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Related Sites: Who is the "GrayMan"? Gray Rinehart is the author of one book, Quality Education, and many articles, essays and papers. Check out The Legend of Gray's "alter ego" to find out more about the original "GrayMan" of Pawleys Island, South Carolina.
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The "Gray Man" is famous on the Grand Strand of South Carolina. The Gray Man is the legendary ghost of Pawley's Island, who appears on the beach to warn residents about oncoming hurricanes. The Gray Man is not a writer, so far as we know. The Legend of the Gray Man The Gray Man first appeared on Pawley's Island, South Carolina, in 1822, to a young woman vacationing in the then-resort town of North Inlet. She was convinced he was the ghost of her suitor, who had died in a marshy area near Middleton Pond. The next day her father took her and the whole family to Charleston, and a hurricane struck the coast. The storm lasted two days, and killed almost everyone in North Inlet. The Gray Man appeared again in 1893, just before a tidal wave struck Pawley's Island. He appeared twice in 1954: once in April, just before a tornado-laden storm struck the island, and again in October, before Hurricane Hazel destroyed most of the island. According to the legend, those who see the Gray Man and heed his warnings will not be harmed when the storms come. (See Ghosts of the Carolinas, by Nancy Roberts, or Ghosts of Georgetown, by Elizabeth Huntsinger, for more on the Gray Man and other Lowcountry ghosts. You can also click here for more of the legend.) Gray's Legend (so to speak) 
Gray Rinehart is not famous ... not in South Carolina or anywhere else. Gray is not legendary, nor is he a ghost, but he and his family do consider the Grand Strand home. Aside from the year that his family spent in Myrtle Beach while he was overseas, their visits to the beach are almost as rare as the "real" Gray Man's! Gray does not warn people about hurricanes ... but some of his writings have been cautionary. Gray started writing in middle school, had a couple of poems published in his college's literary journal, "outgrew" it after college (except for some professional publications), then began again in 1990. Gray has yet to realize his dream of being a full-time, independent writer, but since January 2008 he has been a staff writer with North Carolina State University's Industrial Extension Service. One day, maybe ...
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