Close Encounter

• ‘A big, big lad’: B.C. couple escapes close encounter with frightened sea lion

  A B.C. couple narrowly avoided having their boat capsized, after a sea lion fleeing a pod of orcas tried to board the tiny vessel this week.

  Environment

  Sep 8, 2022
  
• Pilot reports unknown flying ‘object’ in airline audio of close encounter

  Audio from an American Airlines passenger jet captures the pilot reporting a fast-moving 'object' over New Mexico.

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  Feb 24, 2021
  
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• Heart-stopping video shows surfer’s close call with circling shark

  Professional surfer Matt Wilkinson had no idea the 1.5 metre-long shark was sneaking up on him.

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  Oct 8, 2020
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• New Brunswick couple recounts ‘terrifying’ close encounter with great white shark

  Pat Barker says she and her husband were paddling through Passamaquoddy Bay toward Deer Island a couple of weeks ago when a dorsal fin pulled up alongside their 24-foot-long canoe

  Canada

  Jul 1, 2018
• BC skiers capture incredible close-up view of avalanche in Rocky Mountains

  A group of skiiers in B.C. captured close-up footage of a massive Rocky Mountain avalanche passing just feet from where they’re standing.

  Canada

  Apr 27, 2017
• Caught on Camera: Florida woman comes face to face with a curious bear

  A curious black bear came just inches from a Florida woman’s face in this remarkable close encounter caught on camera Tuesday.

  Environment

  Aug 31, 2016
• Lion smashes against glass enclosure at Japan zoo after staring contest with boy

  In an amateur video shot this week, a lion reacts after a staring contest with a two-year-old boy.

  World

  Jun 3, 2016
• WATCH: Incredibly close encounter with brown bear in Alaska goes viral

  Thanks to some international media attention, the video, posted to Facebook by Drew Hamilton, has jumped in popularity with thousands of shares.

  Jun 19, 2014
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• WATCH: Humpback whale delights whale watchers with up-close-and-personal encounter

  Maya, who runs Maya's Westside Whale Watch Charters, has been working on the waters of the Pacific since 1965 and says he has never seen anything like what they saw that day.

  Nov 28, 2013