<Dd> The lake and its shores contain oolitic sand, which are small, rounded, or spherical grains of sand made up of a nucleus (generally a small mineral grain) and concentric layers of calcium carbonate (lime) and look similar to very small pearls . </Dd> <Dt> Whales in the Great Salt Lake </Dt> <Dd> Local legend maintains that in 1875, entrepreneur James Wickham had two whales released into the Great Salt Lake, with the intent of using them as a tourist attraction . The whales are said to have disappeared into the lake and subsequently sighted multiple times over a number of months, but there have never been any confirmed sightings of the whales since the time of their supposed release . </Dd> <Dd> In mid-1877, J.H. McNeil was with many other Barnes and Co . Salt Works employees on the lake's north shore in the evening . They claimed to have seen a large monster with a body like a crocodile and a horse's head in the lake . They claimed this monster attacked the men, who quickly ran away and hid until morning . This creature is regarded by some to have simply been a buffalo in the lake . Thirty years prior, "Brother Bainbridge" claimed to have sighted a creature that looked like a dolphin in the lake near Antelope Island . This monster is called by some the North Shore Monster.: </Dd>

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