Sept. 2 (UPI) — Visitors to a South Carolina beach came across an unusual hazard on the coastline: an unattended sailboat washed up onto the sand.
The Horry County Police Department said on social media that the boat was found on the beach Monday morning near the Ocean Creek Resort in Myrtle Beach.
Police urged members of the public to avoid the area, but many curious witnesses gathered on the beach to take photos of the vessel.
“This is a little unusual; I lived out here most of my life,” local resident Elton Johnson told WMBF-TV. “I’ve never seen a sailboat this close and washed up on the shore like this.”…