Whale swallowed Kayaker and spat it – and everything was recorded in the video, “I thought I was dead”
The humpback whale briefly swallowed Kayak from the Chilean Patagonia before he quickly released him unharmed. Incident, caught on cameraHe quickly became viral.
Last Saturday, Adrián Simancas was repenting with his father Dell, in Bahíja El águil near the lighthouse of San Isidro in Magellan’s strait, when a humpback whale appeared, affecting Adrián and his yellow kayak before letting him go.
Dell, just meters away, recorded a moment on the video, encouraging his son to stay calm.
“Stay calm, stay calm,” one can hear him say after his son was released from the mouth of the whale.
“I thought I was dead,” Adrián told Associated Press. “I thought it was eating me, to swallow me.”
He described “Teror” in those few seconds and explained that his true fear was set only after re -appearing, fearing that a huge animal would hurt his father or that he would collapse in cold waters.
Dell Simancas via AP
Despite the terrifying experience, Dell remained focused, filmed and assured his son as he grabbed his own care.
“When I came and started floating, I was scared that something could happen to my father, if we would not get to the shore on time or to get a hypothermia,” Adrián said.
After a few seconds in the water, Adrián managed to reach his father’s kayak and quickly helped him. Despite the intimidation, they both returned to the shore unharmed.
Dell Simancas via AP
Located about 1,600 miles south of Santiago, the capital of Chile, the Magella Strait is the main tourist attraction in the Chilean Patagonia, known for its adventurous activities.
His cold waters are a challenge to sailors, swimmers and researchers trying to cross him in different ways.
Although summer is on the southern hemisphere, temperatures in the region are left cold, with a minimum drop to 39 degrees Pharenhait and highly greater than 68 degrees Farenheit.
Dell Simancas via AP
While whale attacks on people are extremely rare in Chilean waters, Death of whales from collision with cargo ships They have increased in recent years, and the strings have become a repetitive question in the last decade.
Last year, amazing video He grabbed the moment when Kitov covered the boat by Tuesday by the coast of New Hampshire, sending two men flying to the Ocean, CBS Boston reported. Two teenagers nearby, one who recorded a video came into their immediate rescue.
In 2020, two women threw out from kayak from a hunchbacked whale near the coast of the Avila Beach in California. Julie McSorley and Liz Cottrie did not swallow the whale but were briefly in the mouth.
“Since we had rescue vests, as soon as the whale let us out of his mouth, we used to the surface,” McSorley said slate 2023. “Until then, I saw nothing.”
