Comments on: Kayaking and a VERY close experience with Killer Whales in Sooke, BC http://fabiandoerfler.com/kayaking-and-a-very-close-experience-with-killer-whales-in-sooke-bc.html News & Information Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:18:17 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: BurningtunaDC http://fabiandoerfler.com/kayaking-and-a-very-close-experience-with-killer-whales-in-sooke-bc.html/comment-page-1#comment-56 BurningtunaDC Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:10:03 +0000 http://fabiandoerfler.com/kayaking-and-a-very-close-experience-with-killer-whales-in-sooke-bc.html#comment-56 Dude, did you get a fish hook stuck in your eye? Dude, did you get a fish hook stuck in your eye?

]]> By: lkr1204 http://fabiandoerfler.com/kayaking-and-a-very-close-experience-with-killer-whales-in-sooke-bc.html/comment-page-1#comment-55 lkr1204 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:42:07 +0000 http://fabiandoerfler.com/kayaking-and-a-very-close-experience-with-killer-whales-in-sooke-bc.html#comment-55 where's sooke island? johnstone strait? i went on a multi-day kayaking tour there in august and had a very similar experience with the a pod and humpbacks-i think i was shaken up more than u in this vid when the humpback came up a few feet from my kayak lol, awesome footage! where’s sooke island? johnstone strait? i went on a multi-day kayaking tour there in august and had a very similar experience with the a pod and humpbacks-i think i was shaken up more than u in this vid when the humpback came up a few feet from my kayak lol, awesome footage!

]]> By: DiscoverSooke http://fabiandoerfler.com/kayaking-and-a-very-close-experience-with-killer-whales-in-sooke-bc.html/comment-page-1#comment-54 DiscoverSooke Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:09:49 +0000 http://fabiandoerfler.com/kayaking-and-a-very-close-experience-with-killer-whales-in-sooke-bc.html#comment-54 Sooke is on Vancouver Island, about 40 minutes west of Victoria on Hwy. 14. The island in the background is Secretary (Donaldson) Island and is about 2 kilometeres from the mouth of Sooke Harbour. Your experience sounds quite amazing and to see a Humpback that close would be very scary. Thanks for sharing your experience. Sooke is on Vancouver Island, about 40 minutes west of Victoria on Hwy. 14. The island in the background is Secretary (Donaldson) Island and is about 2 kilometeres from the mouth of Sooke Harbour.

Your experience sounds quite amazing and to see a Humpback that close would be very scary. Thanks for sharing your experience.

]]> By: longbow820 http://fabiandoerfler.com/kayaking-and-a-very-close-experience-with-killer-whales-in-sooke-bc.html/comment-page-1#comment-53 longbow820 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:26:55 +0000 http://fabiandoerfler.com/kayaking-and-a-very-close-experience-with-killer-whales-in-sooke-bc.html#comment-53 i was at the marina in august 2009 its so good i was at the marina in august 2009 its so good

]]> By: CopperheadTM http://fabiandoerfler.com/kayaking-and-a-very-close-experience-with-killer-whales-in-sooke-bc.html/comment-page-1#comment-52 CopperheadTM Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:38:24 +0000 http://fabiandoerfler.com/kayaking-and-a-very-close-experience-with-killer-whales-in-sooke-bc.html#comment-52 I do a lot extreme sports but I would be scared shitless in a situation like that. Wild animals freak me out, wild animals in open water really freak me out. I do a lot extreme sports but I would be scared shitless in a situation like that. Wild animals freak me out, wild animals in open water really freak me out.

]]> By: freethinker3161 http://fabiandoerfler.com/kayaking-and-a-very-close-experience-with-killer-whales-in-sooke-bc.html/comment-page-1#comment-51 freethinker3161 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:06:17 +0000 http://fabiandoerfler.com/kayaking-and-a-very-close-experience-with-killer-whales-in-sooke-bc.html#comment-51 that had to be so amazing . that had to be so amazing .

]]> By: temporarily4ever http://fabiandoerfler.com/kayaking-and-a-very-close-experience-with-killer-whales-in-sooke-bc.html/comment-page-1#comment-50 temporarily4ever Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:00:18 +0000 http://fabiandoerfler.com/kayaking-and-a-very-close-experience-with-killer-whales-in-sooke-bc.html#comment-50 dude id be freaking out screaming like a girl! "Oh, my god were surrounded! Let's get the F outta here" dude id be freaking out screaming like a girl!
“Oh, my god were surrounded! Let’s get the F outta here”

]]> By: bndlazar http://fabiandoerfler.com/kayaking-and-a-very-close-experience-with-killer-whales-in-sooke-bc.html/comment-page-1#comment-49 bndlazar Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:02:01 +0000 http://fabiandoerfler.com/kayaking-and-a-very-close-experience-with-killer-whales-in-sooke-bc.html#comment-49 WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW This is GREAT - you're very lucky to have had this experience (and to have lived to tell/show the tale!). Super cool, thanks for sharing. WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW
This is GREAT – you’re very lucky to have had this experience (and to have lived to tell/show the tale!). Super cool, thanks for sharing.

]]> By: WasszupG http://fabiandoerfler.com/kayaking-and-a-very-close-experience-with-killer-whales-in-sooke-bc.html/comment-page-1#comment-48 WasszupG Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:25:28 +0000 http://fabiandoerfler.com/kayaking-and-a-very-close-experience-with-killer-whales-in-sooke-bc.html#comment-48 have killer whalles ever been known to attack small boats or feed on people? cus I keep seeing vids like this and they just swim past them. have killer whalles ever been known to attack small boats or feed on people? cus I keep seeing vids like this and they just swim past them.

]]> By: DiscoverSooke http://fabiandoerfler.com/kayaking-and-a-very-close-experience-with-killer-whales-in-sooke-bc.html/comment-page-1#comment-47 DiscoverSooke Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:13:20 +0000 http://fabiandoerfler.com/kayaking-and-a-very-close-experience-with-killer-whales-in-sooke-bc.html#comment-47 I haven't heard of a killer whale attacking boats of any size, however I would think it's a safe bet that they would protect other members of the pod or young orca if they felt threatened and if that was the case, might do something. I've NEVER heard of an Orca intentionally attacking people. There are a couple of trainers I've heard that have been killed because the whale was "playing" with them, brought them to the bottom of the tank in their moutn and they've drowned. But they weren't upset. I haven’t heard of a killer whale attacking boats of any size, however I would think it’s a safe bet that they would protect other members of the pod or young orca if they felt threatened and if that was the case, might do something.

I’ve NEVER heard of an Orca intentionally attacking people. There are a couple of trainers I’ve heard that have been killed because the whale was “playing” with them, brought them to the bottom of the tank in their moutn and they’ve drowned. But they weren’t upset.

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