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WATCH: TikTok video of woman digging for geoduck in WA goes viral
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Generate Key Takeaways QUILCENE, Wash. - A woman's deep dedication to digging out a geoduck in Quilcene, Washington is going viral on social media. By the numbers The video, posted by TikTok user @xchellesbellesx on Memorial Day, has racked up more than 100,000 likes on the platform and is giving the social media community a glimpse of the work it takes to dig up one of the Pacific Northwest's unique seafood delicacies. With the tide coming in, and her body submerged in the geoduck gun, many on social media initially thought the woman was in danger. FOX 13 reached out to the people featured in the video to hear their side of the story. Michelle Weaver, the woman who captured the moment on camera, said when hunting geoducks, it's important to stay still and keep an eye out for spurts of water shooting out of the sand. After spotting one, Amber Fauci dove in for the grab – and as soon as she got hold of it, it spurted sandy saltwater straight into her mouth. (@xchellesbellesx via TikTok) What they're saying "So we dug out quite a bit of sand first, and you get to that point where you gotta reach deeper. And I'm short. I am five-foot-one, so I don't have really long arms, so I'm in there, and I saw that opportunity," said Amber. "Anybody who's gotten their feet stuck [in the sand] knows how far it suctions you down." Amber grew up in Arizona, and this was her first time geoducking. She said she's raised three boys, so she's not afraid of getting her hands dirty. "So I'm sitting there trying to pull myself up from the sand, and that's the struggle everybody thought was—'oh my gosh, she's stuck,'" she said. "I wasn't stuck, but I knew the tide was coming up, and that's when I decided to come up. It was when the tide hit my nose. I didn't feel like holding my breath, so that was when I started struggling to come up." Tyler Weaver eventually plucked out the geoduck toward the end of the video, but said Amber had already done 90% of the work by then. The backstory Tyler, who is also a former geoduck diver, said they can dig about three to four feet deep and that you have to move quickly before they get away. He said he used what he called a "geoduck gun" that had been passed down through three generations of his family. Similar devices are used by geoduck and clam fishermen, but Michelle describes this one as more of a 'glorified soup pot that has no bottom, that clearly can fit an entire human in it.' "That helps from the water – from the tide coming in, or the sand falling in while you're trying to dig, because there's nothing like digging and then a whole pile of sand lands right where you just dug," Michelle said jokingly. The group said after their successful dig, they celebrated with some clam and geoduck chowder. Now, they have a viral memory to look back on, one that's still making waves on TikTok as it continues to rack up views and likes. The Source Information in this story comes from an original FOX 13 interview. MORE NEWS FROM FOX 13 SEATTLE Wenatchee dad, 3 young girls unreachable, missing person alert activated 'Shut your legs' comment, rating female staff: Snoqualmie Police Chief fired after probe DOJ to announce drug trafficking arrests in Seattle Washington state named 'sanctuary jurisdiction' by Trump admin, 35 of 39 counties listed Motorcyclist speaks out after arrest made in Auburn, WA hit-and-run nearly 2 years ago WA beekeeper working to save millions of bees involved in crash in Whatcom County FBI scrutiny puts pressure on Seattle mayor after protest clash To get the best local news, weather and sports in Seattle for free, sign up for the daily FOX Seattle Newsletter. Download the free FOX LOCAL app for mobile in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store for live Seattle news, top stories, weather updates and more local and national news.
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23-05-2025
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Washington state school district votes to keep biological males out of girls sports despite state pushback
A school district in a state with a Democratic governor has voted to keep biological boys out of girls sports. The Quilcene School District in Washington voted 3-2 to keep sports competition based on athletes' birth gender. The ruling defies a policy by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA), enacted in 2007, that allows transgender students to participate based on their gender identity. According to Fox 13, board member Ron Frantz said "Title IX is the law," and sports should be kept based on birth gender. But another member, Vivian Kuehl, said it is "immoral" to keep transgender females out of girls and women's sports, according to The Seattle Times. The vote was taken May 7. The state's governor, Bob Ferguson, defeated Republican nominee Dave Reichert in November. The state has not had a Republican governor since John Spellman, from 1981 to 1985. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in February to keep biological boys out of girls and women's sports, but Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal said the order defies state law. "State law prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity, and we will not back down from that," Reykdal said at the time. Later that month, Reykdal said it would be "inaccurate" to say there are only two genders. Bills that would prohibit transgender athletes from participating in girls and women's sports have been introduced in the state but have not passed. However, the issue became so concerning for residents that the WIAA announced a proposal in December to create a separate open division for transgender athletes to compete in. In May, a trans athlete competed in a girls cross-country championship and won. The athlete won the 400-meter heat race in the girls division with a time of 55.59 seconds. The second-place runner finished in 58.83 seconds. In the finals, the trans athlete won with a time of 55.75 seconds, a full second ahead of the second-place runner who finished in 56.75. In February, a civil rights complaint was filed with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights on behalf of a teenage girl in Washington state who was allegedly punished for refusing to play a basketball game against a trans athlete. The complaint said the Tumwater School District in Washington is investigating 15-year-old Frances Staudt for "misgendering" the opponent and violating the district's policies against bullying and harassment. Several other states have defied Trump's executive order on the issue, resulting in Maine temporarily losing federal funding. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
