Just as Captain Ahab was obsessed with Moby Dick, the island of Grand Manan has its own whale of myth and legend.
He’s called Old Thom — and he’s back.
A lucky sighting on Sunday satisfied a long-standing dream for one island resident.
“It was actually my first time seeing him, but I’ve tried for a decade to see him,” said Jennifer Pierce.
Old Thom is the name affectionately given to the killer whale who is seen every few years around the Bay of Fundy.
“About 20 years ago, a fisherman started saying he had seen an orca. Nobody believed him, everybody thought ‘yeah, right,
