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In Europe, where marine envenomations are usually not severe, some rare stings may require medical management; for example, weever fish stings, inducing numerous marine envenomations on the European coasts (these accidents lead to frequent consultations during the summer season in the French poison centers). The authors report the case of a 37-year-old man, without a previous clinical history, who was treated in an emergency unit for a weever fish sting on the scalp after a headlong fall in the sand. This observation was characterized by the unusual localization of the venom injection, and by the clinical feature of persistence of symptoms despite therapeutic treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]