World of the Bizarre

Missing beach suddenly reappears overnight

By T.K. Randall
January 23, 2015 ·  18 comments

The view across the sands of Porthleven beach. Image Credit: CC BY 2.0 Tim Green A popular tourist destination for those visiting Cornwall, Porthleven has long been known for its sandy beaches and picturesque views.

After a severe high tide on Wednesday however locals awoke to discover that all the sand had completely disappeared overnight leaving nothing but exposed rocks and seaweed.

While fluctuations in the sand levels along the coast are nothing unusual nobody had ever seen the whole beach vanish before."The beach has never had this little sand in living memory," said Councillor Andrew Wallis.

Stranger still however was the fact that, within the space of just a few hours, a second high tide deposited the entire volume of sand back on to the beach again, returning it to its original state.

"The beach is an ever changing environment and we've seen a lot of sand movement in recent years as a result of the weather," said a spokesman for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

"The continual changing topography of beaches can present new hazards so people should always be mindful of this if they're visiting the coast and take extra care."

Source: Mail Online | Comments (18)

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