Jumpin’ Jack Flash: Orca makes movie-myth-busting leap in B.C. waters

The recent sound of cannon fire echoing across the Strait of Juan de Fuca near the Canada-U.S. border was not a sign of the times, but the thunderous breach of a 12,000-pound apex predator.
South of Victoria, a Bigg’s killer whale known as Jack (T137A) was caught on camera Aug. 20 launching himself repeatedly from the water, leaving boaters in the area speechless.
“It sounded like a cannon had gone off when he hit the water,” said Alex McIntire, a research and education assista