By Molly Goddard
1:38pm PST, Feb 14, 2025
One man had a very unique experience while kayaking.
In a wild moment caught on camera, Adrian Simancas was swallowed whole and spit back out by a massive humpback whale during his time out on the water in the Strait of Magellan in Bahía El Águila.
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In a wild moment caught on camera, Adrian Simancas was swallowed whole and spit back out by a massive humpback whale during his time out on the water in the Strait of Magellan in Bahía El Águila.
Join us to hear the adventurer recount the harrowing experience of being consumed by the animal…
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After finding himself inside the sea creature, Simancas told the BBC he felt something "hit me from behind, closing in on me and sinking me."
"I closed my eyes, and when I opened them again, I realized I was inside the whale's mouth," he candidly admitted. "I felt a slimy texture brush my face. I wondered what I could do if it had swallowed me since I could no longer fight to stop it. I had to think about what to do next."
As he panicked, Simancas made the realization he was alive and hadn't been killed. "I was a little afraid of whether I would be able to hold my breath because I didn't know how deep I was and I felt like it took me a long time to come up," he pointed out.
"I went up for two seconds, and finally I got to the surface and realized that it hadn't eaten me," the outdoorsman noted.
"I went up for two seconds, and finally I got to the surface and realized that it hadn't eaten me," the outdoorsman noted.
"I thought it had already eaten me and swallowed me," he told the Associated Press about the experience.
"Yes, at first I thought I had died," Simancas continued. "It was like, of course, a lot of terror because I thought no, no, there was nothing I can do."
"Yes, at first I thought I had died," Simancas continued. "It was like, of course, a lot of terror because I thought no, no, there was nothing I can do."
Simancas' father was on hand during the terrifying incident, pleading with him to stay calm as he brought him to safety. "When I came up and started floating, I was scared that something might happen to my father too, that we wouldn't reach the shore in time, or that I would get hypothermia," he recalled to AP.
Luckily, Simancas and his parent made it out of the treacherous situation alive and well!
Luckily, Simancas and his parent made it out of the treacherous situation alive and well!