Refuting information about strange fish, people use nets to catch them

Thinking that "strange fish" were floating, people flocked to see.

(Baonghean.vn) - A strange fish appeared at Lim bridge in Hoa Thanh hamlet, Hien Son commune, Do Luong district (Nghe An), people flocked to see.

On the morning of February 21, people continued to flock to see the fish. Photo: Tan Ky.

At around 10am on February 21st, hundreds of people gathered at Bau Chang to watch Mr. Nguyen Ba Duoc in Hoa Thien hamlet, Hien Son commune, use a net to catch a fish that many people believe is a strange fish, a sacred fish, that has surfaced just in time for Tet. Mr. Duoc stood on the shore, waiting for the fish to surface and with just one cast of the net, he caught the fish.

Mr. Nguyen Ba Duoc uses a net to catch a carp. Photo: Tan Ky.

The strange fish that locals have been whispering about these past few days is actually a carp, dark brown in color, weighing 3.2 kg.

After catching the fish, Mr. Duoc brought it home to raise in a tank. People heard that the strange fish was caught and gathered at Mr. Duoc's house to see it.

The carp weighs over 3 kg. Photo: Huy Thu

Previously, on February 16 (the first day of Tet), a resident of Hien Son commune, after returning from burning incense at the ancestral temple, when passing through Bau Chang, saw a fish floating up, then called people to bring electric shock to catch it. The fish struggled and broke the electric shock net, then still lingered in the same place. The water in the pond was quite deep but the fish often surfaced, many people considered it a "divine fish" so no one dared to catch it anymore, some people brought incense and flowers to worship right on the bank of the pond.

Over the past 5 days, thousands of people have flocked to Bau Chang to see the fish.

The Hien Son commune authorities warned people that there was absolutely no such thing as a strange fish or a magic fish and asked Mr. Duoc to use a net to catch the fish, eliminating the superstitious rumor./.