All this talk about a whale in the San Francisco Bay can't help but conjure up memories of what may be the Bay Area's most famous marine visitor -- Humphrey the lost whale. Here's a look back at when he leapt into our hearts in 1985:
All this talk about a whale in the SF Bay conjures up memories of what may be the Bay Area's most famous marine visitor -- Humphrey the whale.can't help but conjure up memories of what may be the Bay Area's most famous marine visitor -- Humphrey the lost whale.
He captured our hearts and our headlines for almost a month. Aerials of Humphrey in bay, Humphrey in the river, and the Carquinez Strait. It was October 1985 when Humphrey the wayward whale first appeared in the San Francisco Bay, beginning a 26-day odyssey that eventually took the humpback through the Carquinez Strait and up the Sacramento River, all while whale watchers looked through binoculars.
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