Two whales swim alarmingly close to a canoe, and passenger promptly/understandably loses it

reply to post by gladtobehere


I was thinking the same thing about the dad... She kept asking "Is it going to hit us?" and he just ignores her.

WOW! You just don't know how touched I was to see this video. It's almost like I was there.. The emotion was absolutely priceless! I've always wanted to at least touch a whale or have this kind of moment with a whale.. I've forgotten this desire as a kid and as the whale approached the boat, I began to remember, then the emotion hit me. It was wonderful. What a lucky couple of humans...

Thanks for this!

S&F

That was amazing! Oh I wish I was there!

*cough* did anyone else see the second sun... Coming out of the water? Its a sign!

And when someone ends up getting killed by a....wait for it....KILLER whale, folks will be all, WTFBBQ????
How did this happen???
These same folks would never dream of walking up to a bear or moose or cat Etc. in the wild.
Even these beautiful creatures trained and in captivity have killed before.
I can't wait!

No way, absolutely no way you would get me in that boat. Me and deep water don't mix. I can swim and all but something like a whale swimming under me would freak me out.
I'd chum the waters by throwing up. I agree with another previous post. I don't have gills and webbed toes so I don't belong in the ocean. I know my place.

reply to post by ShotGunRum


if im the dad and my little one is scared i would do my best t o keep cool(even if i wasnt) if they see u panic than they may panic as well.

Originally posted by SLAYER69
reply to post by ShotGunRum

 

That was so awesome.

Mother nature rocks!

I would have loved to have been there. The Girl would have gone overboard [By Accident] though

For the record, I will never take you sailing, just for that.

reply to post by DocHolidaze


Well he could have at least said "We'll be alright"or something along those lines.

reply to post by g146541


Well whales usually don't randomly attack people, especially people in boats.

I just googled and cannot find any recorded attacks by humpback whales on humans.

If some stupid human dies from something like this then I won't be surprised.

Originally posted by ShotGunRum
reply to post by SilentKoala

 

Seeing as it could have did this onto her boat I don't think her freaking out was unwarranted.

Lol ... this one was even better.. the whale and the lady's reaction.

Originally posted by ShotGunRum
reply to post by DocHolidaze

 

Well he could have at least said "We'll be alright"or something along those lines.

He was probably crapping in his pants as well.

Originally posted by ShotGunRum
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edit on 12-12-2012 by ShotGunRum because: (no reason given)

reply to post by nOraKat


Watching that video again made me think if the story of Jonah is based off any reality, that's probably how it happened.

reply to post by ShotGunRum


well now that i think about it if i did take my little ones out into a deathtrap called the ocean(which i wouldn't) im usually pretty blunt and honest with my kids, if i WAS able to speak in that situation i would probley say "well there is nothing we can do about now, right?