3/13/2019
“Nothing can actually prepare you for the event when you end up inside the whale – it's pure instinct," the diver told Barcroft TV, “I held my breath ...
On March 7th, a video of a South African diver getting swallowed by a whale was broadcast on Youtube. Just four days after its release, the video has ...
A diver snorkeling in South Africa found himself in an unlikely place while he was deep in the water — he ended up in a whale's mouth.
3/12/2019
They are gentle giants and sensitive creatures, say friends and family who witnessed the incident. It was not an attack as whales are not man-eaters.
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (AFP) – Rainer Schimpf has narrowly survived after being caught in the jaws of a whale. The 51-year-old marine ...
While photographing a mass of sardines off South Africa's coast last month, a dive tour operator ended up on the wrong side of a whale — the inside.
A professional diver was swallowed and spat out by a massive Bryde's whale off the coast of South Africa. Rainer Schimpf, who is also a marine life ...
Rainer Schimpf, 51, works as a tour operator in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He normally takes visitors whale watching in Algoa Bay. However, he had ...
The 51-year-old marine conservationist was swept into the mouth of a large Bryde's whale off the coast of the South African town of Port Elizabeth ...
Like the Bible's Jonah, Rainer Schimpf has narrowly survived after being caught in the jaws of a whale. The 51-year-old marine conservationist was ...
A South African tour operator who was almost swallowed by a whale says the experience has made him realise just how small humans are.
“It got dark and I felt some pressure on my hip,” Schimpf explained. “Once I felt the pressure I instantly knew a whale had gripped me.” A diver who ...
3/11/2019
A South African diver was given a rare tour of the inside of a whale's mouth while snorkeling off the Port Elizabeth Harbour. Rainer Schimpf, 51, was ...
As is clearly shown in the footage below, Schimpf had accidentally wound up in the mouth of a feeding Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni edeni).
“Once I felt the pressure, I instantly knew a whale had grabbed me,” Schimpf said. “There is no time for fear in a situation like that. You have to use your ...
“It got dark, I felt some pressure on my hip, and I instantly knew a whale had grabbed me,” he told British news agency Barcroft TV. (A controlling stake ...
(Newser) – One minute he was snorkeling; the next, he had been scooped up by a whale. A Bryde's whale, to be specific, took Rainer Schimpf, 51, into ...
This year, however, Schimpf almost became dinner for one enormous Bryde's Whale. In a scene reminiscent of the Biblical story of Jonah, Schimpf, 51, ...
It's a moment neither whale nor human are likely to forget. Photographer and dive operator Rainer Schimpf was recently documenting a sardine run off ...
It's hard to stress just how large whales are, but the phrase "scary large" gets close. Yet, we're told our whole lives, oh, they're gentle giants, they're ...
Most of us have a cartoonish idea of what the inside of whale's stomach looks like thanks to Pinocchio, but diver Rainer Schimpf almost found out what ...
A South African man has a whale of a tale to tell after he was almost swallowed by a Bryde's Whale. Rainer Schimpf was near Port Elizabeth Harbor, ...
JOHANNESBURG - A South African tour operator who was almost swallowed by a whale says the experience has made him realise just how small ...
"So my next thought was that the whale may take me down into the ocean and release me further down, so I instantly held my breath," he said.
A diver was photographing sharks when the water beneath him started to churn, “everything went dark” and a whale swallowed him whole.
A diver who wound up in a bryde's whale's mouth while diving off the coast of South Africa lived to tell the story, and joked that he did not have a ...
Rainer Schimpf, 51, was swept into the mouth of a large Bryde's whale off the coast of the South African town of Port Elizabeth while snorkelling and ...
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa – A diver in South Africa nearly was nearly swallowed by a whale, Barcroft TV reports. Rainer Schimpf, 51, was ...
The 51-year-old marine conservationist was swept into the mouth of a large Bryde's whale off the coast of the southern South African town of Port ...
A 51 year old diver told the dramatic experience he had to live after being swallowed by a whale on a beach in South Africa and then expelled alive by ...
The rare Jonah-like incident was captured on camera. “I held my breath because I thought the whale was going to dive down and release me much ...
Snorkeler caught in whale's mouth during swim ... While he was just under the surface of the water, a Bryde's whale came up and opened its mouth, ...
A South African photographer has a whale of a survival story — and the stunning photo to prove it. Rainer Schimpf, 51, had his own personal Book of ...
Sharjah: A baby whale carcass measuring 12 metres has been found floating off the shores near Sir Bu Nair Island, an official said on Monday.
Rainer Schimpf, 51, was snorkeling off the coast of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, when he ended up in the path of a Bryde's whale, which opened his ...
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa – A diver in South Africa nearly became a real life 'Jonah and the Whale' after a whale almost swallowed him, Barcroft ...
Whale encounters don't come more up close and personal than the one experienced by Port Elizabeth-based dive tour operator Rainer Schimpf.
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa – Real life “Jonah and the Whale?” A diver in South Africa is alive after a whale almost swallowed him, Barcroft TV ...
It seems the man did not taste enough like a messenger from God because the whale immediately spat him out. Rainer Schimpf, a 51-year-old nature ...
A diver who was nearly swallowed by a whale has told of what happened inside the creature's mouth. Incredible photos of the moment Rainer Schimpf ...
3/10/2019
A Port Elizabeth man has narrowly escaped with his life after being swallowed by a whale. Yes, a whale! The tour operator takes tourists on a once in ...
The tour operator takes tourists on a once in a lifetime whale watching in Algoa Bay. The 51-year-old Rainer Schimpf was filmed with his legs hanging ...
There's a biblical tale about a man called Jonah who gets swallowed by a whale - and now there's a modern-day update. A South African diver was ...
A diver in South Africa got almost swallowed whole by a whale in February but somehow managed to escape. Rainer Schimpf, 51, recently opened up ...
Schimpf was diving off the coast of Port Elizabeth with a group that were photographing sharks when a Bryde's whale came up through the feeding ...
When Jonah was swallowed by a whale it took three days and three nights before he was finally spat back out, alive, on a beach. Fortunately for ...
Rainer Schimpf was snorkelling on the surface of the water off South Africa's Port Elizabeth Harbour when a whale emerged, with its jaws engulfing ...
A diver was swimming off the coast of South Africa to photograph sharks when “everything went dark” and he quickly realised a whale had swallowed ...
Dive tour operator Rainer Schimpf explains how he survived being caught in a whale's mouth. CREDIT: Barcroft TV. Related Videos ...
Rainer Schimpf was snorkelling when he was swallowed by a 15m whale. He explains how he survived. CREDIT: SKY News UK. More Videos ...
A diver in South Africa escaped from a whale of a tale that some have only heard about in the Bible. Rainer Schimpf, 51, was diving off Port Elizabeth ...
South African dive tour operator Rainer Schimpf recalled nearly being swallowed by a whale after he was mistakenly swept into its jaws during a ...
Astonishing video shows a 51-year-old diver nearly getting swallowed by a whale, as he was swimming off the coast of South Africa. Diver Rainer ...
"I knew that a whale had come and taken me and I instinctively held my breath, assuming that it would dive down again and spit me out somewhere in ...
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa -- A diver who ended up trapped in the mouth of a massive whale joked that he didn't have "a whale of a time" but ...
A diver in South Africa survived an experience out of a biblical passage last month when he ended up almost being swallowed by a whale.
A whale in South Africa tried to swallow a tour operator during a feeding frenzy, and he lived to tell about it. Rainer Schimpf, 51, went out in the water to ...
“It happened extremely fast and from being on the surface and observing something, I became the inside man and suddenly was inside a whale.
51-year-old South African diver Rainer Schimpf miraculously survived after the whale captured him in its mouth, along with sardines, Sputnik reported.
Schimpf was inside a whale and lived to tell the tale. "It all happened very fast," Schimpf said. Schimpf, a dive tour operator, was documenting a routine ...
A diver who was almost swallowed whole by a whale said the experience hasn't put him off going back into the water. South African man Rainer ...
A tour operator found himself trapped in the jaws of a Bryde's whale, when he got in its way during a feeding frenzy off the South African coast.
3/9/2019
Rainer Schimpf, 51, was diving in waters off Port Elizabeth, South Africa, in February when he found himself nearly swallowed by a Bryde's whale, ...
A dive tour operator has described the heart-stopping moment he managed to escape serious injury and even death after being nearly swallowed by a ...
A dramatic set of pictures show a man nearly being swallowed by a Bryde's Whale off Port Elizabeth Harbour in South Africa. Rainer Schimpf, 51, has ...
This is the astonishing moment a deep sea diver almost became lunch after getting a bit too close to a whale. Rainer Schimpf got caught in a Bryde ...
3/8/2019
Bryde's Whale is found in all oceans in temperate and tropical latitudes. It weighs a whopping 40 tonnes, is able to dive to a depth of 300 metres and ...