In the remarkable encounter off the coast of Chilean Patagonia, kayaker Adrián Simancas experienced a brief but harrowing moment inside the mouth of the marine giant. The viral incident, which occurred in Chile's Bahía El Águila near the Strait of Magellan, was captured on video by his father, Dell Simancas, who was kayaking nearby.

The kayaker, Adrian Simancas, was out with his father last weekend in the seas off the town of Punta Arenas, when the whale surfaced and scooped him up in his mouth