Please, don’t take off my arm, and please, don’t kill me.’” The teen was instead met with a hostile sea lion, a marine animal that can weigh up to 700 pounds and measure up to six feet.

A 15-year-old Long Beach girl is recovering after a terrifying and unexpected ocean encounter with a sea lion that attacked her over the weekend. The March 30 incident unfolded in front of a ...

KTLA 5 (2) A 15-year-old girl was attacked by a sea lion during a lifeguard tryout in Long Beach, Calif., authorities said. According to ABC affiliate WPVI-TV and NBC affiliate KTLA-TV ...

A teenage girl, 15, was attacked by a sea lion while completing her lifeguard cadet swim test on Sunday in Long Beach. Phoebe Beltran was swimming near a lifeguard tower when the sea lion ...

“But a sea lion?” The girl said she was in the water about 25 feet from shore during her junior lifeguard tryout. She was in the homestretch of her 1,000-yard swim when she suddenly felt an ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- A teenage girl was swimming in waters off Long Beach on Sunday afternoon when she was attacked by a sea lion, officials said. The incident occurred around noon as the ...

A teenage girl was attacked, Sunday, in the waters off Long Beach by an aggressive sea lion. The 15-year-old was participating in a swim test for the local cadet lifeguard program, when the marine ...

A 15-year-old girl was attacked during her swim test in Long Beach by a sea lion sickened by a recent toxic algae bloom, according to the girl’s family. On Sunday, Phoebe Beltran was completing ...