Seal escapes killer bite

One seal's epic story of escape is going viral.

B.C. resident Kirk Fraser was out on his boat with family in Powell River when they witnessed a pod of 12 killer whales chasing a seal.

In a desperate attempt to avoid becoming lunch, the seal sped towards their boat and scrambled on board.

Both the seal and humans were nervous at first, but quickly got used to each other and hung out for nearly 45 minutes waiting for the whales to give up.

A one point, a person on the boat jokes about pushing the seal into the water for the whales, while another on the boat cheers: “That guy deserves to live!"

After the whales take off, the seal slips back into the water with cheers of survival from those on the boat.

“It fell off three times in panic and finally stayed on until the whales gave up after about 30-45 minutes,” wrote Fraser on YouTube.

“Most intense epic experience ever. Love you, Nature. What a lucky seal.”