Summary Lead
Five children were hospitalized Wednesday to be treated for
stings from what rescue officials believe may have been a lion’s mane jellyfish.
The jellyfish reportedly stung more than
100 people at Wallis Sands State Beach, in Rye NH.
Delayed Lead
Ah, the sounds of the beach: Seagulls cawing, waves crashing,
and the anguished cries of children in pain. Wait a minute; something seems out
of place here. For visitors of Wallis Sands
State Beach, however, this odd scene became a reality on Wednesday.
Crowds of children hysterically rushed out of the water and
back to the shore, complaining to their parents of stings on their legs. Meanwhile, armed with a pitchfork, lifeguards
struggled to remove the monstrous creature that had stung over 100 beach-goers from
the water.
“The thing was probably 50 pounds,” said Ken Loughlin,
manager of Wallis Sands, “I’ve never seen such a thing.”
The creature responsible for all the chaos was a jellyfish, a creature that is probably foreign to many New Englanders.
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