Free Republic

Hatteras Island is famous for its shipwrecks. But Thursday locals experienced their first ever "chip-wreck". A cargo container loaded with thousands of bags of Doritos Tortilla Chips washed ashore on the beach near Frisco and broke open. The container apparently fell off a ship. The chips scattered for about a half a mile, and some even floated as far north as the Bonner bridge. Arley Spake photographed the broken container. Spake works for Frito-Lay, the company that makes Doritos. His wife Janice joined him at water's edge. "It was really weird," said Spake. (Arley) was taking pictures for Frito-Lay, we...