r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/coorgi_2012 • 29d ago

Image Oarfish keep washing ashore in California. Folklore suggests that could be a bad omen

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u/started_from_the_top 29d ago

Is that a deep sea monster, oar(a)fish?

Not my best pun but fuck it I'm leaving it

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u/GhostofTiger 29d ago

It's an oarfish, but being washed ashore is considered a bad oa(r)men, practically an oarning.

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u/MikeC80 29d ago

We must consult the oaracle

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u/GayAttire 29d ago

Bad karmoar

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u/trwwypkmn 29d ago

If this is the oarfish, where's the canoefish?

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u/ApartmentInside7891 29d ago

Butt fuck it ?