The Jakarta Post | Sat, 11/22/2008 3:15 PM
A four-meter whale weighing about a ton was stranded at the coast of Karang Paranje in Garut, West Java, on Saturday.
Dozens of spectators from local villages swarmed the the beach to watch the unusual event, kompas.com reported.
Local government official, Didik Hendraya said that the local villagers tried to push back the whale to sea but with no avail as there were too many corals blocking access to a deeper sea.
Spectators speculated that the whale was stranded to shore during the night when the sea level was higher due to moon gravitation. (and)
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