The Associated Press

A seven-year-old girl who wanted to set free a grocery store lobster has gotten her wish.

Myranda Hutchinson won the more than 3.5-kilogram lobster last month during an anniversary celebration at a bigg's grocery store in Cincinnati, Ohio.

"I nicknamed him Bubba because he was so big," said Dave Brandon, the store's seafood salesman.

After winning Bubba, Myranda's family called and e-mailed zoos and aquariums, but none wanted to take in the crustacean.

"That size is unusual, but lobsters are a dime a dozen," Columbus Zoo and Aquarium curator Mike Brittsan said.

But Brittsan helped in another way. He introduced the Hutchinsons to diver Eddie Monat in Bar
Harbor, Maine, who agreed to find Bubba a home off the Atlantic coast.

Monat films his dives and shows footage to his boat passengers. He also brings sea creatures on board for passengers to see and touch.

Bubba made it to Maine after Myranda's mother and stepfather paid $280 for his cross-country airplane ride in a foam container.

Bubba should be safe from being eaten as long as he stays in Maine water. A lobster as big as Bubba is illegal to catch and keep in Maine.