
A kayaker in Chilean Patagonia had a terrifying close encounter with a humpback whale that briefly swallowed him—before quickly releasing him unharmed.
Adrián Simancas was kayaking with his father, Dell, in Bahía El Águila near the San Isidro Lighthouse in the Strait of Magellan last Saturday when a massive humpback whale suddenly surfaced and engulfed him and his yellow kayak, AP News reported. The whale released him within seconds, but not before his father, just meters away, filmed the shocking moment.