Old Thom The Orca Spotted In Mass Waters

A familiar dorsal fin has been spotted in the waters off of Massachusetts.

Old Thom, the orca, was spotted traveling with a large pod of dolphins around Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and a video was posted to Instagram Monday by Kevin DePersia.

The New England Aquarium's Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life verified the whale was Old Thom, based on the notch a distinctive notch on his fin.

Old Thom has visited the New England coast several times in the 2000s including sightings in the waters around Cape Cod.

(Photo by Olivier MORIN / AFP via Getty Images)

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Photo: OLIVIER MORIN / AFP / Getty Images


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