'I felt a slimy texture brush my face'

[kenny]

OMG! OMG!

Calm down.
He's okay, he's okay.

Kayaker swallowed by whale recalls feeling 'slimy texture' in its mouth

Adrián Simancas, 23, was kayaking off Chilean Patagonia when he found himself inside a whale.

www.bbc.com

Here CNN interviews the man:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/world/video/kayaker-inside-humpback-whale-mouth-intv-ebof-digvid

Apparently it was just a whale of a fluke (LOL) accident when a whale was feeding.
Humpbacks get under a school of fish, dive deep, then rush straight up to the the surface with an open mouth to hopefully catch lots of small fish.
This one got a surprise, and apparently gently released him.

Nice gentle whale.

 

[Matata]

Respect for the whale's discerning taste

 

[jordyonbass]

I enjoy fishing from my kayak and this is one thing I never want to happen, I had a 10 foot long shark come up close a few weeks ago and take a good look at the kayak and that's a much more preferable situation!