Deep-Sea Fisherman Catches a Fish That Looks Like an Alien

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Roman Fedortsov is a deep-sea fisherman who works on a trawler in Russia, and he recently caught what appears to be an alien’s head. Of course, it’s not what it seems. Apparently, there’s a rational explanation for this monstrosity—it’s not an alien head but a fish (a weird one).

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Fedortsov believes this bizarre animal is a smooth lumpfish (Aptocyclus ventricosus), a species of deep-water fish. That explanation seems to check out, but not everyone online is convinced. A video of the alien-head fish has gone viral on social media, and the comments prove that this fish’s other-worldly appearance is too much for some to accept as natural.

The most frequent comment seems to be some version of: “Put that thing back in the ocean.”

See the weird alien fish here:

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