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‘Honoured’: Pod of orcas delights and surprises fishermen off B.C. coast

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B.C. fishermen encounter orca pod near Ucluelet
A group of friends fishing off the coast of Ucluelet, B.C. Thursday had a spectacular encounter with a pod of orcas – Aug 16, 2024

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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