Alabama is used to having visitors to its Gulf. This visitor is unusual.
“Ernst,” a 1,000-pound sub-adult female great white shark, has pinged on its tracking device in Alabama’s Gulf waters since January 11.
The 12-foot female shark had pinged four miles southeast of Dauphin Island, south of Fort Morgan in Baldwin County. It continues to ping in Alabama waters, and the pings on January 16 put it unusually close to shore…