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Authorities and researchers began working to understand what had happened, forming a special effort to examine the unusual situation. The goal was to separate speculation from evidence and determine how a massive marine animal ended up so far inland.

The most widely supported explanation pointed to natural forces. Experts believe a strong tide or flooding event likely carried the young whale inland from the ocean, before the water receded and left it stranded in the forest.

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