A FATHER has captured the terrifying moment his son was swallowed whole by a 50,000lb humpback whale before being spat out. The shocking event took place in February 2025 off the coast of Punta

When Adrian Simancas climbed into his kayak to paddle through the Strait of Magellan, the kayaker didn't expect to end up inside a humpback whale's mouth.

A young Venezuelan packrafter briefly became a modern-day Jonah when a humpback whale gulped him up in its jaws and closed its giant mouth.

Kayaker Adrián Simancas describes what it was like being swallowed briefly by a humpback whale off the coast of Chile.

A kayaker is lucky to be alive after being swallowed by a humpback whale off the coast of Chilean Patagonia and getting spit out by the leviathan.

"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.”

A kayaker off the Chilean Patagonia had a very close encounter with a humpback whale. On Feb. 9, Adrian Simancas, 24, was kayaking with his father, Dell Simancas, in the Bahía El Águila area of Chile, near the San Isidro Lighthouse in the Strait of Magellan, when the pair spotted a whale. The whale then briefly “gulped” up Adrian and his kayak.

Talk about catch of the day. A kayaker had a close encounter with a humpback whale when he was briefly swallowed before being quickly released. The incident, caught on camera, quickly spread across the internet.