Maine lobsterman catches ultra-rare cotton candy lobster with crazy odds: 'It just glowed'

A lobsterman and his crew in Searsport, Maine had an experience they won't soon forget.

That's because they caught a "cotton candy" lobster, a rare find with estimated odds at one in 100 million.

Bill Kirby, the owner of Kirby's Lobster Shack who WMTV reports has more than four decades under his belt, and his crew hauled in the rare lobster last Wednesday during what was a routine day.

If you ask Kirby, he couldn’t do what he does "without a good crew." He and that good crew were doing what they normally do when they're catching lobsters.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICK OUTDOORS "It was a normal day of hauling and going along, and it was a nice day out, too.

We were just talking and going about our regular business.

And that first trap that came up, when he swung it around — it had other lobsters in it as well — and that one was just like there was a light on," Kirby said.

"It just glowed, you know." That glow, not that I'm a marine crustacean expert or anything, is caused by a genetic color mutation .

After noticing it, he then turned his attention to making sure the lobster made it back to land safely.

"First thing I did, once he opened it up, I went over and grabbed a hold of it and I wanted to take a look at it and found out that it was a keeper, and it was almost like we were trying to protect it the rest of the time," he said. 'WORST AQUARIUM EVER' REVIEW SENDS WHALING MUSEUM'S SALES SOARING 250% "I just wanted to get it back and put it in the tanks.

That way, other people have a chance to experience it as well." Obviously, when Kirby tossed it into the tank alongside the other lobsters, it stood out.

It's a cotton candy lobster and the others are just lobster lobsters.

For those thinking he's planning to sell the lobster to the highest bidder, you're wrong.

Kirby told the local outlet that he plans to donate it to the Oceanarium and Education Center in Bar Harbor.