Florida beach-goers received an unlikely visitor after an unmanned vessel washed ashore last weekend.

A 50-foot shrimp boat named “Miss Montie” ran aground on Beverly Beach, located approximately three miles north of Flagler Beach on Florida’s east coast, on Sunday evening, according to the Flagler Beach Fire Department. 

Authorities responding to the scene of the beached vessel were initially unable to make contact with the crew, the department said in a social media post. 

Corey Thomas, the captain of the 50-foot-long Miss Montie shrimp boat, said the boat lost power Friday night and drifted south about 25 miles, running aground in Beverly Beach, just north of Flagler Beach. (Frank Fernandez/USA Today)

The Coast Guard reportedly took Thomas and his crew to shore, where Thomas found a boat owner willing to tow his shrimp boat. However, Miss Montie had drifted eight miles in three hours, and the waves were too rough for the ship to be towed, the News-Journal reported.  

Thomas attempted to use a second anchor to hold the boat, but the line broke. The next day, Miss Montie arrived on the shores of Beverly Beach. 

“And here she sits,” Thomas said. 

The boat was searched and subsequently handed over to local law enforcement. Thomas reportedly hired a larger shrimp boat to haul it off the beach, telling Fox News Digital he was being towed to St. Augustine.  

The Coast Guard and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.