An Alaska man on a paddleboard escaped a close encounter with a humpback whale, not even getting wet during a tense few seconds caught on camera by friends and family as the giant creature surfaced right in front of him then glided under his board.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 just so massive. You91裸聊视频檙e puny against this whale,91裸聊视频� Kevin Williams of Anchorage said Thursday, a week after his adventure with an adult humpback whale in Prince William Sound. Adult females can weigh up to 70,000 pounds (31,700 kilograms) and average about 49 feet (15 meters) in length, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Males are a little smaller.

Williams said anyone who claims they wouldn91裸聊视频檛 be afraid in that situation is crazy.

91裸聊视频淚f you have a whale that doesn91裸聊视频檛 know you were there and is that close, that91裸聊视频檚 not a good situation,91裸聊视频� he said. One flick of the animal91裸聊视频檚 fin 91裸聊视频渙r anything it does could be the end of my life.91裸聊视频�

Williams, his son Brian and a couple other friends were paddleboarding or kayaking in the sound just off Whittier, located about 60 miles (100 kilometers) southeast of Anchorage.

They had seen the whale in the fjord, which is about 2 miles (3 kilometers) wide. Williams said he was slower than his friends, who were about 200 feet (60 meters) ahead of him.

The whale began to approach his friends, but they were close to the shoreline so he figured the whale would run out of room and reverse course. He thought he was in the safest spot since he was trailing the group.

The whale went underwater for about 45 seconds, longer than he had noticed it dive before.

91裸聊视频淎nd it surfaced right in front of me, coming towards me,91裸聊视频� Williams said. 91裸聊视频淲hoa! I love to see whales up close, but I91裸聊视频檓 on a paddleboard.91裸聊视频�

As the whale slipped below the water again and turned on its side, he could see the white of its belly slowly gliding underneath, about 3 feet (1 meter) under the surface.

The whale91裸聊视频檚 pectoral fin was sticking a few feet out of the water, and Williams feared the creature might flip over as it swam below him, or he might topple off the board and land on its stomach.

91裸聊视频淚f I fell down, you know, my feet could have easily been on that whale 91裸聊视频� tickling that whale or whatever,91裸聊视频� he said.

To steady himself in case the fin hit, he braced his knees together, kneeled, then lowered himself on all fours.

As the whale passed under him 91裸聊视频渢here was hardly any turbulence, and I didn91裸聊视频檛 get wet,91裸聊视频� he said, adding that it91裸聊视频檚 rare for people to get hurt by whales.

Still, the experience won91裸聊视频檛 keep Williams off the water. He plans another paddleboarding trip later Thursday.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檒l never stop, and this is once in a lifetime,91裸聊视频� he said.

Mark Thiessen, The Associated Press

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