Whale slams into boat off New Hampshire coast, sending men into ocean

A breaching whale crashed into a boat off the coast of New Hampshire, capsizing the vessel and sending two mariners into the water.

The incident was captured on video on Tuesday near Portsmouth. Brothers Colin and Wyatt Yager told WMUR-TV that they were fishing a mile off the coast for the first time when the whale appeared.

They saw the breach a couple times, prompting Colin to pull out his phone and record.

"I had my fishing rod right here, phone in my hand and just saw it go up, and was just lucky enough to be facing the right direction," Colin Yager told the local news outlet of the scary moment.

"I saw it come up, and I was just like, ‘Oh no, it’s going to hit the boat!’ and then it started to flip," he added.

(Credit: Colin Yager via Storyful)

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[maestrovso]

Can't blame the whale fed up with the noise and commotion caused by the motorboats.

[jpdemer]

[Insert "need a bigger boat" joke here.]

[jonlifter]

There were two guys and were out fishing. Whales have been off the coast recently here in NH and the whale was just feeding. It had its mouth open and filled with fish when it hit the boat. Just being in the wrong place at the time.

[eezyclsmooth]

🐳, "This is MY House and You Out lasted Your Welcome".

[manglemush]

the whale was saying STOP paving the ocean floor for your inefficient wind mills and screwing up our sonar

[brandex]

There's an old joke about Moby and Mrs. Dick and a bunch of whalers out in their boats with harpoons.... Probably shouldn't write it here, but it's pretty funny! If you know it, you'll laugh too!

[AeroAmphibious]

The Question Is, Is The Whale OK. Did It Get Injured At All? That’s My Worry.

[DD-ufuo]

Years ago a young girl told me she was excited about going to the beach and swimming in the ocean.

I told her, "YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET IN THE WATER, YOU'RE JUST PART OF THE FOOD CHAIN".

She thought for a moment and said, I hadn't thought about it that way. 😱

PS. Same for boaters.

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[kevinmacdonald]

We call out to the beasts of the sea to come forth and join us. Because, this night is YOURS. Because, one day, we will ALL go with you into the blackened deep.

One day, we will all go into the water.

[SeanRCope]

I smell something fishy. One guy in a boat that close to a wright whale? Me thinks he might have pissed it off trying to look at it to aggressively.

[zumdqzy]

WHERE'S THE HOCKEY TEAM, the Hartford Whalers

[A.C.]

Just like the scriptures says, even the animals are going to attack them. 🤭