| Staff members at the Catalina Island Marine Institute are calling the carcass of an 18-foot oarfish the discovery of a lifetime. |
| From the mythological stories to the latest scientific discoveries, this film tries to pierce the mystery surrounding the oarfish, a 8-meter-long sea snake. |
| The three metre-long oarfish was found by a visitor to Tynemouth beach, in North Tyneside. |
| According to Japanese mythology, the oarfish is a messenger from the dragon god of the sea. |
| Val Fletcher hooked an 11ft 7in oarfish, which normally lives at depths of 3,000ft in the Mediterranean and Atlantic. |
| The oarfish specimen is now on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. |
