, and prompting a response from federal wildlife officials.
Tim Hatfield, a lifelong Homer resident, was among those who discovered the stranded marine mammal. He said he had never seen a beached whale at Anchor Point before.
“You can definitely tell it’s dead. I was looking at it to see if there was any damage,” Hatfield said. “I couldn’t see any blood or any lacerations or anything.”
Hatfield mentioned not seeing any lacerations due to the fact that sometimes whales and other marine mammals are struck by propellers or large boats…