PADDLEBOARDER LEFT IN TEARS AFTER MANATEE ENCOUNTER<br />WITH VID<br />By Ben Rudd<br />Check out the emotional moment one woman was left crying after a friendly manatee swam up to her paddle board.<br />Bridgette Arnold, 28, was out paddle boarding in Sarasota, Florida, USA, when she suddenly realised she wasn’t alone in the water.<br />She noticed that a seemingly friendly manatee started to swim up to her, causing her to become overwhelmed with emotion and shedding a few tears.<br />Bridgette, from Florida, USA, said: “I cried because some manatees swam next to my paddleboard.”<br />ends