Local Legends in Pawleys Island, South Carolina

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Gray Man

Pawleys Island, SC

South Carolina's most beloved apparition: the Gray Man of Pawleys Island, said to appear on the beach before great hurricanes to warn islanders away. Reported since the 19th century and claimed before storms from 1893 to Hugo in 1989, he is the coast's guardian legend.

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About local legends in Pawleys Island

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