A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker off Chilean Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed. The incident, caught on camera, quickly went viral. Last Saturday, Adrián Simancas was ...

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Simancas managed to grab onto the boat and swim it over to his dad, who paddled them to safety. As he reflected on his experience, he guessed the whale didn't mean him any harm.

Mr. Simancas, 23, and his father, Dell, had been packrafting — they emphasized that they were using portable, inflatable craft and not kayaks — near the San Isidro Lighthouse and Bahía El ...

Simancas is seen paddling in the water, while his dad, Dell, looks on and record him. That's when the whale breaches the water -- seemingly out of nowhere -- and gulps up Simancas.

The kayaker, Adrian Simancas, was out with his father last weekend in the seas off the town of Punta Arenas, when the whale surfaced and scooped him up in his mouth.

Adrián Simancas , a 24-year-old kayaker in Chile, detailed what it was like to be in the mouth of a humpback whale as his father captured the jarring encounter on video on Feb. 8.

Simancas, however, forgave the whale and found the whole thing inspiring. No shade to the bible, but that seems like the healthier approach. Mira Fox is a reporter at the Forward.

Simancas' father, Dell, caught the whole incident on video before assisting his son out of the water. The pair returned to shore unharmed, AP reported.

Who is kayaker Adrián Simancas? On February 8, 2025, Adrian Simancas, 24, was kayaking off the coast of Punta Arenas when he was swallowed whole and spat out by a 50ft humpback whale.

Adrian Simancas, 24, was paddling off the coast of the Patagonian city of Punta Arenas on Saturday with his father when the huge whale leapt out of the water, ...

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