Michael Packard, 56, has recounted the horrifying ordeal in which the whale took him into his mouth then spat him out.
In a video for CBSN Boston, he said:"And then I felt around and I realized there was no teeth."And I thought myself, 'Okay, this is it.' I'm gonna die."Then all of a sudden he went up to the surface and started shaking his head, and I just got thrown in the air and landed in the water and I was free. And I was floating there, and I was just, I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe I got out of that, and I'm here to tell it.
Peter Corkeron of New England Aquarium told WBZ-TV Packard was lucky to be alive, but said the incident was a"very unusual accident." He spoke of humpback whales"gulp feeding," where they take in large amounts of water, and said Packard was perhaps"unlucky enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time."has attempted to contact Packard through Facebook for further comment.
This stock photo shows a humpback whale in clear water. Michael Packard has described his ordeal after being drawn into a whale's mouth.
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