Witnesses found the 5-10-year-old juvenile humpback whale in Kitty Hawk, near the Bennett Street Beach Access and reported it around 8 a.m., according to Marina Doshkov, stranding coordinator with the OBX Marine Mammal Stranding Network.

A necropsy was scheduled to be performed Saturday on a young humpback whale that turned up dead on a beach in Kitty Hawk on the Outer Banks Friday morning, police said. “Please do not touch or disturb the whale,” police said on Facebook after the whale washed ashore near the Bennett Street Beach Access.

KITTY HAWK, N.C. — A juvenile female humpback whale washed ashore Friday, the Kitty Hawk Police Department said in a social media post. The whale was found near the Bennett Street Beach Access. The Virginia Aquarium has been contacted for assistance.

A whale has washed up near a beach access on the Outer Banks. Kitty Hawk police say they were told a whale washed up near the Bennett Street beach access Friday morning. They say wildlife authorities have been called to help.

A humpback whale was found washed up near the Bennett Street Beach Access, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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The Kitty Hawk Police Department posted a photo on their Facebook of a beached whale Friday morning. The department reported that they were notified of the whale by the public and have contacted wildlife authorities to help handle the situation.

A whale washed up on the shore of a North Carolina beach on Friday morning. Kitty Hawk police said the whale washed up by the Bennett Street Beach Access. Officers said that wildlife authorities have been called to help.