Unfortunate humpback whale – 8/21/16
This unfortunate humpback whale was discovered tangled in log booms in Shelton in late August 1930. When attempts were made to tow it away, it twice escaped from its captors, but finally succumbed to multiple bullets and harpoon strikes. Some 10,000 spectators traveled to Shelton and then to Point Defiance, where the rotting carcass was…