How did a 33ft whale end up in the middle of a field in East Yorkshire?
By Daily Mail Reporter
A young whale died after an exceptionally high equinox tide carried it 800 yards from the shoreline to a salt marsh where it then became stranded.
Stranded: The 33ft whale was found beached 800 yards from the shoreline of the Humber Estuary
A dairy farmer from a small town north bank of the River Humber near the village of Skeffling , made an incredible discovery on his property while he was looking for one of his cows that had not returned. 69-year old Michael Woodson, found a 12 meter long humpback whale laying lifeless in the middle of one of his fields, hundreds of kilometers away its natural habitat.
A young whale died after an exceptionally high equinox tide carried it 800 yards from the shoreline to a salt marsh where it then became stranded.
The 33ft mammal, thought to be a Sei whale, was discovered in marshes on the north bank of the River Humber near the village of Skeffling.
Stranded: The 33ft whale was found beached 800 yards from the shoreline of the Humber Estuary
MYSTERIOUS REMAINS OF A WHALE FOUND IN A FIELD IN HUMBER UK
A dairy farmer from a small town north bank of the River Humber near the village of Skeffling , made an incredible discovery on his property while he was looking for one of his cows that had not returned. 69-year old Michael Woodson, found a 12 meter long humpback whale laying lifeless in the middle of one of his fields, hundreds of kilometers away its natural habitat.
