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Unknown Fish
The Unknown Fish was a strange looking fish allegedly caught on a beach in Tampa Bay, Florida back in July 2006.
Description[]
The photos of this fish, and similar fishes, have widely circulated on the internet. The fish was sold on eBay for a winning price of $637 as a "mummified sea monster corpse".
Hoax[]
Another fish sculpture from the same author
The unknown fishes were proved to be a hoax and were in fact photographs of sculptures, though the maker of the hoax says that it was based on a real fish. Several other images and videos of similar dog-faced fish can be found on the internet.
The sculptures of the creepy fish appear to be made from baboon and horse skulls.
In Popular Culture[]
Recently in the 2020's, the Unknown Fish became a popular reaction image.
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