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Mr Simancas recounted his
ordeal to journalists back on
land. He said: "I felt something hit me from behind. All this happened in a second. Something
blue or white enveloped me, and a slimy texture brushed my face." He continued: "I started to sink, and I just closed my
, expecting an impact… I was surrounded by water. I realized that I was in something's
and I had been eaten." He added: "I felt like I was in a
… spinning around." The Guardian newspaper reported: "For a few
moments, Adrian's fate was in the
of the 40-ton [mammal]." Adrian said his
encounter would not deter him from future rafting
.