The legendary “doom fish” has returned to California. A long, ribbon-shaped oarfish, rarely seen and believed to signal disaster, has washed up on California’s shores for the second time this year. PhD candidate Alison Laferriere from the Scripps ...

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.

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 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,

Rare oarfish washes up near the La Jolla Shores SAN DIEGO (KUSI) — Another oarfish has made its way from the deep sea to the coast of San Diego County in Southern California. Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers stumbled upon the rare fish,

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, with fewer than a couple of dozen having been seen on the state’s coast in 120 years.

SFGATE reports how the oarfish — which is an incredibly rare sea creature that can stretch up to 12 feet in length — was spotted on the sand of Grandview Beach in Encinitas a couple of weeks ago. According to a Facebook post published by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography,

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.

The proximity of these strandings has reignited discussions about the oarfish's mythical reputation as a predictor of natural disasters.

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,