A packrafter had a lucky escape earlier this week after up in the jaws of a whale. Adrian Simancas, 23, was through the icy waters of Patagonia, Chile, when an enormous humpback whale from the deep and him and his inflatable raft in its mouth. Luckily for Mr Simancas, the esophagus of a humpback can only to a diameter of 40 cm, and is ordinarily the width of a human fist. No sooner Simancas been up by the humpback than he was out into the choppy Southern Ocean. Simancas' father the whole horrifying incident on video. He said: "Suddenly, I saw Adrian emerge from the waves, along with what like a gigantic animal."
Mr Simancas his terrifying ordeal to journalists back on dry land. He said: "I felt something me from behind. All this happened in a second. Something dark blue or white me, and a slimy texture brushed my face." He continued: "I started to sink, and I just closed my eyes, an impact… I was by water. I that I was in something's mouth and I had been ." He added: "I felt like I was in a whirlpool… around." The Guardian newspaper reported: "For a few fleeting moments, Adrian's fate in the jaws of the 40-ton [mammal]." Adrian said his close encounter would not him from future rafting outings.
