This was one whale of ... miraculously spit back out. Adrian Simancas was kayaking in the Strait of Magellan in Bahía El Águila last Saturday when the beast emerged from the water and easily ...

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. Now to a whale of a tale, a literal whale.

Then, they promptly spit it out! When a creature as large as a humpback whale hurls itself out of the water, it is a potentially dangerous situation — whether they have their mouths open or not.

A humpback whale swallowed a Chilean kayaker whole before miraculously spitting the man out without ... the chilly Strait of Magellan—the body of water that separates South America and Antartica ...

That thought became a reality on Feb. 8 when kayaker Adrián Simancas was paddling off the coast of Chile and a humpback whale suddenly ... the Chilean native tread water, guided by his dad ...

Jaimes said he wasn't sure of what was happening until the whale spit him back out into the water. "At first, I thought it had swallowed me whole, although I didn't really know what it was ...

True, he wasn’t swallowed — the whale spit him back out a few seconds later ... the whale’s intentions in scooping him out of the water. And, unlike Jonah, he reflected on the experience ...

Now to a whale of a tale, a literal whale ... A few seconds later, the camera pans to his son, now in the water gripping his bright yellow kayak. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) DALL SIMANCAS ...