According to the introduction of Huang Shuiming, an old fisherman who first discovered the fish, he found it when he went out to sea to fish in the morning of the 25th. At that time, the fish was intact and did not smell bad. "If it were not dead, its value would be great." As for the name and species of the fish, the older fishermen in the village all said "never seen it, do not know." Someone took a ruler to measure it, and from head to tail, it was more than 17 meters long, with an estimated weight of over ten thousand catties.
Yesterday morning, under the guidance of local villagers, the reporter drove to Zhouzhu Village. More than a thousand meters away from the beach, the stench coming from the sea could already be smelled. At the seaside, the informed fishermen and curious people who came from Guangzhou, Shantou and other places gathered around, pointing and discussing. The reporter saw that the fish lay like a small hill on the beach. The exposed part of the fish's body was highly rotten due to decay, and covered with flies. The head of the fish had completely rotted away, and the two teeth, nearly two meters long, had been pried off by the villagers. On the tail of the fish, there was a nylon rope as thick as a thumb. The local villagers suspected that the fish had encountered misfortune when it drifted to the Zhouzhu beach, and the rope was tied by some fishermen elsewhere to drag it back into the sea. As for where the fish drifted from, no one knew clearly.
Yangcheng Evening News Lufeng - Reporter Yushengrong Photography Report: On the 25th of this month, a big fish drifted to the beach of Zhouzhu Village, Jinxiang Town, Lufeng City. The fish was more than 17 meters long and weighed over ten thousand catties, attracting many curious locals and outsiders to come and watch. According to Huang Shuiming, a 66-year-old local fisherman, he had never seen such a big fish in his lifetime of fishing. Unfortunately, the fish was already dead when it was found, and after several days of wind and sun exposure, it had become smelly.
When asked what they would do with the smelly dead fish, the local villagers said, "We discussed it, and decided to dig a pit on the spot and bury it."
Seeing such a large fish for the first time, everyone was very curious. (Editor: SN026)