A diver said he feared he was dead after being swallowed by a whale. Michael Packard He was fishing for lobster in the ocean off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, when he had “the biblical encounter” with the humpback whale.
The giant mammal episode is from 2021. The father of two had gone into the sea for his second dive of the day to harvest lobster from the bottom of the ocean when 3 meters from below He was hit by what appeared to be a 100 ton truck.
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What happened
“All of a sudden I felt a huge rush and then it went black,” Michael told the Cape Cod Times. “I could feel myself moving and could hear the sound of the whale clenching the muscles in its jaw.” The man said he initially thought he was in one White sharkbut he felt no teeth and had suffered no obvious injuries.
Cape Cod lobster diver Michael Packard was diving off the coast of Provincetown, Massachusetts when a humpback whale nearly swallowed him. He describes the chance encounter. https://t.co/ZcIAEfFoEw pic.twitter.com/pBHOjM31tQ
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Michael said, “I was like, ‘There’s no way out of here. I’m done, I’m dead.” All I could think about was my boys, who are 12 and 15 years old.” Michael had to feel in the dark while he was in the whale’s mouth.
The whale started shaking its head, and Packard realized the creature didn’t like having it in its mouth.
The man guessed he stayed inside the whale for 30-40 seconds before it finally came to light. “I saw the light, the whale started shaking its head from side to side and immediately I was out,” added Michael. “I couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t believe I got out of there.”
His crewmate, frantically scanning the water for the telltale bubbles from Michael’s BA, dragged him back to the boat. In his speech on The Jimmy Kimmel Show, Michael joked: “I want to apologize to the whale for handicapping her – I will never do that againù».
The whale: the numbers
Humpback whales can reach 16 meters in length and weigh around 36 tons. They tend to feed by opening their mouths wide to swallow as much prey as possible, such as fish or krill. “Based on the description, this is a mistake and an accident by the humpback whale,” he said joke RobbinsDirector of Humpback Whale Studies at the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown.