A commercial lobster diver who got caught in the mouth of a humpback whale off the coast of Cape Cod in the US says he thought he was going to die.
A commercial lobster diver in the US has an extraordinary tale to tell after being caught in the mouth of a humpback whale off the coast of Cape Cod.Michael Packard initially thought he had been attacked by a shark, but could not feel any painA local whale expert said such human-whale encounters were rare
Michael Packard told WBZ-TV after he was released from Cape Cod Hospital that he was about 14 metres deep in the waters off Provincetown when "all of a sudden I felt this huge bump, and everything went dark, and I could sense I was moving". The 56-year-old thought he had been attacked by a shark, common in waters in the area, but then realised he could not feel any teeth and he was not in any pain."And I thought to myself: 'OK, this is it — I'm finally — I'm gonna die'.
Charles "Stormy" Mayo, a senior scientist and whale expert at the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown, told the newspaper that such human-whale encounters were rare. Humpbacks are not aggressive and Mr Mayo said he thought it was an accidental encounter while the whale was feeding on fish, likely sand lance.
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