People have been left shaken up after a rare 6ft fish - thought to appear before catastrophe - was spotted by divers. Not ideal.

The bizarre looking creature - which has an elongated, silvery-coloured flat body, dotted with holes - came up close to divers off the coast of Taiwan.

While the creature may look pretty unusual - they also have an interesting, and somewhat terrifying, legend associated with them.

It’s believed that the fish, known as a Russell's Oarfish, is believed to be a harbinger of coming doom or danger, especially in Japanese mythology where they are believed to be an omen for tsunamis and earthquakes and, as such, have been branded the ‘Doomsday Fish’.