Boater reports distressed seal near Key Bridge buoy, Baltimore County MD
Other Non-Crime EventA boater near the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore Harbor reported seeing a seal floating near buoy R4. The seal appeared unhealthy and was not behaving like a wild animal, showing signs of distress.
Audio|Source: Baltimore Harbor Marine VHF
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Transcript:
00:00
There is a seal close to my eye out here.
00:03
It is to be unhealthy.
00:07
Do you want to know about this or no?
00:14
My head.
00:17
Okay,
00:22
we're dropping back. I'll just have to keep a little bit pressure on you to stay up.
00:30
Stand by, please.
00:31
Guard, I am right next to R4 outside the Key Bridge.
00:42
R4 out.
00:43
Yeah,
00:45
so this is the south of the Key Bridge, kind of right in the middle of the channel. Well, I'm over next to the,
00:51
what is it, the western shore in front of this big factory thing, whatever this is.
00:58
They have by to me.
01:04
The first one is where (name withheld) is standing.
01:08
So it is your right-suit.
01:14
Next time, can you just basket them cars?
01:19
I'm down on the back there right now.
01:25
On the light is loads.
01:32
R4 outside of the key bridge. Is that a buoy over?
01:35
Yeah, Red 4.
01:36
It's, you know, one of the tall ones. It's the red and green marking the entrance to this factory little channel here.
01:45
Roger, Captain. And can I get an awkward cell phone number something?
01:50
Roger, it's 410, 259, (number withheld).
01:58
Roger, Captain. What was your name?
02:00
My name is (name withheld).
02:07
So the name is a factory is the color-A-wax generating plant space.
02:12
Over.
02:18
It's like fuel is like car, some kind of like that or had something wrapped around it or anything like that.
02:26
Now, I don't think he's caught on anything.
02:29
He's just kind of floating around. I just have never heard of a seal being in the Patapsco or anywhere close to him, so I thought it was kind of odd. He's not running away.
02:39
He's just kind of bothering around. It just doesn't look right. I just thought maybe you guys might want to know.
02:46
Thank you for reporting it. Can you tell me if there's like in healing or any discoloration? Over?
02:55
I can't really see any... He's just got his face sticking out of water.
03:00
I can't see the rest of him, so I don't know that he's not tangled. I don't know that he's not hurt.
03:04
He's just not acting like a wild animal. He's acting like he's in distress over.
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Francis Scott Key Bridge, Maryland
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