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Dead humpback whale washes up in Kitty Hawk


A dead humpback whale is on the beach.

A dead female juvenile humpback whale lies belly-up on the beach in Kitty Hawk the morning of Friday, Dec. 27, 2024. (Photo by Corinne Saunders)


By Corinne Saunders


KITTY HAWK — “Ooh, you can smell it!,” one pedestrian commented to another as they crossed N.C. Highway 12 in Kitty Hawk on Friday morning to the beach access where a dead humpback whale washed up.

 

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