Beachgoers in California recently found a rare, giant "doomsday fish" that folklore claims is linked to earthquakes. In a strange coincidence, the region then experienced a quake just two days later.
The 12-foot-long (3.7 meters) short-crested oarfish (Regalecus russellii) is only the 20th oarfish to wash up in California since 1901, according to a statement released by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. These fish live in the deep sea and are rarely seen by people. They also have a reputation in Japanese folklore as harbingers of disaster.
