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A pod of Southern Resident orca whales passed so close to the shore, bystanders along Galiano Island could have reached out and petted them.
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Hayden, a Galiano Island resident had gotten a phone call from a friend who gave her the heads up the pod of whales were heading through Active Pass. She ran out with her husband who took the video as whales breached right off the shore.
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