According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration which said it has no records of a killer whale ever stranding in the Southeast.

The 21-foot adult, female orca, more commonly known as a killer whale, was discovered stuck on a sandbar in Palm Coast.

"We saw something large in the water. It was about 25-feet offshore, stuck on the sandbar and it was larger than anything I'd ever seen stuck on the sandbar before," said Derek Pence, who discovered the whale

"It was awful. When I called, I was really hoping for a rescue instead of a recovery."

"It was awful. When I called, I was really hoping for a rescue instead of a recovery."

"I thought it was a baby whale at first, because of how dark it was," Pence said.

"I thought it was a baby whale at first, because of how dark it was," Pence said.

"The biologist thought I was crazy when I said it was an orca."

"The biologist thought I was crazy when I said it was an orca."

According to NOAA, it is "extremely rare" to see an orca, which is primarily a Pacific Ocean species, become stranded in Florida or the Southeast.

"It's an unusual situation. We have had a stranding in Cuba, and we have had sightings in the gulf -- though those are rare" said Blair Mase, the coordinator for NOAA's marine mammal stranding program.