The vast, confounding, and beautiful oceans of Earth remain largely unexplored by mankind. In fact, the deepest parts of the sea are considered by many to be the real final frontier: they’re as mysterious as outer space, but accessible enough that we rarely stop to think about just how fascinating the world underwater really is.
The immense pressure at the bottom of the ocean tends to make exploration extremely challenging, if not impossible, to a degree. The further down you go, the more apparent it is that the life forms that inhabit those areas have had to evolve in some strange ways to simply exist under hostile conditions.
Occasionally, we’ll catch a glimpse of new creatures as their strange world brushes against our own. Sometimes, it can be really cool, but occasionally, it’s absolutely terrifying!
The ocean makes up a vast area of the world that remains relatively unexplored to this day. That’s why “new” species are constantly being discovered. Just take what this fisherman recently reeled in while out on his boat!
Jaime Rendon and a group of fishermen had been enjoying a nice day out on the Pisces Sportfishing Fleet a mile out near the coast of Mexico when their trip unexpectedly took a sudden turn. He felt a strong tug on his fishing line, and he started to reel in whatever creature might be on the other end of the line…
Jaime eventually managed to pull the sea creature on board, and the other seasoned fishermen instantly presumed it was an alien fish. After all, they’d never seen anything like it before in their long careers at sea.
To this day, they have no idea what type of fish it was. Is it any surprise, really? It just stands as a testament to the weird things you can encounter at sea. That’s why it’s so important for researchers to continue to study all of the world’s oceans; they never truly know what they’re going to find…
Here’s another example of a strange catch from the deep sea. This footage was taken by a remote camera that was deployed on a routine inspection of a deep ocean oil pipeline. Usually its journeys are unremarkable, and the most exciting thing that happens might be some maintenance from time to time.
However, this particular trip down into the briny deep was different than any other expedition to date. As the camera slowly sank deeper and deeper, its motion detectors spotted something strange in the distance…
Marine biologists and other researchers were floored when they finally saw the footage of this mysterious creature. They had some theories about what it could be, but the truth was they had no real answer to that question…
Based on this footage, researchers speculated the creature might’ve been a type of jellyfish called Deepstaria enigmatica, though there was no conclusive evidence to support this theory. Others have suggested it was an alien life form that, like the strange catch mentioned at the beginning of this story, was not of this world…
The idea of alien life living in our oceans might sound far-fetched, but based on some of the images captured by the camera that day, it’s impossible to rule out. Check out the glowing tentacle dangling off the creature’s body!
These photographs provide a glimpse into what it must have been to stumble across this creature in its ocean home. However, if you want to really experience this oddity, just wait until you see how it moves in the video below…
What fascinating and bizarre discoveries. Even if it they aren’t aliens, there’s no denying that they’re amazing finds!
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