Cape Cod lobster diver swallowed by whale, ejected

[freedc]

Man swallowed by whale off the coast of Cape Cod while lobster diving

Amazing story. Fortunately the whale ejected the diver and he was not badly hurt. Spending half a minute inside a whale's mouth is quite a story to tell.

 

[Bob DBF]

Man swallowed by whale off the coast of Cape Cod while lobster diving

 

[JackOfDiamonds]

Geppetto?

 

[DandyDon]

First the alligator attacked a diver, then the croc, and now whales...

 

[lowwall]

Can you imagine?

“All of a sudden, I felt this huge shove and the next thing I knew it was completely black,” Packard recalled Friday afternoon following his release from Cape Cod Hospital. “I could sense I was moving, and I could feel the whale squeezing with the muscles in his mouth.”

Initially, Packard thought he was inside a great white shark, but he couldn’t feel any teeth and he hadn’t suffered any obvious wounds. It dawned on him that he’d been swallowed.

 

[freedc]

First the alligator attacked a diver, then the croc, and now whales...

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I wouldn't say attacked. Sounds like a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, or diving in the midst of a bunch of whale food during whale season. I've gone on P-town whale-watching tours and the humpbacks are fairly predictable. They find an upwelling where the sand eels and other delicious stuff concentrate and gorge themselves. I'm guessing they don't care for neoprene.

 

[freedc]

Can you imagine?

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“All of a sudden, I felt this huge shove and the next thing I knew it was completely black,” Packard recalled Friday afternoon following his release from Cape Cod Hospital. “I could sense I was moving, and I could feel the whale squeezing with the muscles in his mouth.”

Initially, Packard thought he was inside a great white shark, but he couldn’t feel any teeth and he hadn’t suffered any obvious wounds. It dawned on him that he’d been swallowed.

Unbaleenvable!

 

[Bob DBF]

First the alligator attacked a diver, then the croc, and now whales...

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Perhaps diving is getting to be dangerous again.

 

[Marie13]

Jonah!

 

[greeniguana]

All the more reason to stick to cave diving.