"I saw it first," Lin Hsien-tsung of the Taichung Harbor Bureau's Public Relations Office claims. Lin recalls that he was giving a tour of the harbor to some personnel from a machinery company on the afternoon of January 11 when he spotted a "big fish" in the channel by pier 12. But because of the distance, he couldn't make out what kind it was.
「我最早看到這條鯨」，台中港公共關係課的林憲宗回憶說，元月十一日下午，他帶著宏周機械公司的員工到港區參觀，在十二號碼頭附近的航道中，看見一條「大」魚，但是由於距離遠，弄不清楚究竟是什麼魚。