A MASSIVE shark has washed up on a Scottish coast, leaving beachgoers horrified. The giant basking shark appeared on Maidens beach, in South Ayrshire , on Sunday night and appeared to have become tangled up in rope. 3 A huge basking shark was found washing up on a Scottish beach Credit: Steve Welsh 3 The alarm was raised at around 8.
45pm on Sunday night Credit: Steve Welsh 3 Coastguard crews raced to Maidens beach, in South Ayrshire Credit: GOOGLE MAPS Locals stumbled upon the stricken creature at the popular beauty spot and raised the alarm at around 8.45pm. Coastguard teams attended and confirmed the shark was tragically dead.
Yolanda McCall was in the area at the time when it washed up on the beach and her friend told her she initially thought it was a whale. She then rang the authorities while her husband notified the coastguard. READ MORE SCOTTISH NEWS CAM DRAM Delay in police body-cam roll-out amid fears over surge in officer attacks 'AVOIDABLE' Oil worker 'pleaded to be moved cabins' before he was killed by Scots roommate After having a look herself, she wasn't sure if the massive creature had died and wanted to try and help it back to sea if it was still alive.
Speaking to Ayrshire Live , she said: "It was bobbing around in the water and we couldn't tell if it was dead or alive. It was tangled in a long loop of rope, in its mouth and caught around its tail. Maybe it got tired trying to free itself.
Very sad Yolanda McCall "I wanted to try to help if it was alive and f.
