A group of friends fishing off the coast of Ucluelet, B.C., on Thursday had a spectacular encounter with a pod of orcas.
Les Doiron was just wrapping up a fishing trip with some friends from Osoyoos when they came across the majestic creatures.
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Suddenly, the orcas started swimming toward them.
Doiron said the group was completely stunned by the encounter, even the skipper of the charter had never seen anything like it.
“I think – just honoured – that’s probably just the coolest and only real thing that I could think of,” he said.
“Just such an honour and blessing to be able to be that close and see and get that kind of a show. Yeah, it was just surreal.”
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