A woman was knocked from her boat off the Jersey Shore when a distressed whale bashed the vessel – sending her flying into the frothing waves, shocking footage shows.
The incident went down Sunday off in Barnegat Bay in New Jersey, when a small motor boat came across a minke that was seen thrashing in shallow waters.
Its fin and back could be seen lurching out of the water in evident desperation.
When the boat approached, the whale became even more frantic and wound up under its hull – eventually tipping the vessel during the thrashing and sending a woman into the water.
She was quickly pulled to safety, and wasn’t injured.
The incident was caught on camera by Kim Mancini, who said the whale seemed to be in trouble before boaters arrived.
“It was really in distress. That’s when it would go under boats, it was a crazy experience,” she told 6abc.
The whale appeared to be struggling to get to get to shallower water, Mancini said.
But it eventually died, according to reports.
