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Thimble Tickle Bay is a bay on the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, (Latitude. 49.483238514°, Longitude. -55.498177272°).

In 1878 the largest known specimen of the Atlantic Giant Squid, with a length of just over 55 feet, was found dead on the beach. On November 2, 1878, the largest Atlantic Giant Squid ever measured was discovered at Thimble Tickle. Three fisherman were working not far off shore when they noticed a mass floating on the ocean they thought was wreckage. They found a Atlantic Giant Squid had run aground. Using their anchor they snagged the still living body and made it fast to a tree. When the tide went out, the creature was left high and dry. When the animal died, the fishermen measured it and chopped it up for dog meat. The body of the squid was twenty feet from tail to beak. The longer tentacles measured thirty five feet and were tipped with four inch suckers.

Category:Bays of Newfoundland and Labrador