Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
63/100
Global News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Environment
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
Vancouver Island diver Carl Sorenson was on the lookout for octopus, a sight he encounters regularly, when he came across something very unexpected.
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he → encounter → something
“This shark was about five feet away and coming at me with its mouth open,” Sorenson told Global News.
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Sorenson → come → News
“I started screaming in my regulator and then I realized you got to get your camera on, so I hit record right away.”
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I → start → record
Sorenson managed to capture a massive bluntnose sixgill shark, getting close enough for it to bounce off his camera gear.
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it → manage → gear
He stayed with the shark for about three minutes before it made its way out to deeper water.
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it → stay → water
“It wasn’t on my bingo card that day,” he said.
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he → say → card
“I’ve got about 1,200 dives all around Vancouver Island and I have never seen a sixgill shark.
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I → get → shark
“It’s just a very rare thing for us to see here and that’s why it’s at the top of every diver’s bucket list.”
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it → ’ → list
The bluntnose sixgill shark is a large deep-water species and while they are not uncommon in B.C. waters, seeing them at a recreational diving depth is.
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seeing → see → depth
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earthquake → prompt → news
Sorenson said it may have come into the shallow waters at the Madrona Diving Site near Parksville to mate or to give birth.
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it → say → birth
He said they also could have come to find octopus, just like he was looking for.
uncertain
he → say → octopus
“Because they eat octopus and I was in an area with a lot of octopus, so maybe that was also a part of why it was there as well,” he added.
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he → eat → octopus
He was confident the shark wasn’t going to enjoy him as a snack.
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shark → go → snack
“When it came at me with its mouth open, it definitely wasn’t in an aggressive way,” he added.
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he → come → way
“It was very slow and gentle and moving methodically.”
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It → move → ?
Sorenson said the video he posted has received lots of excitement and comments online.
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he → say → excitement
“It’s going to be hard to top that for a while,” he said.
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he → go → while
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