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8-foot, 395-pound white shark pings near Myrtle Beach

Jekyll pings near Myrtle Beach (CREDIT: OCEARCH)

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — A large white shark visited the Grand Strand Tuesday morning, ABC affiliate WPDE reported.

This 8 feet-4inch, 395-pound juvenile male white shark, named Jekyll, pinged approximately 50 miles off the Myrtle Beach coast at 7:58 a.m.

Ocearch located Jekyll last month along the Florida-Georgia coastline.

You can track his movements on the OCEARCH Global shark tracker here.

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