Fisherman Catches 'Otherworldly' Creature That Stumps Scientists

When you cast a net out into the open sea, you never quite know what you're going to pull up. Deep sea fisherman Garry Goodyear has seen his share of odd creatures in his line of work, like fish with translucent skin to slimy alien-like critters with bulging eyes. Nothing really phased him anymore — until one day at Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland. Even Garry couldn't help but gasp when he reeled in a monstrous surprise...

Something Unique

"No, I haven't seen nothing like that. To tell you the truth, I don't want to see much more!" Garry said of the creature he reeled in that day. Garry didn't cast out his net in hopes of finding something extraordinary, however. In fact, it all started as a perfectly normal day.

Fathoms Below

Garry found his monster from the deep when he was fishing in Bonavista Bay for turbot, a flatfish that can reach up to 30 pounds. His crew dropped his nets to 460 fathoms (2624 feet), watched the nets disappear beneath the surface, and waited for them to fill.

That’s Not a Turbot

That afternoon, his crew raised the nets from deep in the bay and found something...unexpected. "We're hauling away, and by and by, I seen this coming around the roller. I said, 'Good God! What in the heck was that?'" Garry said. "I've never seen nothing like that before!"

Examining the Fish

Along with the rest of their catch, there was a strange fish that was almost three feet long. Garry picked up the sea creature and examined it. At first, he "thought it was a platypus, because he had that big snout on it," he said.