Another 'sea monster' washes up on California beach

**marcus300** · 10-20-2013, 11:59 AM

A 13-and-a-half-foot oarfish has washed up on a beach at Oceanside Harbour in California - just days after an 18ft oarfish was found in the same area.

The creatures are extremely rare, and usually live at up to 3,000ft below sea level. It is thought they only come up to the surface when they are injured or dying.

Oceanside police contacted SeaWorld San Diego and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Suzanne Kohin of NOAA, measured the fish before taking it for research.

She told ABC News: "It's so rare to find them in Southern California, especially in surface water. They thought it was a very rare event the first time, so these two events that we heard of in the last few weeks are the only ones I've ever heard of."

Oceanside Police Officer Mark Bussey told NBC News that people were "flabbergasted" to see it on the beach.

But Bussey said he recognised the fish after the 18ft find off Catalina Island last week (above).

Jasmine Santana, a science instructor for the Catalina Marine Institute, was snorkelling off Toyon Bay when she found the body of the creature on the seabed.

It took her and 15 other people to bring it on to the shore, where a huge crowd quickly flocked to see the 'sea monster'.

According to the Catalina Island Marine Institute, oarfish can grow to more than 50 feet, making them the longest bony fish in the world.
14ft oarfish washes up on beach at Oceanside Harbor, California - AOL Travel UK

**kronik420** · 10-20-2013, 12:21 PM

are they going to eat that?

**HitIt** · 10-20-2013, 12:55 PM

how would you like having that thing brush past you while you're enjoying a nice swim?

**Megalodon6** · 10-20-2013, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by HitIt

how would you like having that thing brush past you while you're enjoying a nice swim?

Lol I wonder what else is down there that we don't know about... Freaky

**DSM4Life** · 10-20-2013, 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by HitIt

how would you like having that thing brush past you while you're enjoying a nice swim?

I've had worse.

**Cuz** · 10-20-2013, 04:06 PM

I don't wanna know whats out there lurking in the depths.

**crazy mike** · 10-20-2013, 04:11 PM

Originally Posted by kronik420

are they going to eat that?

OMG kronik it washed up dead ya know

I wouldn't eat that thing if it was fresh caught and cooked on a grill. Yuck, ...crazy mike

**crazy mike** · 10-20-2013, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by DSM4Life

I've had worse.

Seems like DSM can tell us some things down under....j/k

...crazy mike

**DCI** · 10-20-2013, 04:48 PM

Originally Posted by chadcuz1985

I don't wanna know whats out there lurking in the depths.

Same, be def some crazy ass shit lol, to survive with all that pressure and lack of light down there

**Megalodon6** · 10-20-2013, 06:33 PM

Originally Posted by DCI

Same, be def some crazy ass shit lol, to survive with all that pressure and lack of light down there

Scares the shit outta me

**Bert** · 10-20-2013, 06:45 PM

That's why I don't go in the water. That and the Jaws movies.

**Hazard** · 10-20-2013, 06:52 PM

Originally Posted by AshopRep

That's why I don't go in the water. That and the Jaws movies.

Lmao fvck the water and fvck airplanes lol

AD · 10-20-2013, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by chadcuz1985

I don't wanna know whats out there lurking in the depths.

godzilla

**lovbyts** · 10-20-2013, 10:15 PM

Originally Posted by HitIt

how would you like having that thing brush past you while you're enjoying a nice swim?

Originally Posted by Megalodon6

Lol I wonder what else is down there that we don't know about... Freaky

Originally Posted by chadcuz1985

I don't wanna know whats out there lurking in the depths.

When I go diving I just pretend there is nothing like that out there. Where I live we have some of the worlds largest octopus and NO, I dont mess with them. I have only ran into a few eal, big turtles and seen a shark from a distance; except for a sand shark (harmless) I have swam with.

**Hazard** · 10-20-2013, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by lovbyts

When I go diving I just pretend there is nothing like that out there. Where I live we have some of the worlds largest octopus and NO, I dont mess with them. I have only ran into a few eal, big turtles and seen a shark from a distance; except for a sand shark (harmless) I have swam with.

I was close to a tarpon in curaçao lol..... Fvcker was huge underwater!

I used to spearfish A LOT but stopped when I found out great whites spawn where I fished lol.

**lovbyts** · 10-20-2013, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by Hazard

I was close to a tarpon in curaçao lol..... Fvcker was huge underwater!

I used to spearfish A LOT but stopped when I found out great whites spawn where I fished lol.

Them are some big fish but yeah there are some REALLY big fish out there. The discovery channel is saying they think the Megalodon or Prehistoric shark is still alive.

**Megalodon6** · 10-21-2013, 04:49 AM

Originally Posted by lovbyts

Them are some big fish but yeah there are some REALLY big fish out there. The discovery channel is saying they think the Megalodon or Prehistoric shark is still alive.

Oh yeah megalodon lolz