A lobster diver has shared the unbelievable moment he believed he would die after being gulped down by a whale.
Commercial lobster diver Michael Packard was going about his business off the coast of Provincetown, Massachusetts when he was swallowed whole by a humpback whale — trapped in its gullet for nearly a minute before being coughed back up, according to a report.
Mr Packard, 56, was about 10.6m below the surface near Herring Cove Beach at 8am on Friday when the massive mammal tried to turn him into breakfast,“All of a sudden, I felt this huge shove and the next thing I knew it was completely black,” Mr Packard told the outlet.Michael Packard is a lobster diver in Massachusetts, USA. Picture: FacebookStunned, his first thought was that he’d been snapped up by a great white shark — and was done for.
But when he realised he could feel no teeth, he began struggling and felt the whale shaking his head in discomfort, he said“I saw light, and he started throwing his head side-to-side and the next thing I knew I was outside [in the water],” Mr Packard said. “My first thought was I can’t believe I got out of that situation. My second thought was for how injured I was.”
“Thank god, it wasn’t a white shark. He sees them all the time out there. He must have thought he was done.” - Cynthia Packard
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