A video of a humpback whale supposedly “swallowing” two women on a kayak in Avila Beach, California, went viral on the Internet recently. But, this is what actually happened during the accident.
The video was taken in November 2020 and has been online for a while. However, its renewed popularity over the past few days has left many netizens in a state of panic.
The frightening video clip shows a humpback whale emerging from inside the water while the two women, in shock, fall off the kayak.
Explanation of the video “The Humpback Whale Swallows” Women
The humpback whale’s encounter with the two women was captured from several different angles. Video posted by a Twitter user Melissa Newman On November 3, 2020, the two women appear on yellow kayaks.
They quietly walk away when the humpback whale appears out of nowhere with its mouth wide open. There were many other people in the water when this happened. The angle of the video makes it appear as if the two women, later identified as Julie McSorley and Liz Cottrell, were swallowed by the creature.
else Video taken from a different angle It gives the same impression, as the two women descend into the water screaming.
Soon after the video went viral on the internet, some social media users started claiming that the women had swallowed and then spat out the whale again.
The erroneous video clip of the incident is believed by many. However, this is far from the truth.
How did the fake information spread?
The narrative that a whale swallowed and spat out women began again from a Facebook post titled “A flying whale swallows two girls in California.”
The post goes on to claim that “the two girls almost became lunch for a humpback whale hunting a school of fish.”
The allegations in the Facebook post get even wilder.
He writes that the women were trapped in the mammals’ mouth for a few seconds before being spit out.
Did the humpback whale really swallow the two women?
A fact-checking site called Snopes notes that although the angle makes it appear as if the women landed inside the whale’s mouth, they actually landed behind it in the water.
Back in 2020, CNN reported that the two women “managed to escape unharmed, briefly going underwater after the capsize before reappearing.”
“I saw the big aquarium, the big bait ball coming out of the water,” Julie McSorley, one of the women, told KMPH. “I saw the whale come. I thought, Oh, no! It’s so close.”
“Suddenly, I lifted up, and I was in the water.”
“The whale was right here in my face, literally,” Liz Cottrell said.
In addition, humpback whales cannot swallow humans.
While mammals can fit humans in their huge mouths, it is impossible for a whale to swallow a human. A National Geographic report reveals that “a hunchback’s throat is about the size of a human fist.”
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