'Majestic' pod of playful orcas captivate Gulf Islands residents as reported sightings on the rise

A British Columbia man who almost skipped his usual walk was rewarded with a "majestic" spectacle when he spotted a pod of frolicking orca whales off the coast of Galiano Island on Tuesday.

Douglas Thistle-Walker says he walks the 45-minute loop through Bluffs Park — on Galiano's southern tip — almost daily, but after a particularly difficult week, he had to talk himself into going that afternoon.

Now he's glad he did.

"I just happened to hear the sound of the whales and I was just in the great viewpoint of being able to see them putting on that show," he told CBC News from his home on the Southern Gulf Island, about 60 kilometres southwest of Vancouver.

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There is video, it is spectacular, imo.