Posted on 02/14/2025 12:16:07 AM PST by nickcarraway
Astonishing footage captured the moment a kayaker was swallowed whole by a humpback whale off Chilean Patagonia for a few seconds — before he was miraculously spit back out. Adrian Simancas was kayaking in the Strait of Magellan in Bahía El Águila last Saturday when the beast emerged from the water and easily devoured the young man and his yellow kayak, according to video incidentally captured by his father, Dell, who was trailing behind.
“I thought it had already eaten me and swallowed me,” he told the Associated Press.“ Yes, at first I thought I had died,” Adrian added. “It was like, of course, a lot of terror because I thought no, no, there was nothing I can do.”
After he was freed from the whale’s mouth, his father can be heard telling his son to stay calm. But a new fear quickly emerged. “When I came up and started floating, I was scared that something might happen to my father too, that we wouldn’t reach the shore in time, or that I would get hypothermia,” Adrián said. He was seen on video swimming in the frigid water over to his father’s kayak and the two were able to safely make it to shore.
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A real-life sushi experience!
“I thought it had already eaten me and swallowed me,” he told the Associated Press.“ Yes, at first I thought I had died,” Adrian added. “It was like, of course, a lot of terror because I thought no, no, there was nothing I can do.”
Looks like a case of see man cuss. Maybe runs in the family.
After he was freed from the whale’s mouth, his father can be heard telling his son to stay calm. But a new fear quickly emerged. “When I came up and started floating, I was scared that something might happen to my father too, that we wouldn’t reach the shore in time, or that I would get hypothermia,” Adrián said. He was seen on video swimming in the frigid water over to his father’s kayak and the two were able to safely make it to shore.
If anyone knows a thing or two about spoutin' off...
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Yup, and thanks for reminding me to get some tarter sauce and lemons- i wou,da forgot to get em, and woulda had to go back to store lol
Get Malt Vinegar too!!
Never had that- if I can find it ill give it a try!
Good thing it wasn’t a Titleist! ⛳ 🏌️🏌️♀️🏌️♂️
Is anyone here a Marine Biologist??!!
It’s very good IMHO
It should be with the regular vinegar
Both GREAT on canned spinach
Lol .
Btt!
canned spinach, white vinegar, salt, pepper and hot sauce splashed around
Yup. From what I recall reading, he was never right in the head after that and his skin was permanently bleached. He ended up committing suicide.
Ah sounds good- love spinach, with loads of black pepper
A whale of a time!
Okay, TLC.
Have no fear! Any later and you’ll be early! BTW, is anyone a marine biologist?
Never slather your self in BBQ sauce.
Very good!
Divers in black wet suits on the surface can easily
be mistaken for seals.
so can kyakers.
They will spit you out but you will not
always escape un-harmed.
Seals aren't on the the humpback's menu. They feed on krill up to smaller fish like mackerel. Maybe it mistook the kayaker for an orca or shark and was just trying to defend itself?
That is interesting, but I have seen Videos of Orcas tossing seals all around like they were toys.
I have a Dog that killed all my chickens,
she wasn’t malevolent but was playing!
She is a 140 pound Great Dane.
Never tried to eat one of them just gave me her disappointed look as to why they quit moving.
We are fixing the chicken coop so no more free range chickens.
Perhaps the Orca is just playing?
Maybe someone will an article from a whale expert explaining what was going on. I looked around and haven’t seen anything yet..
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