'Doomsday' fish found on beach sparks fears of a looming disaster
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A rarely seen 'doomsday' fish was found ashore on a Mexico beach, sparking fears of a looming disaster. Surfers spotted the creature, known as an oarfish, on the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. The massive fish, about as long as a surfboard, featured a silvery-blue body with a stunning red fin trailing down its back but had an injured tail.
![[Legend has it that the fish are harbingers of earthquakes and other natural disasters. A local who witnessed the scene in Mexico said: 'They say those fish appear when there is going to be a very strong tsunami']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/21/19/94361685-14310149-image-a-10_1737488957130.jpg)
They can measure up to 36 feet in length and weigh over 441 pounds. Legend has it that the fish are harbingers of earthquakes and other natural disasters. A local who witnessed the scene in Mexico said: 'They say those fish appear when there is going to be a very strong tsunami.'.
While scientists have not proven a correlation, 20 oarfishes washed up ashore months before Japan was hit with a devastating tsunami that left over 15,000 people dead and led to a 9.0 magnitude earthquake in March 2011. While the fish in Mexico was the first to be seen in 2025, one was spotted in California a month before it was rocked by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake last year.
A rarely seen 'doomsday' fish was found ashore on a Mexico beach, sparking fears of a looming disaster. Surfers spotted the creature, known as an oarfish, on the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. The young surfers quickly ran to the fish, scooped it up using their boards and moved it back into the ocean.
