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Kayakers get a large surprise

Aug 26, 2013

Imagine paddling around a bay and getting an amazing view of a humpback whale.  Not hundreds of feet away, but right next to you.

That's what happened to two people when they got the surprise of a lifetime:  a 80,000 pound humpback surfaced then dove under one woman's kayak.

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