Over the weekend, a team of kayakers and snorkelers stumbled upon an extraordinary sight while swimming at La Jolla Cove in San Diego. They discovered a dead sea serpent, identified as an oarfish, an incredibly rare deep-sea creature.
According to Lauren Fimbres Wood, a spokesperson for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, this marks only the 20th time an oarfish has been spotted in California waters since 1901.
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The Oarfish: An Omen of Disaster?
The appearance of an oarfish is steeped in ominous folklore, particularly in Japanese culture. The elusive creature is believed to be a harbinger of impending doom.
Known as “ryugu no tsukai” or “messenger from the sea god’s palace,” the oarfish was traditionally thought to rise from the deep as a warning of natural disasters, especially earthquakes.
