India, Feb. 19 -- An oarfish, which is known as a 'doomsday fish', was spotted in Mexico earlier this month. A group of beachgoers found the fish swimming on the Playa El Quemado beach in Baja California Sur on Feb.9. A video shared on social media show the bright-colored fish washing onto the shores of the beach.

"That's an oarfish. Holy sh--, they've almost never been seen live," one man is heard saying. "Nobody's gonna believe this."

Speaking to Storyful, Robert Hayes, the beachgoer who shot the video, said the oarfish "swam straight at us, lifting its head above the water about two inches."

"We redirected it three times out to the water, but it came back each time," he added.

The video soon went viral on social media, sparking con...