Dramatic footage has surfaced showing a 300-pound marlin thrashing onto shore in Waikiki, parting a crowd of beachgoers.
“GIANT fish scares tourists on beach,” the Instagram page Oahu described Saturday.
The scene is extraordinary because marlin are typically found offshore, far from beaches.
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Oahu explained that the marlin “crashed onto the shore possibly due to being struck by a boat or stressed from having a host of parasites.”
The stranding event occurred in 2023 and, apparently, there was no effort to rescue the billfish.
On the contrary, according to Oahu: “It’s reported that a group of local boys loaded the fish up and took it back home.”
The footage is reminiscent of a bizarre scene that unfolded in Mexico in 2022, involving a massive elephant seal that hauled ashore in the Baja California Sur community of Mulegé, interrupting a family picnic.
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