Elusive cannibal fish from the twilight zone are washing up on Oregon beaches and no one knows why

A lancetfish lying on the sand on a beach in Oregon

Bizarre, rarely seen cannibalistic fish with giant eyes and dagger-like fangs have been washing up along the Oregon coast, leaving experts stumped. 

In a Facebook post on May 1, Oregon State Parks wrote that several lancetfish had been found on beaches from Nehalem south to Bandon in recent weeks.