Whale Chomps Down on Kayak

Monday was a good day for whale watching at Avila Beach in California. Several people were recording video when a humpback whale surfaced, opened up for a mouthful of krill, but caught a kayak with two people instead! Julie McSorley and Liz Cottriel were suddenly knocked from the kayak and were unharmed. 

Footage from a witness nearby makes it appear as if the kayakers are being swallowed by the whale, but the two just tipped over.

"The whale was right here in my face, literally," Cottriel told KMPH.

"I'm thinking to myself, 'I'm gonna push. Like, I'm gonna push a whale out of the way! It was the weirdest thought. I'm thinking, 'I'm dead. I'm dead.' I thought it was gonna land on me. Next thing I know, I'm underwater."

The whale, no doubt as surprised as the kayakers, spit the kayak out quickly, but not before the incident was captured by several people on video, including the kayakers themselves.



Despite the video titles, a humpback whale cannot swallow a human. Their throats are not wide enough. (via reddit)