'I felt a slimy texture brush my face': Man describes being swallowed by whale

Adrián Simancas, 23, was kayaking off Chilean Patagonia when he found himself inside a whale.

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Man Is Briefly ‘Swallowed’ by Whale in Chile

Paddling in the Strait of Magellan, Adrián Simancas was caught in a humpback’s lunge. “I realized that I was in something’s mouth and I had been eaten,” he said.
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Watch moment man is swallowed by humpback whale

Dell Simancas captures the moment his son, Adrián, is swallowed and spat out by a humpback whale.
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‘I closed my eyes to brace for impact’: the man who escaped a whale’s mouth

Adrián Simancas encountered a humpback off Chile’s coast – but scientists say he was never at risk of being swallowed. Adrián Simancas had been paddling for two hours in the calm but icy seas of ...
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Video shows whale swallow kayaker, spit him out: "I thought I was dead"

A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker in Chile, before spitting him out unharmed, an amazing escape that was all captured on video.
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Kayaker discusses moment he was briefly swallowed by whale: "I thought I had died"

When Adrián Simancas went out kayaking with his father Dell Simancas in Chile's Strait of Magellan, he didn't expect to get so close to a humpback that he could touch it — or end up in its mouth. ...
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Video appears to show kayaker swallowed by whale in Chile

New video appears to show a humpback whale briefly swallowing a kayaker before releasing him. NBC News' George Solis has more on the moment that has gone viral.
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Humpback whale briefly swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia

A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker off Chilean Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed.
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WATCH: Whale momentarily swallows kayaker in Chile

Adrián Simancas was out kayaking with his dad off the coast of Chile on Saturday when the whale engulfed him and his boat and let him go just seconds later.
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Whale swallows kayaker and then spits him out off Chilean coast

A kayaker is lucky to be alive after he was swallowed by a humpback whale last week off the Chilean coast before the whale spit him out. The man's father took this video of the encounter, both men ...
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'I felt a slimy texture brush my face': Man describes being swallowed by whale

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