'It's like you've been bitten and electrocuted at the same time': Woman relives the horrific moment she was stung by a deadly box jellyfish Prue Davey, 22, was pulling in her boat when she felt tentacles wrap around her She realised a metre of a box jellyfish tentacles were around both of her legs Ms Davey is recovering at Grover District Hospital and urges people to be aware
By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 00:23 GMT, 25 February 2019 | Updated: 00:27 GMT, 25 February 2019
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A woman who was stung by a box jellyfish has relived the horrific moment she felt the deadly creature's tentacles wrap around her leg.
Prue Davey, 22, from Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory, was standing in murky water trying to pull in her boat when she felt a burning pain.
The fisherwoman quickly realised her life was in danger.
'It starts like you've been bitten...[and] electrocuted at the same time. Sort of like a searing burn,' Ms Davey told the ABC.
'I had probably 20 tentacles all over me....I ended up with about a metre's worth of burns.'
