Undeterred by the snow, a wayward seal spent Monday morning exploring Cape Elizabeth’s coastal neighborhoods.
A public works worker plowing the Oakhurst Street neighborhood known as police at 1:30 a.m. to report an uncommon sight: a seal scurrying by way of the neighborhood.
“An officer responding to the world positioned the seal within the roadway having fun with the hush of a snowy winter night time,” Cape Elizabeth police wrote on Fb.
The officer was capable of seize the seal and convey it to Fort Williams Park, the place it was launched again into the ocean. However by 7 a.m., the seal was making its manner down Shore Street, “presumably following the scrumptious scent of Cookie Jar donuts being baked,” police stated.
This time, an officer discovered the seal crossing a garden on Olde Fort Street. With the assistance of a bystander, the seal was captured and introduced again to the seashore at Fort Williams Park.
However the seal wasn’t achieved exploring Cape Elizabeth.
An hour later, the seal was noticed exploring Fort Williams. An officer and several other residents captured the seal and launched it again into the ocean.
“This time, the seal swam off searching for greater and higher adventures,” police stated.
The police division notified Maine Mammals of Maine.
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