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Orcas sink $128K yacht in Mediterranean attack: 'Like watching wolves hunt'

“I have a feeling that this group are boat sinkers — I think they knew what they were doing, I’m sure of it.”

Robert Powell / SWNSIt took an hour and a half until the hull finally buckled beneath the whales’ pressure and split, causing water to gush into the main living area of the Bonhomme William. Robert Powell / SWNSPowell — who lost his birthday trip and his ritzy boat — said he tried everything from dropping firecrackers in the water and turning off the engine to deter the attack, but the pod was determined. The former boat owner believes the pod — which included two juveniles — could be the same group responsible for terrorizing other skippers in European waters in recent years.

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