Orcas wow beachgoers with extremely close encounter | The Moment

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Orcas wow beachgoers with extremely close encounter | The Moment. (2026, August 18). CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7310517?cmp=rss

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A woman named Stephanie Morris had a close encounter with a family of orcas while at Bella Bella beach on Fox Island in Washington state. According to Morris, the orcas swam very close to shore. No specific numbers or details about the encounter are provided. The article appears to be a first-person account of this incident as reported by Morris to The National.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-08-18, using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the same event (that is the story summary below).

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Story summary

Stephanie Morris, a beachgoer at Bella Bella beach on Fox Island in Washington, had a close encounter with a family of orcas (three individuals). The orcas swam extremely close to the shore, and Morris witnessed this rare sighting. This encounter was described as "extremely close" by Morris herself.

Written for “Orcas Surprise Beach Visit” on 2026-10-17, grounded in this article and the 0 other(s) covering the same event.

Story

📰 Orcas Surprise Beach Visit
Environment · 1 article(s) covering the same event.

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0 of 1 hedged ("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Who wrote this

No reporter is named on this article.

Topics

Fox Island The National Wash.

Subjects

Fox Island GPE · 1× Stephanie Morris PERSON · 1× The National ORG · 1× Wash. GPE · 1×

Narrative

Stephanie Morris tells The National about the moment she had an extremely close encounter with a family of orcas that swam by just off Bella Bella beach on Fox Island, Wash.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-08-18
2026-08-18 · CBC News
Orcas wow beachgoers with extremely close encounter | The Moment · assertive framing

Claims (1 extracted, 0 hedged)

Stephanie Morris tells The National about the moment she had an extremely close encounter with a family of orcas that swam by just off Bella Bella beach on Fox Island, Wash. asserted
that → tell → Island
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