“When its mouth closed around me and pulled ... We were reaching the end of the bay when the whale appeared,” he said. “I didn’t see any schools of fish or any type of strange movements.

A humpback whale briefly engulfed a kayaker off the coast of Chile in an incident caught on camera. Experts say it couldn't have swallowed him even if it wanted to.

I remembered about Pinocchio," he said, referring to the 1940 animated film, which sees its hero swallowed by a giant sperm whale named Monstro. "It was surprising. I wasn't expecting that at all." ...

Adrián Simancas compared the incident to Geppetto and Pinocchio’s escape from the mouth of a whale in the classic ... After the sea creature "shut down" its mouth on the kayaker, it "took ...

Julie McSorley and Liz Cottriel were not swallowed by the whale but were briefly in its mouth. "Because we had our life jackets on, as soon as the whale let us out of its mouth, we popped up to ...

Adrián Simancas was kayaking in the waters off Chilean Patagonia when the whale momentarily swallowed him A kayaker is speaking out after he briefly found himself inside the mouth of a whale.

Wildlife scientist Vanessa Pirotta said the humpback whale was likely lunge-feeding on krill or fish at the time, and the kayaker was in its way. “The gentleman happened to be very close to the ...

In footage captured by his dad Dell, the whale caught Adrián in its mouth and took him below the surface for a few seconds before he miraculously emerged unharmed. “At first I thought I had ...

Feb. 14 (UPI) --A 24-year-old kayaker in Chile was briefly swallowed, and subsequently regurgitated, by a humpback whale in an unusual encounter his father caught on camera. Adrián Simancas ...

Japan ended its annual whale hunt in Antarctica early following clashes between its fleet and protesters, Agriculture Minister Michihiko Kano said. The government made the decision “to secure ...

Additionally, researchers noted that whale J35 was no longer carrying the carcass of her deceased calf, J61. As the encounter progressed, the whales began to move offshore near the south end of ...