Oak Harbor Mayor Scott Dudley expects to have his voice back by the time the Seahawks play in the Super Bowl Feb. 1.

Dudley was at the game Sunday with his son, whom he flew in from Los Angeles.

“We never imagined in our wildest dreams it would end up like this,” Dudley said.

He’s not alone. Seattle Seahawks fans across Whidbey Island — and the entire Northwest — are still reeling over the team’s epic comeback in Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers.

Scenes of noisy jubilation played out in homes, restaurants, bars and other gathering places across the island in the final minutes of the game.

Ron Wallin, owner of P&L General Contractors and mind behind the Seahawks-themed Fanbulance raffle, said he couldn’t breathe for the last few minutes of the game.

“I was thinking of checking myself into the cardiac rehab with three minutes left in the game,” Wallin said.

“Everything had to have been in line for that to happen. You couldn’t have written a script for that,” he added.

Wallin watched the game from his house, which is lit up with green and blue lights, he said.

Oak Harbor City Councilman Rick Almberg watched from home in a room packed with family and friends. At a bleak moment, a friend told him that “it would take a miracle.” And then that miracle happened.

“I hugged everyone in the room about three times,” he said. “Maybe more.”

John Youngsman Jr. watched the game at Louie-G’s in Oak Harbor, where he’s the manager. Youngsman, part of the Whidbey 12th Fan club, said the turning point of the game was the fake field goal.

Katelin Youngsman, John Youngsman’s daughter, said, “You gotta risk it to get the biscuit.”

But John Youngsman said as much as they love the Seahawks, they weren’t sure the team was going to win.

He said everyone was screaming.

“We were exhausted, crying,” Youngsman said. “I’m not afraid to say I cried.”

He said when the win was official, he got up and yelled, “Russell Wilson is a champion.”

Youngsman’s father, John Sr., is in remission from cancer. He got his sons into the Seahawks and watched the game with them Sunday.

John Youngsman Jr. said he was already crying when he saw Russell Wilson crying on TV after the Seahawks had won.

“It was a pretty poignant moment for us,” Youngsman said.

He said he’ll remember the game forever.

Jason Tritt, owner of Flyer’s and Rustica restaurants in Oak Harbor, watched the game with a joyous crowd at Flyers. He said the Seahawks are “a team of destiny.”

“We were supposed to be there,” Tritt said. “For whatever reasons, however all that works, it seems like it was meant to be somehow, someway.”

Sue Karahalios, whose adult children were at the game, was at home babysitting her 10-month-old grandson. He fell asleep with about five minutes left in the game, Karahalios said.

“I had to remain calm,” she said.

She said she was rocking her grandson in a chair and would rock a little faster as the Seahawks started to come back.

Then as overtime was finishing, her grandson woke up.

“He knows how to ‘yay,’” Karahalios said. “He started to ‘yay.’”

Scott Fraser, owner of Frasers Gourmet Hideaway in Oak Harbor, was lucky enough to be at the game.

“It felt so right when we got the coin toss,” Fraser said.

Fraser said he didn’t leave early as many fans did.

“With Seattle, there’s always a chance. If we got the ball back, there was a chance.”

As for the mayor, he’s headed to the Super Bowl for the second time in as many years. Like most Seahawks fans, he likes the team’s chances.

“I think we’re going to be happy with the end result,” Dudley said. “They’ve got so much heart. I wouldn’t bet against us. This team has something that you can’t really measure with stats. That’s heart. And commitment.”