According to NBC News, the ominous creature lives in the depths of the ocean, making it a rare sight. There have been just 21 ...

The heaviest rain seems to be targeting Northern California, where there will be widespread rain totals of at least five to ten inches, but some areas are likely to receive more than 10 inches.

This month's sighting was only the 21st time the fish has been documented to have washed up in California since 1901, according to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Considered to be the origin of the sea serpent tale, giant oarfish are a species yet to be largely researched by scientists.