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In the mouth of the beast: Man shares his incredible survival tale after being swallowed by a humpback whale

Packard was hunting lobsters 45 feet beneath the waves, off the Cape Cod coast in Massachusetts when he was struck by something huge and heavy. The impact didn't come from an underwater vehicle. Packard was hit by a humpback whale, the impact that felt like being struck with a 100-tonne lorry.

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Updated Aug 8, 2022, 13:00 IST

Michael Packard in hospital after the whale incident

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Packard revealed he suddenly found himself inside a pitch black and fleshy cavern.
After a few seconds of confusion, Packard realised that we was, in fact, inside the mouth of the giant sea creature.
The darkness turned to light as the humpback opened its jaw. Packard was immediately tossed back into the water. Luckily, he didn't suffer any life-threatening injuries.

Imagine being swallowed by something massive. And yet surviving somehow to share your experience with to the world. Quite a rush, isn't it?

Well, it's actually more horror than rush and Michael Packward tells us exactly why.

Packard was hunting lobsters 45 feet beneath the waves, off the Cape Cod coast in Massachusetts when he was struck by something huge and heavy.

The impact didn't come from an underwater vehicle. Packard was hit by a humpback whale, the impact that felt like being struck with a 100-tonne lorry.

But the bodily contact is non-scary part of the story. Packard revealed he suddenly found himself inside a pitch black and fleshy cavern (yes, the stuff we've seen in many sci-fi and action flicks from the 80s and 90s).

After a few seconds of confusion, Packard realised that we was, in fact, inside the mouth of the giant sea creature.

In an interview with Cape Cod Times, Packard narrated how he faced an intense struggle as he lost his breathing apparatus and was stranded in complete darkness.

Packard said he was certain he was going to die, as he started thinking about his family. But then the miracle happened.

The darkness turned to light as the humpback opened its jaw. Packard was immediately tossed back into the water. Luckily, he didn't suffer any life-threatening injuries.

According to whale experts, it is physically impossible for a humpback to swallow a human whole because their troat is only 15 inches in diameter. Not big enough for a grown human to slip through.

They prefer feeding themselves by lunging on shoals of fish.

The chances of humpbacks swallowing humans are next to none. In fact, incidents of humans being swallowed by whales have only been recorded once before.

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