A Visitor
She was diving while taking a footage of a humpback whale when it slowly nudged her. She elaborated on the experience in an interview with NPR in January 2018: “Instead of just swimming past me, he came right towards me. And he didn’t stop coming towards me until I was on his head.”
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Frightening Moment
Hauser was about to panic when the majestic sea beast started rolling her around his large body. A humpback whale weighs around 25 ton and spans about 50 feet so imagine what that must have felt like! Hauser, who was never afraid of whales, slowly feared for her life. Her reaction was completely reasonable— after all, these large marine species can be incredibly unpredictable.
Frightening Moment
