Hey there—Frank here.
I grew up in Aynor, South Carolina, a little inland town where the gossip spreads faster than the summer humidity. I work as a residential and commercial electrician now, but growing up I was always more interested in what people weren't talking about—the shadows, the hush-hush stories, and the things people pretended they didn't see out by the tree line late at night.
I started getting into paranormal research when I was around 13. Back then, it was mostly library books and shows like Sightings or those old grainy documentaries on The Learning Channel. By 2001, I was lurking message boards under the name WaccamawWatcher and scanning forums for UFO photos, Bigfoot sightings, ghost logs—anything from the Carolinas. Most of it was junk, but a few stuck with me.
I built this site to focus things a bit. Myrtle Beach and the surrounding areas have always had a weird undercurrent to them. Way more reports than you'd expect for a place mostly known for mini-golf and biker weeks. I've heard everything from phantom lights out in the Francis Marion forest to black helicopters spotted off the coast in '03.
I'm not a full-time conspiracy nut. I don't wear a tinfoil hat (except that one Halloween). But I do think there’s more going on here than folks let on. And if someone doesn’t track it, it’ll all just fade into half-memories and campfire stories. I'm here to try and stop that.
If you’ve got a tip or just want to share your own experience, hit me up. I check my inbox when I can, and I still visit some of the older forums out there too. Coastal Phenomena is a small site, but it's ours.
- Frank