{"id":2403502,"date":"2025-02-17T17:21:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T22:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-modern-day-jonah-whale-gobbles-up-kayaker-on-video-then-spits-him-back-out-still-alive\/"},"modified":"2025-02-17T17:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T22:24:09","slug":"watch-modern-day-jonah-whale-gobbles-up-kayaker-on-video-then-spits-him-back-out-still-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-modern-day-jonah-whale-gobbles-up-kayaker-on-video-then-spits-him-back-out-still-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Modern Day Jonah &#8211; Whale Gobbles Up Kayaker on Video Then Spits Him Back Out Still Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-modern-day-jonah-whale-gobbles-up-kayaker-on-video-then-spits-him-back-out-still-alive%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2403502&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In an unusual incident that caught widespread \u2062attention on\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a>,a kayaker named Adri\u00e1n Simancas experienced a remarkable and alarming moment when he\u200c was momentarily\u2063 engulfed by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-fishing-restrictions-may-have-played-a-role-in-recent-shark-attack-spike\/\" title=\"NY Fishing Restrictions May Have Played A Role In Recent Shark Attack Spike\">humpback whale<\/a> while kayaking in the Strait\u200c of Magellan,chile,on February 8. Simancas, whose father was\u200c nearby and \u200brecorded the event,\u2062 found \u200bhimself inside the mouth of the whale for \u2063nearly three seconds before \u2063surfacing unharmed with his kayak. The footage shows Simancas paddling when the whale rose from below\u2064 and took him and his vessel in its \u2062mouth. <\/p>\n<p>His father can \u2063be heard\u200c urging,\u200b &#8220;Stay calm,&#8221; during the \u2063event. After\u2064 resurfacing,\u2062 Simancas expressed his fear\u2063 that he might have been swallowed whole, stating he thought he was dead at that \u2062moment. Fortunately, he managed to swim back\u200c to his father despite\u200c initial fears \u200cof hypothermia and the safety of his father. Experts note\u2064 that\u200d while humpback whales have enormous mouths, their esophagus is too \u200dsmall\u2062 to\u200b swallow a human, making such an encounter less risky than it might \u2064seem. Simancas \u2062returned to shore without injury, \u200band the video&#8217;s virality has contributed to \u200cdiscussions about the\u2064 surprising \u2064encounter \u2062with these majestic creatures.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">kayaker spent<\/a> nearly 3 seconds inside a whale, and although it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t come close to Jonah&rsquo;s three-day record, it likely felt just as long.<\/p>\n<p>Adri&aacute;n Simancas had been kayaking in Chile&rsquo;s Strait of Magellan on Feb. 8, when the incident happened, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/chile-kayaking-tourism-whale-b0cafde4b640326f20a9da28003d6c26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Simancas&rsquo;s father, little more than a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beluga-whale-believed-to-be-russian-spy-found-dead-off-coast-of-norway-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Beluga ... believed to be Russian spy found dead off coast of Norway - Washington Examiner\">whale&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s tail away, watched as his son disappeared into the whale&rsquo;s mouth.<\/p>\n<p>Video of the incident, which appears to be genuine, made a splash on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/look-back-facebooks-censorship-era\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: Kayaker gets &ldquo;eaten&rdquo; and spit out by a humpback whale off the coast of Chile.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Stay calm, stay calm,&rdquo; the man&rsquo;s father could be heard saying in the video.<\/p>\n<p>The man, Adri&aacute;n Simancas, says he thought the whale had swallowed him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When I came up and started floating, I was&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tu8FWuplIx\">pic.twitter.com\/tu8FWuplIx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1890226581617963319?\">February 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The video showed Simancas paddling along when a humpback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/court-rules-whale-wars-star-must-remain-detained-faces-possible-extradition-answer-violence-whaling-ship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">whale<\/a> emerged from the depths to consume both him and his craft.<\/p>\n<p>After vanishing for a few long seconds, Simancas bobbed back up to the surface with his yellow kayak in tow.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Stay calm, stay calm,&rdquo; Simancas&rsquo;s father, Dell, can be heard saying in Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>The whale&rsquo;s back is then seen breaching the surface before diving below.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I thought I was dead,&rdquo; Adri&aacute;n later told the Associated Press. &ldquo;I thought it had eaten me, that it had swallowed me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Wild video shows the moment a humpback whale off Chilean Patagonia briefly swallowed a kayaker&mdash;only to spit him back out moments later. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4AHl0uNnrP\">pic.twitter.com\/4AHl0uNnrP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WPLG Local 10 News (@WPLGLocal10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPLGLocal10\/status\/1890397166704664731?\">February 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Simancas said his &ldquo;terror&rdquo; peaked only after resurfacing, according to the AP.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When I came up and started floating, I was scared that something might happen to my father, too, that we wouldn&rsquo;t reach the shore in time, or that I would get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/friends-survive-rough-water-sharks-jellyfish-hypothermia-fishing-trip-goes-horribly-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hypothermia<\/a>,&rdquo; Simancas said.<\/p>\n<p>Simancas eventually swam to his father&rsquo;s kayak before returning safely to shore uninjured.<\/p>\n<p>Humpbacks, which belong to the baleen family of whales, can ingest tons of krill each day, according to the website <a href=\"https:\/\/whalescientists.com\/can-whales-eat-and-swallow-humans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whale Scientists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But despite having enormous mouths, their esophagus at rest is usually no bigger than a tennis ball.<\/p>\n<p>And although their esophagus can inflate by 30 percent, it&rsquo;s still anatomically impossible for them to swallow a person, according to the whale blog.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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On February 8, Adri\u00e1n Simancas was kayaking in Chile\u2019s Strait of Magellan when the event occurred, as reported by the Associated Press. His father was nearby and witnessed his son being engulfed by the whale. A video of the incident has gained attention on social media. In it, Simancas&#8217;s father can be heard urging him to &#8220;stay calm&#8221; as Adri\u00e1n believed he had been swallowed by the whale. After a few tense moments underwater, he resurfaced with his kayak intact and expressed his fear that something might happen to his father or that he could suffer from hypothermia before safely returning to shore without injury<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2403503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Whale-Swallowing-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50477,50532,7845,50531,50476],"class_list":["post-2403502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-kayaker","tag-sea-incident","tag-survival","tag-video-2","tag-whale-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Whale-Swallowing-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2403502"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2403506,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403502\/revisions\/2403506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2403503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2403502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2403502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2403502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}