The video includes a couple of tips for determining the best beachcombing conditions, as well as the importance of picking up ...

The abundance of seashells on North Carolina’s Outer Banks makes it one of the nation’s top destinations for shell collectors, but with quantity comes the unexpected and even the creepy.

Watch your feet if you’re headed to the Outer Banks. The beaches are blanketed in crunchy, sharp-edged seashells due to a perfect combination of storm winds, massive waves and lunar tides.

according to a social media post from the Outer Banks Network for Endangered Sea Turtles. Leatherbacks are the largest sea turtle species and the only species that doesn’t have a hard shell.