A kayaker off the Chilean Patagonia had a very close encounter with a humpback whale. On Feb. 9, Adrian Simancas, 24, was kayaking with his father, Dell Simancas, in the Bahía El Águila area of Chile, near the San Isidro Lighthouse in the Strait of Magellan, when the pair spotted a whale. The whale then briefly “gulped” up Adrian and his kayak.

An incredible video has surfaced showing a humpback whale swallowing a kayaker whole—seconds later the man was spat back out and he lived to tell the story. In the remarkable encounter off the coast of Chilean Patagonia,

Adrián Simancas' father captures the heart-stopping moment a humpback whale emerges and swallows his son during a kayaking trip in Chile.