From the Roccus Believe It Or Not Files: Mola Mola off my dock this evening!!!

[Roccus7]

So I'm pulling into my dock this evening and I see a surface disturbance. Looked like the tail of a shark trying to swim out of the shallows, but then I remarked, "That might be a Mola Mola!!!" As I motored toward it, I realized it was a Mola Mola, "Scarface" to be exact, the local one I've seen multiple times in the Bay, so named because of the scar across his face from a prop strike.

Now to get things in perspective, my dock is 1.6 nmi from the harbor entrance, which means it's 4.1 nmi from the open Gulf of Maine!!! Unbelievable!!!

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[AllyKat]

That is crazy! Surprised how fast it’s swimming around.
Say hello to my Little friend!

 

[Roccus7]

That is crazy! Surprised how fast it’s swimming around.
Say hello to my Little friend!

It was a little freaked. I didn't get the camera out fast enough to record it when it beached itself. It was really going nuts...

 

[Old Mud]

Well thus helps prove the science of Global warming !!

The Manatees will be right along. .

 

[Roccus7]

Well thus helps prove the science of Global warming !!

The Manatees will be right along. .

For a pretty drunken sailor, a manatee with headfull of rockweed might look like a hot date!!

 

[dsedy]

Very cool! Beautiful location you're docked in too!