400 lb stingray caught in Long Island Sound

Connecticut Fish and Wildlife officials stumbled across a “relatively rare” sighting in the Long Island Sound this week: A massive stingray nearly the length of Travis Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end and Taylor Swift’s rumored beau.

Officials said on Thursday that a survey crew was in the sound – which separates New York’s Long Island and Connecticut – the day prior when they stumbled upon the sea creature. It was a “huge” roughtail stingray, they said, weighing an estimated 400 pounds. It was more than five feet wide and over six feet long, they added – the latter of which is just a few inches shy of the six-foot-five Kansas City footballer who has been making his own headlines in recent days after Swift attended one of his games.

“These gentle giants are found along the Atlantic coast from New England to Florida but are relatively rare in Long Island Sound,” Connecticut Fish and Wildlife said on Facebook.

[Waaay cool! CAREFULLY caught and released, too. ~ Beege]