"My wife and I, we were watching sunset around 8:20 p.m. or so, and she spotted this flock of birds circling in the middle of the Sound, and I said, 'What do you see? Is it a whale?' and she said, 'I don't know what I see,'" said David Crochet. "So, I walked over -- followed her -- and I noticed the water spouts, took out my phone and started filming. (I) didn't realize the whale had been hit at that point."