The people of Okpoama community in Brass local government area of Bayelsa State have butchered a giant whale that was grounded on their beach, a reliable community source told Cityfile.
The whale described as humpbacked and measuring about 50 feet was found dead on the beach on Sunday night and community folks believed that it swam into the area at high tide, but was left stranded when the tide receded.
A community source told Cityfile on phone that a similar incident had occurred in the community 40 years ago in 1979 when a whale was found dead and stranded at the beach.
Pictures of villagers butchering the dead whale with hack and cutlasses had gone viral on social media platforms.
