A rare ‘doomsday’ oarfish, scaling nine feet in length, washed ashore on a Tasmanian beach.
The sea monster was found by gog walker Sybil Robertson on Ocean Beach on the Australian island’s western shore on Monday.
Seeing oarfish outside of their normal environment in the ocean’s depths is continually considered as a ill omen.
Robertson, who assessed the fish was about 9ft long, said of the rare find, “It was fantastic. I just knew it was something strange and odd.”
The dogwalker confirmed that until she uploaded pictures of the massive silver fish washing up on the sand on a local Facebook group, she had no idea how unpopular the fish was.
Following a re-share on the social media site Reddit, the picture swiftly attracted popularity as a number of online users commented on the fish’s possible significance, which has been linked to foretelling disastrous circumstance in Japanese folklore.
“The ocean is very heartbroken with humanity’s contempt for it,” one user wrote.
Another added, “We’re seeing a lot of these rare “doomsday” fish washing up these days, aren’t we?.”
“The world DOES seem to be ending more frequently lately,” a third commented.
Oarfish have a maximum length of 36 feet and a maximum weight of 441 pounds.
According to legend, they expect earthquakes and other natural calamities.
Months after an oarfish washed up on a Canary Islands beach, Tasmania saw its uncommon sighting.
When bathers found the marine creature on the Lanzarote shore of Playa Quemada on February 10, it caused alarm on the internet.
A man approaches the silver fish to save it in a video of the sea monster that went popular on Instagram.
On the southernmost edge of the Baja California Peninsula, surfers noticed the monster. The enormous fish, which was approximately the length of a surfboard, had a silvery-blue body and a beautiful red fin that ran down its back, but its tail was damaged.
