British Tourist Has Painful Brush With Portuguese Man O' War In South Beach

By Ted Scouten, CBS Miami

January 4, 2023

A tourist from the UK, who does not want to reveal her identity, had a painful brush with a Portuguese man o' war.

"I stood up and viciously got tentacles all over me. On the arms, a little on my torso. I was screaming in agonizing pain I never experienced before," she said.

It all began when she and her boyfriend went for a swim at 5:30 in the afternoon on Friday in South Beach.

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