SAN ANTONIO, Texas --

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A popular whale performance at SeaWorld Adventure Park in San Antonio, Texas turned into a horror show this past Friday afternoon.

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PHOTOS: Whale Attacks Trainer At SeaWorld

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Thousands of stunned park visitors witnessed a Killer Whale attack trainer Steve Aibel during a sea show for several minutes - including Houston, Texas resident Justin Lecourias and his family.

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"I told Crystal, I said something's wrong. This ain't right, something's going on and then it got real bad," Lecourias says.

Lecourias says the whale seemed out of control and none of the trainers could calm him down so he and his family braced themselves for the worst.

"The whale would come up and the guy would go under before he hit him so I guess it wouldn't hurt him that much and then one time he didn't come up for quite a period of time and that really freaked me out then," Lecourias explains. "I was videotaping and I told the kids to close their eyes, something was wrong and the whale was jumping and that's all he could do was take a bite out of the guy."

Trainers were eventually able to calm the whale but the show didn't go on.

"And I saw the other trainers out the corner of my eye and I looked down and they were slapping the water and blowing their whistles," says Lecourias. "The dude was coming out of the water and he was like, you know, exhausted, coming around, the trainers and everyone around him was going nuts."

SeaWorld officials cancelled "The Shamu Adventure" shows for the rest of the day.

Aibel amazingly was unhurt and says he's not sure what set the whale off. But the animal is near breeding age and that might have been the reason for the strange behavior.

Since the Friday incident they've returned to work, hoping to excite more visitors, but in less dramatic fashion.

Eyewitness News contacted SeaWorld Orlando about the incident. They released a statement to us: "The safety of our animals and trainers is our top priority here at SeaWorld Orlando. We constantly review our training and safety procedures and we will after this incident, too."