How close is too close with a great white? 12-foot shark tracks a mile from Folly Beach
A 12-foot great white shark, named Hilton appears to be headed back toward its namesake island of Hilton Head, South Carolina, according to Ocearch, which tracks sharks.
The Twitter account dedicated to Hilton the shark said Wednesday, “Don’t know if you humans knew this but Christmas trees are pretty scarce in this part of the ocean so I spent the Holiday close to shore near Charleston, SC to try and get a good look at one. Hope you all had a Merry Christmas!”
The 1,300-pound Hilton was about a mile off Folly Beach, south of Charleston, the day after Christmas, Ocearch said in a Facebook post Wednesday.
“It’s the first time we’ve seen him back on the continental shelf in over a month. The big shark is working his way south, possibly back to the Gulf of Mexico where we’ve tracked him in the past,” Ocearch wrote.
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