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

Adrian Simancas was sure he was going to die during the ordeal. "I thought I was done for, that I was dead. It was like three strange seconds down there," he said.

The first thing kayaker Adrián Simancas noticed after he was eaten by a whale was the slime. "I spent a second realising I was inside the mouth of something, that maybe it had eaten me, that it could ...

A humpback whale swallowed a kayaker whole off the coast of Chile, a video has shown. Adrián Simancas, 24, was kayaking with his father, Dell Simancas, when the whale surfaced, trapping the young ...

Now to a whale of a tale, a literal whale. It resembles the biblical Jonah or young Pinocchio, except no lies here. This really happened. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Father and son Dall and Adrian Simancas ...

Now to a whale of a tale, a literal whale. It resembles the biblical Jonah or young Pinocchio, except no lies here. This really happened. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Father and son Dall and Adrian Simancas ...

A humpback whale engulfs kayaker Adrian Simancas off Chilean Patagonia before releasing him unharmed, Feb. 8, 2025. Dell Simancas, the kayaker's father, captured the moment on camera. (Dell ...

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, swallowing Adrián ...

A screenshot of a video from the Associated Press shows Adrián Simancas kayaking in the Strait of Magellan, moments before a whale surfaced and briefly engulfed him.