Can someone survive being swallowed by a whale? This site claims that a man was swallowed by a whale for three days and survived. His name is Luihi Marquez and is Spanish. Upon searching, it seems that multiple news sites have covered this incident. Is it possible to verify this claim? Did the man claim to be swallowed by a whale? And if he did, was his claim verified?

Snopes rates this claim as false.

"Did the man claim to be swallowed by a whale?" No.

> The article features the image of shirtless man that is claimed to be the fisherman, Luigi Marquez — but it isn’t. The man pictured is actually named “Mike” and the picture was taken from a 2015 YouTube video in which Mike demonstrates turning his swim trunks into a flotation device.