© Eric McCarthy/TC MediaDarryl Donahue discovered the dead whale on the Roseville beach Tuesday morning.
It wasn't what Darryl Donahue expected to find on his Tuesday morning ATV ride.
Lying on the sand, near the water's edge on the Roseville beach, off the Kelly's Road, was a 29-foot long dead whale.
"When you see something that big you kind of figure it's a whale," he added. "It was in not too good of shape. You could identify what kind of whale it is."
Donahue, who frequents the beach on the shores of the Northumberland Strait, believes the whale washed up on shore sometime the previous night.
"I would say it was 10,000 pounds anyway. They are going to have to bury it or something. It's a fairly big whale. It's no blue whale, but it is a pretty fair size fish."
Comment: This type of once rare event has become increasingly common across the world over recent years and perhaps rather ominously often in association with a rise in seismic activity. Maybe the oarfish is known as the 'earthquake fish' according to Japanese folklore for a sound and solid reason borne of generations of first-hand experience? See in addition:
Another deep-sea dwelling oarfish surfaces, this time in Antique, Philippines
Rare 17-foot-long oarfish found dead off Catalina Island, California
Rare deep sea oarfish washes up on marsh in Aramoana, New Zealand
Deep sea oarfish caught by Vietnamese fishermen: Consequences of earthquakes?
Something amiss in the ocean depths? Rare Oarfish washes up on beach in Japan
Deep sea oarfish washes up in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
18-foot oarfish caught by Catalina marine science instructor in California
Waiting for the big one: giant oarfish start shock waves in LA
Second rare oarfish washes up in Southern California
Something amiss deep down? Bizarre-looking oarfish washes ashore on Cabo San Lucas beach
Rare "King of Herrings" Found off Swedish Coast
Appearance of "Earthquake fish" spook Japanese
England: Monster of deep washes up on beach