Adrián Simancas , a 24-year-old kayaker in Chile, detailed what it was like to be in the mouth of a humpback whale as his father captured the jarring encounter on video on Feb. 8.

Kayaker Adrián Simancas describes what it was like being swallowed briefly by a humpback whale off the coast of Chile.

Humpback whales have narrow throats "about the size of a household pipe" designed for swallowing small fish and shrimp, ...

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 ...

Advertisement "When I was inside it, I remembered Pinocchio, who was also swallowed by one," he said. Humpback whales can grow to up to 48 tons, but they normally pose no danger to humans.

Adrián Simancas compared the incident to Geppetto and Pinocchio’s escape from the mouth of a whale in the classic tale A 24-year-old man who was briefly swallowed by a humpback whale is getting ...

I remembered about Pinocchio," he said, referring to the 1940 animated film, which sees its hero swallowed by a giant sperm whale named Monstro. "It was surprising. I wasn't expecting that at all." ...

Adrián had started to think how he might survive inside the humpback whale "like Pinocchio" - then the creature spat him back out. The Venezuelan kayaker had been paddling through the Strait of ...