Beach-goers in Nanaimo got to share the waters of Departure Bay with a pod of orcas this past weekend.

Lori Jones, a resident of the area, said the orcas spent more than an hour and a half in the bay Saturday night, feeding on a seal. More and more people gathered at the beach to look, and by the end there were hundreds watching the BiggB次元官网网址檚 killer whales B次元官网网址減ut on quite a show,B次元官网网址� people ooh-ing and ahh-ing as they might do if they were watching a fireworks display.

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