A girl thought she found a stick at Ocean City Beach, Maryland — until it started slithering. The snake encounter became the highlight of their weekend.

If it's a cone, leave it alone -- that's what Beckylee Rawls learned after she went to the beach and held death in her hand last week.

“I love the beach, so I thought, might as well come and out clean it up,” said Isaac LaFrance, a Michigan City High School senior who is joining the cleanup crew — their name is the “Great ...