The elusive oarfish, a creature nicknamed the “doomsday fish” due to its place in folklore as a precursor to catastrophe, was captured on video this month after it was seen in shallow water in Baja California Sur, alongside Mexico’s Pacific Coast.
A gaggle of people that had been visiting the realm noticed the fish swimming close to a seashore on Feb. 9.
Oarfish have an eel-like slender physique and gaping mouth, however the sea-monster-like creatures have been hardly ever seen by individuals. As of August, solely 20 oarfish had been recorded after they washed up alongside the coast of California since 1901, in line with the Scripps Establishment of Oceanography, although one was seen in California as just lately as November.
In Japanese mythology, oarfish are considered as harbingers of doom, signaling impending earthquakes. However researchers in Japan debunked any important hyperlink in a paper revealed in 2019.
