Tsunami fears in Japan after deep-sea fish associated with natural disasters are discovered by fishermen
Japanese social media has been flooded with rumours of an impending natural disaster after mysterious deep-sea fish began washing up on its coast.
In the last ten days, three oarfish have been found around Toyama Bay, despite the fact that they live 3,000ft down in the deep ocean and rarely surface, the South China Morning Post reports.
Legend says that oarfish, which are known as 'messengers from the sea god's palace' in Japanese, will rise up and beach themselves ahead of an earthquake.
In the days before the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, around 20 of the fish were found washed up in north eastern Japan, Live Science reports.
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