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Rockwood - The pace of life at Moosehead Lake just sort of bobs along, offering views that are, at the very least, consistent.

"You see fish, you know, you see old bottles from the Kineo," said Lynn Stade.

But on a recent trip, Stade and his family swam right into a mystery waiting for them on the lake's floor.

"I thought, oh my god, it looks like a prehistoric monster."

Or what used to be one.

Stretching five feet and smelling nothing like the catch of the day should, it was hauled back by Stade's family to a nearby home in Rockwood.

"To me it's either a whale that survived in the lake all these years. It's a phenomenon. I don't know what it is," said Stade.

That's why they called local newspaper owner, Busta Koppenhaver, to help them get some answers.

"Left a message that said next time you come up bring your camera. I thought we were talking about a two headed chicken, or a humongous sized bees nest, I wasn't sure."

But Koppenhaver thought it was worth of a full page spread asking readers to guess what it is.

"A lot of locals insist that it's a moose's skull. I see no resemblance of a moose there. I've seen moose skulls before. They have teeth, for one thing."

And researchers at the University of Maine agreed, telling us that based on pictures, they believe it's the skull of a Minke Whale that was most likely dumped in the lake.

"I don't see foul play," said Koppenhaver.

He would like to believe that the skull's story runs much deeper than that.

"It would be fun to think that it is a prehistoric creature that lived in the lake. It would be fun to think that it was ET."

And however shallow his theories, it's clear that this family's summer trip has created a ripple effect amidst the calm and quiet of Moosehead Lake.

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comments on the video suggest whale
but this is an inland lake


Edit: this is not the skull in question but an exmple of what a whale skull looks like

[FuckYourAccount]

will be interesting to see if they do some further testing to figure out what it is or isn't. Being an inland lake, the only explanation would be that it was dumped there, as suggested in the article...but who and why randomly dumps a whale head in a lake??

[Zodiak]

Probably fake.

[Blewvane]

I'd guess the head was dumped there. Whales are filter feeders and can not survive without consuming a certain amount of plankton each day. Plankton is a tiny seaweed like plant that lives on the oceans surface, i have no idea if it lives in fresh water as well and i'm too fucking lazy to google it.

[kellyhound]

prolly dumped whale skull.

[Black Knight]

It does look like a whale skull but I would hope that scientists might run some tests on the skull to determine the age. That would go a long way towards solving the mystery.

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Originally Posted by Black Knight ↗

It does look like a whale skull but I would hope that scientists might run some tests on the skull to determine the age. That would go a long way towards solving the mystery.

good shout

[majestic-dork]

how bizarre to find that. so cool!

but that doesn't look like a whale skull to me.
and plankton is not a plant it is tiny shrimp like things. kind of like sea monkeys

[zabbix]

I guess it's a moosehead