A man in the US has claimed to have been swallowed by a whale!
Michael Packard, a commercial lobster diver, says he was swallowed whole by a humpback whale off the Massachusetts coast on Friday. He thinks he was in the whale’s mouth for about 30 seconds. He was able to breathe because he still had his breathing apparatus on.
“I was completely inside (the whale); it was completely black,” he added. “I thought to myself, ‘there’s no way I’m getting out of here. I’m done, I’m dead. All I could think of was my boys, they’re 12 and 15 years old.”
In an effort to save himself, Packard said he began shaking the whale’s head before the animal surfaced and ejected him.
Packard spent two days in hospital recovering and expects to be back at work soon.
Scientist said that humpback whales are not aggressive animals, especially toward humans.
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wow
interesting
wow
the whale really said you taste bad bro
That does not seem true. Whales don’t swallow people whole. It must of been a accident.
Where did this event take place in Us
Wow so cool
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this is so sad
Sad
that is so scary how did he find it and how did he get eaten alive
wow that would be scary
Wow
I think that it must have been eating something and he just managed to be there so after the whale realized he was there it spat him out
wow
Wow, i wonder where you found the whale. You must’ve Swam so far to reach a humpback whale
on the bright side he lived another day ??
I heard of this on the radio this morning!
That must have been so scary
Wow
Wow that is amazing
That would of been scary and why did the whale swallow him.
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im guessing the whale didnt see him
wow so cool it must have been scary
I saw this on 1News on the TV
that is quite amazing that he survived.
Wow
sure
realy sad
wow interesting it must of been scary
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It’s very scary
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so sad
I’m so sad ???☹️?
omg I cant bleve this soooo sad
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I highly doubt that a whale ate him deliberately because they only eat planktonic animals
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that is amazing
what that would be fun i would love to do that
this is probably not true because whales cannot swallow anything bigger than a beach ball.
wow so cool
that would be so scary
That’s crazy’s thing
wow this is odd
That is devestating
His mom must be really sad
I could tell that it was an accident
A big one.
I like cheese on my roast whale