Kelp, that can’t be good. A rare, massive fish known as the harbinger of doom has washed up on a California shore — for the second time in just three months. The roughly 10-foot-long dead oarfish — rumored to be a sign of impending earthquakes — was found stretched out on the rocky shoreline of Grandview Beach in Encinitas by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography last week.

A member of the Scripps Oceanography team spotted the dead fish outside of San Diego, California. The fish was estimated to be 9 to 10 feet in length, which was much smaller than the one recovered in La Jolla in August.

A rarely seen creature called an oarfish, historically regarded as a harbinger of doom, has been spotted for the second time this year off California’s coast. The ‘doomsday fish’ was found by a PhD student from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California,

A rare oarfish, believed to portend disaster, washed up on a beach in Encinitas last week. Since 1901, only 21 oarfish have been recorded on California’s shores. This is the second this year.

Oarfish have sparked myths and legends for centuries and are sometimes referred to as "doomsday fish." There is a superstition that their appearance is a precursor to disasters like earthquakes, particularly fueled by the sighting of 20 oarfish washed ...

For the second time this year, an oarfish has washed up on a California beach. The 'doomsday fish' is considered a harbinger of doom in Japanese folklore.

A rare deep-sea oarfish, also called a sea serpent, washed ashore near San Diego in Encinitas, and Scripps scientists are unsure what happened.

A rare deep sea fish, regarded as a harbinger of doom, has washed up on a southern California shore. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, said one of its PhD students discovered an oarfish on a beach in Encinitas last week that was around nine to ten feet long.

A very rare fish has washed up on a California beach, but it could come with some bad news. For the second time in 2024, a rarely seen deep sea fish, known as an oarfish, has washed up on the coastline in California.

A rare fish, regarded as a harbinger of doom, has washed up on the shore of Encinitas in southern California. It is the second time this year that an oarfish has been found in the area. Sightings are very rare,

A 10-foot-long oarfish, often dubbed the “Harbinger of Doom,” has washed ashore on a beach in southern California, sending ripples of unease through locals and social media alike. The discovery marks the second time this year that this deep-sea creature,