The next day she and her family left the islands for the mainland, just in time to escape a deadly hurricane. This gray man was soon spotted again near the end of the century, and immediately after he was seen, the famous Storm of 1893 struck the coast, wiping out the settlement at Magnolia Beach. Soon people thought of the ghost's appearance came with impending hurricanes. Those who took advantage of this warning soon found themselves to be safe. There are about four different main places down at Myrtle Beach.
Barrier islands is an excellent place to finding shells.
The best times to look is early in the morning before the beach get's too crowded or after a storm. A rough sea usually caused many shells to be tossed to shore. You can find them at the high water line, at the water's edge, or in the small pools left on the beach at the low tide. Though not shells, you can also find sand dollars, sea urchins, and shark's teeth on the local beaches. Minutes from the Myrtle Square Mall is the beautiful Ocean Forest section.