Local fishermen whisper tales of The Catch That Shouldn’t Exist, a creature that haunts the deepest parts of the sea, a silent curse passed down through generations. It is not a monster of scales and teeth, but something far more unsettling. The legend speaks of a fish, massive and dark, that appears to be made of shadows and silence. Its most chilling feature is its single, luminescent eye, which is said to follow a boat for miles, a piercing gaze that holds a wisdom so ancient and profound that it feels like a cosmic error.

One old fisherman, a man named Silas, tells the story of the one time it was brought to the surface. His line, cast for a swordfish, went taut with a weight that felt wrong, a pull that was neither strong nor weak, but an impossibly heavy, dead weight. He worked for hours, his body aching, until he finally pulled the creature into the lamplight. It was a fish with no scales, no fins, and a body that seemed to absorb the light. Its eye, a single, unblinking orb of pure white, stared into his soul.

The legend of “The Catch” is a cautionary tale, a belief that the ocean holds secrets that should never be disturbed. For years after his encounter, Silas claimed that the sea was never the same for him. His nets always came back half-empty, his compass spun wildly, and he swore he could still feel the creature’s silent, unblinking eye on him from the depths below.