Hammerhead shark falls from sky in South Carolina, interrupting disc golf game

A hammerhead shark recently crashed down on Splinter City Disc Golf Course in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. While waterspouts canpull fish from the sea and drop them over land, the culprit was a more common fish foe: anosprey (Pandion haliaetus) thathad lost its lunch.

The unusual event took place on May 18 near the 11th hole of the wooded course near the ocean.

“It’s not uncommon to see an osprey carrying something, but you take note because it’s still really cool to see,” Jonathan Marlowe, who witnessed the hammerhead fall as he was playing disc golf,told Garden & Gun magazine. “I thought it would be a random fish.”…

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