Unusual dolphin washes up on SC beach. Where did it come from?

A type of dolphin rarely found near South Carolina beaches died after washing up on the seashore this past weekend south of Myrtle Beach, the suspe...

October 5, 2023
6:00 AM

A type of dolphin rarely found near South Carolina beaches died after washing up on the seashore this past weekend south of Myrtle Beach, the suspected victim of an illness that drove it inshore from deep water. That's the word from the Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network, which says rescuers had attempted to save the striped dolphin when it came ashore late Friday night at North Litchfield Beach. Hours after people pushed the dolphin back into the ocean, the network received a report that it was found dead farther down the beach at Litchfield, a Georgetown County community between Myrtle Beach and Pawleys Island on the northern coast.

Sammy Fretwell