Talk about a close call. A humpback whale swallowed a Chilean kayaker whole before miraculously spitting the man out without harming him—a chilling encounter that was caught on camera. Adrián Simancas ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A huge humpback whale briefly scooped a kayaker in its mouth in the seas off the coast of southern Chile before spitting him out unscathed in a dramatic incident caught on camera.

Call him Adrián, who was swallowed by a whale and lived to tell the tale. In a new interview, Adrián described what it was like being scooped up inside the creature's mouth, nothing that he didn't ...

Adrián Simancas compared the incident to Geppetto and Pinocchio’s escape from the mouth of a whale in the classic tale A 24-year-old man who was briefly swallowed by a humpback whale is getting candid ...

The ocean can be a terrifying place. 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 ...

Adrian Simancas was only in a whale's mouth for around a second but it felt like much, much longer. On a kayaking trip with his father in the Strait of Magellan off southern Chile to celebrate his ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. A father and son paddling off the coast of Chile last weekend ...

A kayaker in the Strait of Magellan off the coast of Chile was knocked off his inflatable vessel by a humpback whale, which swallowed him whole. Adrian Simancas managed to get out of the whale’s mouth ...