Posted by Martin R on July 20, 2008 
A man in northern Sweden recently found a giant vertebra in a lake at 210 meters above sea level. A preliminary statement from the National Museum of Natural History suggests that it may belong to a whale. The find spot hasn’t been near the sea since the end of the latest ice age. I’m looking forward to a radiocarbon date.
Via Aftonbladet.
Update 18 September ’09: Verdict: recent sperm whale.
Obviously somebody threw it in there.
Yea. Either the whole skeleton is there, or the bone was thrown in at a later date, e.g. by a Shaman.
Cue comments about Storsjöodjuret (the Swedish version of “Nessie” of Loch Ness) in 3 … 2… 1 …
Damn! That is BIG! Hey! Has anyone seen Grendel recently?
What if that isn’t a vertebra? What if it is a STAPES!?!
Looks like a giant can-opener to me 
Or the hat of some bizarre society (loyal order of the narwhal, local 101).
Actually, 210m above sea level – that thing makes Free Willy look like a piker (“jump over a kid, will you! Watch me!” Maybe it’s the incredible walking whale? Cecil the sea serpent?
Martin – will you post an update if they find more or identify it? This is cool.
Very interesting. Most probably the bone was brought there. Also, is the location away from the Baltic sea or the Gulf of Bothnia? Was the area flooded by seawater before the rebound, that followed the melt, started?
Thanks. Looking forward to an update, if that is possible.
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