That seemingly amazing footage of the killer whale leaping into the air and inadvertently landing on a kayakers head sure is convincing and I have to admit that the first time I saw it, I thought it might be genuine. Somewhere along the lines I learned that it was in fact the product of a korean soft drink commercial... a sort of pepsi to the max kind of thing. Even though it isn't anything more than a krafty con job, it's still pretty cool to look at. Many kayakers have seen this video so a good deal of you know the footage in question. If you haven't seen it, click the 'read more' link below to check it out.
What some more of you might not have seen is the youtube clip that does a pretty good job of demonstrating that it is a fake and how it was done. That to is also available to check out by following the 'read more' link.
If you're somewhat curious to know what it would be like to have a close encounter with a killer whale from a kayak for real, I've also included a clip taken by some lucky kayakers in the San Juan Islands. Pretty amazing footage. Thankfully killer whales earned their reputation by killing animals such as seals, not humans!
