Newport Beach lifeguards work to pull massive dead whale away from shore

The figure on the Newport Beach horizon, just off the pier, was so large that Marine Safety Capt. Skeeter Leeper at first thought it was a boat.
But the figure was no vessel — it was a 55-foot dead humpback whale inching its way toward shore.
Newport Beach lifeguards worked to get a dead humpback whale away from the shoreline on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of Mark Girardeau)Newport Beach lifeguards worked to get a dead humpback whale away from the shoreline on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of