A 13-foot oarfish appears within a week of the last discovery. This Oct. 18, 2013 image provided by Mark Bussey shows an oarfish that washed up on the beach near Oceanside, Calif. This rare, snakelike ...

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A deep-sea creature steeped in folklore has once again washed ashore in California. On Nov. 6, a researcher on an Encinitas beach spotted an oarfish, measuring 9 to 10 feet long. The fish typically ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KFMB) – A group of kayakers and snorkelers in southern California stumbled upon a rare sea creature over the weekend. When they found the deep-sea creature, a 12-foot-long sea ...

SAN DIEGO — A massive, rarely seen sea creature was discovered in La Jolla Cove last weekend. Kayakers and snorkelers in the water at La Jolla Cove found a dead oarfish, measuring nearly 12 feet in ...

Oarfish are rarely documented by scientists, but one was seen this month by a group visiting a beach in Mexico. By Amanda Holpuch The elusive oarfish, a creature nicknamed the “doomsday fish” because ...

An oarfish washed up on a beach in Baja California Sur, Mexico. The elusive creature, often referred to as the "fish of the ...