Adrian Simancas, 23, and his father Dall, 49, were packrafting through the Strait of Magellan between Tierra del Fuego and mainland South America. Dall, who’d been filming the waves, ...

Adrián Simancas , a 24-year-old kayaker in Chile, detailed what it was like to be in the mouth of a humpback whale as his father captured the jarring encounter on video on Feb. 8.

Kayaker Adrian Simancas after being briefly swallowed by a humpback whale off Chilean Patagonia, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. Dell Simancas via AP ...

Video shows the death-defying and terrifying moment from last Saturday, when Adrián Simancas was kayaking with his father, Dell, in Bahía El Águila near the San Isidro Lighthouse in the Strait ...

Adrián Simancas, who had never seen a whale before last weekend, said he harbored no resentments. “If it happens again, I hope it isn’t quite so close up,” he said.

Adrián Simancas is the lucky survivor. He was shaken up by the encounter from last weekend, telling the Associated Press he at one point feared he was dead.

Adrián Simancas was with his dad, Dell, in the Strait of Magellan, a tourist attraction in Chilean Patagonia, on Saturday, Feb. 8, when he suddenly found himself inside the mouth of the humpback ...

That thought became a reality on Feb. 8 when kayaker Adrián Simancas was paddling off the coast of Chile and a humpback whale suddenly breached the surface and swallowed him whole.

Adrián Simancas was kayaking in the Strait of Magellan in southern Chile on Saturday when the whale suddenly surfaced and engulfed him, according to the Associated Press.

So unlike his fictional wooden counterpart, Adrian Simancas was never in the belly of whale. CHANG: Which was a relief - but I'm guessing he would have wanted to skip being inside the whale's ...

As previously reported, Adrián Simancas and his father, Dell, were kayaking in the Strait of Magellan in Chile's Patagonia ...