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Lobsterman's Sea Creature Identified as Shark Family Mystery
In Biddeford Maine Richard Gagne, a lobsterman, found an 11 foot sea creature. Biologists deem it a shark family member though details remain unsettled. Witnesses note ossified vertebrae, experts suggest nurse or basking shark, Smithsonian may receive donation consideration.
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Biddeford
Maine
Richard Gagne
Biddeford Pool
Gagne
Beverley
Amede J. Gagne
Spencer Trask
Biddeford High School
Bradford S. Sterl
Ogunquit
Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries
Sterl
Trask
Smithsonian