Sighting On River Seals the Deal First Report Was Whale of a Tale, but Other Mammals Did Appear

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Sunday, the last sunny day we had this week (I was paying attention because I had to work that fine day) provided a bit of entertainment for me. April Fools' Day brought a report of a whale in the Penobscot River in the area of the Eagle's Nest Restaurant.

The police radio frequency was abuzz, there were calls for traffic control as some 30 cars pulled over to the side of the road. A hovercraft was called in. There were public safety folks. Turned out the whale was a plastic pipe pretending it was a whale.

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Sighting On River Seals the Deal First Report Was Whale of a Tale, but Other Mammals Did Appear

It was with some amusement shortly after the myth of the whale was debunked that I (being the only slob in the newsroom) intercepted a call from Charlie Colburn, one of the folks on the board of the Penobscot Salmon Club. (This he told me a little later in the conversation, perhaps sensing I wasn't really believing him.)

The voice on the line was tell...

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