A casual morning round of disc golf turned into something out of a fever dream when a baby hammerhead shark fell from the sky and landed near Hole 11 at Splinter City Disc Golf Course in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Jonathan Marlowe, 44, was playing with three friends when they spotted an osprey overhead carrying something in its talons. “It’s not uncommon to see an osprey carrying something, but you take note because it’s really cool to see,” Marlowe told Garden & Gun. But then, things got interesting. Two crows swooped in and began harassing the bird, forcing it to drop its catch midair.
The group expected to find a fish in the trees. What they actually found was a one-foot-long baby hammerhead shark. “I’ve never even seen a hammerhead in real life, and here’s a baby one on the ground that literally fell out of the sky,” Marlowe told ABC News.
Hammerhead Shark ‘Literally Fell Out of the Sky’ in Myrtle Beach
Its distinctive T-shaped head left no doubt. Though the shark was small and unmoving, the shock of seeing it lying in the woods—dropped from the talons of a literal sky predator—was enough to freeze the group in place…