A dramatic video has surfaced online showing a humpback whale swallowing a kayaker before spitting him out off Chilean Patagonia. The man seen in the video reportedly escaped unhurt.
According to reports, 24-year-old Adrian Simancas was kayaking with his father, Dell Simancas, when the massive humpback whale suddenly emerged, ensnaring Adrian and his kayak in its mouth for a few seconds before releasing him.
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"Stay calm, stay calm," the man's father could be heard saying in the video.
The man, Adrián Simancas, says he thought the whale had swallowed him.
"When I came up and started floating, I was… pic.twitter.com/tu8FWuplIxAdrian's father, who was a few meters away from him, recorded the incident.
In the video, Dell can be heard asking his son to "grab the boat" after he resurfaces on the water.
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Adrian, who later shared his experience with CNN, stated that he briefly felt like he had been swallowed by the humpback.
"When I turned around, I felt on my face like a slimy texture; I saw colors like dark blue, white, something approaching from behind that closed… and sank me... At that moment, I thought there was nothing I could do, that I was going to die, I didn't know what it was," Adrian was quoted as saying.
After the incident, the father-son duo expressed that they would keep kayaking despite the incident.
Wildlife experts believe that Adrian wasn't swallowed by the humpback whale. They aren't known for targeting human-sized prey.
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