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WATCH: Fishing group has a close encounter with large pod of orcas

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Large pod of orcas spotted off Vancouver Island
Mon. Oct. 16: Global BC viewers Dale Peterson and Scott Goodman sent in this video of a large pod of orcas spotted off the coast of Vancouver Island in August – Oct 16, 2017

A fishing group had a close encounter with a pod of orcas and they are now sharing the video with Global News.

Viewers Dale Peterson and Scott Goodman were fishing in August, in an area between Swanson, Malcolm and Cormorant Islands, when a pod of about 60 orcas passed by.

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Peterson and Goodman said it was a once in a lifetime experience.

“Amazing,” one member of the group can be heard exclaiming in the video.

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