Orca Spotted Off Coast of Cape Cod in 'Unusual' Sighting

An orca was spotted off the coast of Cape Cod on Sunday, June 2, in a https://www.neaq.org/about-us/press-room/press-releases/aquarium-scientists-spot-four-killer-whales-in-rare-sighting-over-southern-new-england-waters/ rare sighting, according to the New England Aquarium. Paul van Steensel, the owner of Cape Dreams Building and Design, based in Brewster, Massachusetts, captured this video while taking some of his employees on a company fishing trip. "We were trolling for tuna and saw a large fin in the distance," Steensel said. "At first we thought it was a sunfish." He said when they got a bit closer they were able to identify it as an orca. While commenting on spotting four killer whales in southern New England waters in June 2023, Orla O'Brien, an associate research scientist at the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life, https://www.neaq.org/about-us/press-room/press-releases/aquarium-scientists-spot-four-killer-whales-in-rare-sighting-over-southern-new-england-waters/ said it is "always unusual to see killer whales in New England waters." (Footage by Paul van Steensel/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)