A kayaker survived being swallowed up by a humpback whale.
Adrian Simancas was off the coast of Chile, in the Strait of Magellan, when it surfaced and gobbled up his yellow boat. His father, who was nearby in another kayak, caught the incident on camera.
Adrian thought he “was dead. I thought it had eaten me, that it had swallowed me.”
Luckily, the whale released him after a few seconds and the camera captured his father telling him “stay calm, stay calm”. The 24-year-old kayaker said he was still worried he could die in the freezing waters.
The father and son both managed to get to shore safely.
A terrifying incident caught on camera shows the moment a kayaker off the Chilean coast was swallowed by a humpback whale before being released unharmed. https://t.co/kaYSCeob5R pic.twitter.com/NLa4bj69Pn
— ABC News (@ABC) February 13, 2025
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