A rare deep sea fish, regarded as a harbinger of doom, has washed up on a southern California shore. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, said one of its PhD students discovered an oarfish on a beach in Encinitas last week that was around nine to ten feet long.

A 10-foot-long oarfish, often dubbed the “Harbinger of Doom,” has washed ashore on a beach in southern California, sending ripples of unease through locals and social media alike. The discovery marks the second time this year that this deep-sea creature,