Seal attacks kayakers

This story of a crazed seal has been all over the news here in the Broughton Archipelago. We are somewhat late in posting it because we haven’t had cell or WiFi for some time, but we wanted to make sure we make note of this wonderfully strange story.

Kayakers beware. BC Parks has issued a warning about an aggressive seal that has attacked a number of people paddling in the Broughton Archipelago.

The harbour seal reportedly attacked a group of kayakers near the vicinity of Canoe Islets, west of Cedar Island, earlier this week.

“Though harbour seal attacks do occur, this is not seen as typical behaviour, but does happen from time to time,” BC Parks said on its website.

The group of four was paddling out of a passage through the Canoe Islets when a seal jumped up on to one man’s kayak, according to Jan Whitehead.

“It grabbed him under the armpit and bit into him trying to pull him out of his kayak,” she wrote. “He fended him off but the seal was on his kayak and capsized it.” 

Afraid it would bite him again or try to drown him, the kayaker kicked at the seal, and it seemed to leave.

But it then approached another kayaker, lunging at her and biting her on the arm and hand.

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