Two Florida brothers who were surfing had a once-in-a-lifetime encounter when some wild manatees joined their surf session over the Fourth of July weekend in Fort Pierce.
Evan and Logan Blais, 11, were surfing off the coast near Fort Pierce Inlet on July Fourth when a group of manatees joined in on the fun.
“I thought that the manatees were scuba divers at first,” Evan Blais said. It wasn’t until the animals got closer that they could see they were humans.
Thanks to the knowledge shared by his grandfather and father, the boys knew the playful sea creatures were not sharks. Manatees are usually gentle animals that inhabit Florida’s coasts and rivers.
Brandon and Lisa Blais, the parents, were able to...
