A 2019 study published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America studied the possibility of oarfish being actual doomsday fish and if there was any real-world scientific basis to this folklore.
While it might seem far-fetched, it’s not completely out of the realm of possibility that seeing a rare, deep-sea fish in shallow waters could possibly be a predictor of disasters.
The study saw researchers put together a database of deep-sea fish sightings from newspapers, academic articles, and marine museums to compare them to the earthquake occurrence rate after the fish appeared.
However, the study revealed that the doomsday fish moniker isn’t really deserved, as the spatiotemporal relationship between the appearances of deep-sea fish and earthquakes was hardly found. Of course, that doesn’t mean this rare oarfish sighting isn’t interesting for other reasons. While the fish was dead when it was found, it was able to be recovered for research.
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