From A Whale's Mouth To Kimmel - Cape Cod Man Tells His Tale

PROVINCETOWN, MA — Michael Packard, the veteran lobster diver from Cape Cod who had an extreme encounter with a whale was featured on Jimmy Kimmel Wednesday night.

Kimmel welcomed the commercial diver to the set by informing him that he had a seat designed for him to look like he was sitting inside a whale's open mouth.

"I thought about it, and no way am I getting in that...I'm going back to Cape Cod!" says Packard who braved the entire eight-minute interview inside the seat that he told Kimmel he originally wanted no part in.

Packard made the trek from Provincetown to Hollywood, going on the show to tell the tale about what happened to him last Friday - stating that he wasn't fully swallowed, but that he was merely in the whale's mouth for more than thirty seconds.

Packard ended up making light of the whale seat Kimmel put him in, "I thought about it harder, and I said it's the perfect celebration of life. I survived."

Kimmel emphasized that this was one of the craziest stories he's ever heard, but to Packard, he says he's happy to be alive.

For more on the original story, read the Cape Cod Times.

For the full interview, check out Jimmy Kimmel Live.