# Possible New Megalodon **URL:** \ **Category:** Out Of Pod Experience\ **Created:** [August 4, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/possible-new-megalodon/457769 "2024-08-04T18:57:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DrysonBennington](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/drysonbennington/32/501369_2.png) [@DrysonBennington](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/DrysonBennington)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/possible-new-megalodon/457769/1 "2024-08-04T18:57:38Z")
Possible new Meg sighted. This time that prehistoric Meg made her biggest mistake. A humpback whale in Washington state is missing its tail. One expert calls the sight ‘heartbreaking’ Experts say that the whale became entangled in some kind of line or fishing gear. That isn’t possible because whatever the whale had been entangled with would have been wrecked due to the whale thrashing about trying to free itself. The whale needs captured and studied. It’s the humane thing to do. Whatever took the tail of the whale must be huge, megalodon huge or maybe even leviathan huge. The shelf that the West Coast sits on, makes a very nice overhang that could keep giant sharks and squids protected while they hunt migrating whales and each other. > **[A humpback whale in Washington state is missing its tail. One expert calls...](https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/humpback-whale-washington-state-missing-tail-expert-calls-112526635?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhfacebook&utm_content=null&fbclid=IwY2xjawEcqR5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdMS6l5rUAK7npDzgU5G1GyBBBr_Q_WgEgSgANBdRSpawY-4ID4hHFYaOw_aem_h3W8_mRsgnOPVd7Tyli-Dw)** > > Experts believe a humpback whale with no tail spotted in Washington state’s inland waters likely lost its flukes after becoming entangled ---
**Author:** ![Naomie\_Pennilez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/naomie_pennilez/32/426959_2.png) [@Naomie\_Pennilez](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Naomie_Pennilez)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/possible-new-megalodon/457769/2 "2024-08-04T20:13:20Z")
They also found the Lockness Monster. ![1000001694](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/6/e/9/6e9954edc9603c231117ebefee7bd9b4da1e872d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/skywatch/32/505279_2.png) [@Skywatch](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Skywatch)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/possible-new-megalodon/457769/3 "2024-08-04T21:53:34Z")
My personal bigfoot sighting ![bigfoot-roger-patterson-1_h](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/4/7/3/473b3648844ecd5fd33f989bfaaf2e56106db43f.webp) ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Ex-Girlfriend](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/your_ex-girlfriend/32/429252_2.png) [@Your\_Ex-Girlfriend](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Your_Ex-Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/possible-new-megalodon/457769/4 "2024-08-05T00:03:50Z")
> [@DrysonBennington](#): > > That isn’t possible because whatever the whale had been entangled with would have been wrecked due to the whale thrashing about trying to free itself. 🙄 Who says it wasn’t wrecked and sank? On average, over 100 fishing vessels disappear at sea every year? Maybe it caught the bouy for a crab pot wrong? Megalodon is the least likely possibility. Poachers and illegal whaling are entire universes closer to being the likely culprits. ---
**Author:** ![Felix\_Frostpacker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/felix_frostpacker/32/420339_2.png) [@Felix\_Frostpacker](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Felix_Frostpacker)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/possible-new-megalodon/457769/5 "2024-08-05T02:24:22Z")
Had you not thought of the possibility that the whale had once been attacked while still as a **calf**? ---
**Author:** ![DrysonBennington](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/drysonbennington/32/501369_2.png) [@DrysonBennington](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/DrysonBennington)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/possible-new-megalodon/457769/6 "2024-08-05T11:30:10Z")
No, because a whale calf with and injured tale would not have survived. The wrecked ship idea would have been reported as being caused by a whale. ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Ex-Girlfriend](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/your_ex-girlfriend/32/429252_2.png) [@Your\_Ex-Girlfriend](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Your_Ex-Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/possible-new-megalodon/457769/7 "2024-08-05T13:22:35Z")
> [@DrysonBennington](#): > > The wrecked ship idea would have been reported as being caused by a whale. Ships disappear at sea without a trace all the time. No one knows why a ship sinks unless it’s stupidly obvious like sailing through a hurricane ,someone survives to tell the tale or they send a ROV down to explore it. Also, an illegal fishing vessel isn’t ever going to be reported. Absolutely anyone who has lived for any length of time near a fishing community could tell you this. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![DrysonBennington](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/drysonbennington/32/501369_2.png) [@DrysonBennington](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/DrysonBennington)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/possible-new-megalodon/457769/8 "2024-08-05T13:40:48Z")
Illegal whaling could have been the reason for the missing fluke. But I seriously doubt that the fluke bone and muscles of the whale would have pulled free from the whale while being suspended from the hoist for one simple reason, the whale would have been killed first before attempting to be hoisted into the ship. Since the whale is alive, being hoisted by an illegal whaling ship that resulted in the fluke coming free from the rest of the body is, not possible. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_Saki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/alice_saki/32/486142_2.png) [@Alice\_Saki](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Alice_Saki)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/possible-new-megalodon/457769/9 "2024-08-05T15:03:21Z")
Mutations! TINY PLASTICS RAMBLE RAMBLE ---
**Author:** ![Naomie\_Pennilez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/naomie_pennilez/32/426959_2.png) [@Naomie\_Pennilez](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Naomie_Pennilez)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/possible-new-megalodon/457769/10 "2024-08-05T15:08:21Z")
They also found the remains of Nephilims. ![1000001696](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/1/1/8/1181c448bc2b50ca3a8e6711f65856857ba7c30b.jpeg) ![1000001697](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/c/e/2/ce2d400501ecd7260343c6066b672557437689c8.jpeg) …and Aliens, too. ![1000001698](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/b/2/d/b2d0bb2efa1616669d58f129264a6cd919c4931c.jpeg) ![1000001699](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/3/5/1/3513f511b304a47ec5a587a49673b3590a4ffd18.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Ex-Girlfriend](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/your_ex-girlfriend/32/429252_2.png) [@Your\_Ex-Girlfriend](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Your_Ex-Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/possible-new-megalodon/457769/11 "2024-08-05T18:12:16Z")
Illegal whaling is still more likely than Megalodon. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/possible-new-megalodon/457769/12 "2024-08-05T18:41:53Z")
![1077f478f3fff0f2c96478c1185034ce](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/3/4/1/34174cf2c1b5928b42570c1e2b07f4e5f0228cbd.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Ex-Girlfriend](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/your_ex-girlfriend/32/429252_2.png) [@Your\_Ex-Girlfriend](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Your_Ex-Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/possible-new-megalodon/457769/13 "2024-08-05T18:58:33Z")
Aliens are also a more likely cause than Megalodon. Literally explosive diarrhea is a more likely cause. 😇 ---
**Author:** ![DrysonBennington](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/drysonbennington/32/501369_2.png) [@DrysonBennington](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/DrysonBennington)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/possible-new-megalodon/457769/14 "2024-08-06T16:51:18Z")
No, the fluke of the whale would have tell-tale signs of a cable or rope being used. If the tail fluke was struck by a large ship propeller, the cut marks would also tell the tale. Couldnt have been rope or cable because the whale would have dragged whatever it tethered was to. Unless the whale became entangled in the tethering cables of an illegal deep ocean surface facility that no one knows about. When captured and studied the fluke bone will reveal what truly happened. The whale could have come close to an abandoned WWII coastal mine. Or maybe illegal whale hunters used an explosive tipped type of munition to take the fluke off and hoped the whale would die. ---
**Author:** ![Lfod\_Shi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lfod_shi/32/376240_2.png) [@Lfod\_Shi](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Lfod_Shi)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 12:26am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/possible-new-megalodon/457769/15 "2024-08-10T00:26:59Z")
> [@DrysonBennington](#): > > Whatever took the tail of the whale must be huge, megalodon huge or maybe even leviathan huge. Flawless logic. 🧐 ---
**Author:** ![DrysonBennington](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/drysonbennington/32/501369_2.png) [@DrysonBennington](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/DrysonBennington)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/possible-new-megalodon/457769/16 "2024-08-23T23:25:08Z")
[Whale tangled in fishing debris freed in Sydney Harbour | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/23/australia/whale-freed-in-sydney-harbour-intl-hnk/index.html?Date=20240823&Profile=CNN&utm_content=1724403612&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawE1-G1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTlml0Axa2Y0DOG7iKbWyzfpIxwdKsFJbYjdUJcNNWgQfR1cMfA_Q9adnA_aem_ZCupspqEHQe_kHIWOQ0gQg) Couldn’t be netting. ---
**Author:** ![Salartarium](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/salartarium/32/468818_2.png) [@Salartarium](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Salartarium)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 4:35am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/possible-new-megalodon/457769/17 "2024-08-24T04:35:41Z")
> [@DrysonBennington](#): > > Whatever took the tail of the whale must be huge, megalodon huge or maybe even leviathan huge. Perhaps it was ganked by a large school of Tuna instead. ---
**Author:** ![DrysonBennington](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/drysonbennington/32/501369_2.png) [@DrysonBennington](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/DrysonBennington)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/possible-new-megalodon/457769/18 "2024-08-25T03:12:50Z")
That is possible. Aquatic Bluefin tuna grow up to 1,500 pounds and are carnivores. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/possible-new-megalodon/457769/19 "2024-11-23T03:12:56Z")
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