A Port Elizabeth Tour operator who escaped death after nearly being swallowed by a whale has made international headlines.
A video of a Port Elizabeth man nearly being swallowed by a bryde’s whale has made international news. Rainer Schimpf a tour operator was filmed with his legs hanging out of a whale’s mouth. He tells our reporter Jayed-Leigh Paulse what happened. Full story on 404 #sabcnews pic.twitter.com/R5tVXNItkF
— Jayed-Leigh Paulse (@JayedLeigh) March 10, 2019
Rainer Schimpf, who takes tourists whale watching in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape, was filmed with his legs dangling from a Bryde’s whale’s mouth.
It occurred while Schimpf was in the water filming the sardine run last month.
Schimpf says, “Well it happened extremely fast, I mean I was busy concentrating on the sharks and suddenly it got dark and as it got dark I was moved forward and I felt some pressure in my hip, so I realised instantly that a whale had grabbed me and there’s no time for fear or any thoughts in your head. The only thing I thought of was that the whale can’t swallow me because its throat is too small.”
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