Kayaker’s Near-Death Nightmare Caught on Video [WATCH]

For one kayaker off the coast of Chile, an ordinary day on the water turned into a nightmare scenario that most people wouldn’t believe unless they saw it with their own eyes.

As reported by Fox News, last week, Adrián Simancas found himself inside the mouth of a humpback whale, swallowed whole before miraculously escaping unscathed.

The jaw-dropping moment, which was captured on video, unfolded near Bahía El Águila by the San Isidro Lighthouse in the Strait of Magellan—an area known for its breathtaking scenery and challenging waters.

Simancas was kayaking alongside his father, Dell, when the massive creature emerged from the depths with its mouth wide open, engulfing him and his inflatable kayak in one gulp.

In the footage, the humpback rolls across the surface before diving back down, leaving no sign of Simancas—until he and his kayak bob back up, miraculously free from the whale’s grasp. The video also captured his father’s voice, urging him to remain calm during the harrowing ordeal.

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“Stay calm, stay calm,” Dell can be heard saying in Spanish as his son resurfaced, no doubt in complete shock.

NEW: Kayaker gets “eaten” and spit out by a humpback whale off the coast of Chile.

“Stay calm, stay calm,” the man’s father could be heard saying in the video.

The man, Adrián Simancas, says he thought the whale had swallowed him.

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Simancas later described the horrifying seconds inside the whale’s mouth, admitting he thought his life was over.

“I thought I was dead. I thought it had eaten me, that it had swallowed me.”

The fear didn’t end there. After escaping, he panicked at the thought that his father might also be in danger or that he wouldn’t make it back to shore in time.

“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 recounted.

Fortunately, he reached his father’s kayak, and both managed to paddle back to shore without any injuries—aside from what was likely the scare of a lifetime.

The Strait of Magellan, about 1,600 miles south of Santiago, Chile, is a major destination for adventurers drawn to its rugged beauty and frigid waters.

Those waters, however, can pose serious risks for those who dare to navigate them. While incidents like this one are almost unheard of, whale collisions with massive cargo ships have increased over the years, leading to more whale strandings along the coast.

Simancas took “close encounter with nature” to a terrifying new level.