Just a fluke: whale spits out kayaker in incident captured on camera

<p>‘I thought I was dead,’ said the kayaker, who was let go by humpback off the Chilean coast after a few seconds</p><p>A humpback <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/whales">whale</a> briefly scooped a kayaker into its mouth off the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/chile">Chilean</a> Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed in an incident caught on camera.</p><p>Last Saturday, Adrián Simancas was kayaking with his father, Dell, in Bahía El Águila near the San Isidro lighthouse in the Strait of Magellan when a humpback whale surfaced, engulfing Adrián and his yellow kayak for a few seconds before letting him go.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/13/whale-swallows-kayaker-chile">Continue reading...</a>