A humpback whale briefly scooped a kayaker in Chile into its mouth in an incident straight out of the biblical book of Jonah.

Dell Simancas and his son Adrian were on a trekking and packrafting trip in Chile when a humpback whale swallowed Adrian, 24, before spitting him back out.

In a video, a man captured the jaws of a humpback whale poke out of the water around his son's kayak, close around him, and disappear into the ocean.

PUNTA ARENAS, Chile (TNND) — A frightening moment was caught on camera when a humpback whale in Chile swallowed a kayaker as his father watched in horror -- before the animal decided to spit him ...

On the video recording, Dell Simancas can be heard yelling to his son to stay calm after the whale let go of him. This story directly reflects one of the Bible’s most famous narratives of Jonah being ...

Technically, the young man wasn’t “swallowed”, because that word implies a trip down someone’s throat. The throat opening of ...

The humpback whale breached the water while engulfing Adrian Simancas before spitting him out just moments later. A male kayaker was swallowed by a humpback whale off Chilean Patagonia before being ...