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Do the two giant sea serpents that washed up on Californian beach in past week portend a looming major natural disaster?
Two huge oarfish were found in the past week off the Californian coast near Los Angeles
The first measured 18 feet and needed 16 people to drag it ashore
A few days later a second 'sea monster' washed ashore measuring almost 14 feet
Scientists believe they come ashore to die because they are ‘in distress’
However, the two sightings this week in California were ‘probably just a coincidence’, according to scientist Rick Feeny
Japanese folklore believes oarfish rise to the water’s surface before an impending earthquake
Scientists speculate it is because the bottom-dwelling fish are more sensitive to seismic shifts
In 2011, just a few months before a magnitude 8.9 earthquake hit northeast Japan, over a dozen oarfish washed shore near the epicentre
The ancient 'sea serpent' legend can grow to 50 feet long and weigh 600 pounds
By MARIE-LOUISE OLSON
PUBLISHED: 13:16 GMT, 22 October 2013 | UPDATED: 13:22 GMT, 22 October 2013
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The appearance of two rare sea serpents washing ashore beaches on the Southern California coast in the past week has prompted fears it could be a sign that a natural catastrophe is coming.
The giant oarfish were dead when they washed up on land, and some scientists believe they come ashore to die because they are ‘in distress’.
The first sea monster, measuring 18 feet, was discovered by a woman snorkelling off the coast of Catalina Island on October 13. It took 16 people to drag it up onto the beach.
The second silvery creature, measuring almost 14 feet, came just a few days later on October 18 in Oceanside, California.
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Do the two giant sea serpents that washed up on Californian beach in past week portend a looming major natural disaster?
Two huge oarfish were found in the past week off the Californian coast near Los Angeles
The first measured 18 feet and needed 16 people to drag it ashore
A few days later a second 'sea monster' washed ashore measuring almost 14 feet
Scientists believe they come ashore to die because they are ‘in distress’
However, the two sightings this week in California were ‘probably just a coincidence’, according to scientist Rick Feeny
Japanese folklore believes oarfish rise to the water’s surface before an impending earthquake
Scientists speculate it is because the bottom-dwelling fish are more sensitive to seismic shifts
In 2011, just a few months before a magnitude 8.9 earthquake hit northeast Japan, over a dozen oarfish washed shore near the epicentre
The ancient 'sea serpent' legend can grow to 50 feet long and weigh 600 pounds
By MARIE-LOUISE OLSON
PUBLISHED: 13:16 GMT, 22 October 2013 | UPDATED: 13:22 GMT, 22 October 2013
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The appearance of two rare sea serpents washing ashore beaches on the Southern California coast in the past week has prompted fears it could be a sign that a natural catastrophe is coming.
The giant oarfish were dead when they washed up on land, and some scientists believe they come ashore to die because they are ‘in distress’.
The first sea monster, measuring 18 feet, was discovered by a woman snorkelling off the coast of Catalina Island on October 13. It took 16 people to drag it up onto the beach.
The second silvery creature, measuring almost 14 feet, came just a few days later on October 18 in Oceanside, California.
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